President Donald Trump's economic adviser Kevin Hassett told reporters Thursday that "the Chinese economy is slowing and one of the reasons why markets are responding the way they are is that people are downgrading their earnings...

US President Donald Trump's economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Thursday that people with business in China were downgrading their earnings' forecasts as the Chinese economy slowed.

Gregory McDonald strides across the spotless factory floor at his company, Goodfish, glowing with pride. He invested his life savings in the gleaming machinery that surrounds him, and he's ready to do anything to protect it.

Ford CEO Jim Hackett says he is hoping for balance and stability in what is now an unstable tariff environment.

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Ford CEO Jim Hackett says he is hoping for balance and stability in what is now an unstable tariff environment.

Ford CEO Jim Hackett says he is hoping for balance and stability in what is now an unstable tariff environment.

Contract talks between the United Auto Workers union and Detroit's three automakers are kicking off with the union taking a far less conciliatory stance than past years.

Volkswagen and Ford announced a new partnership Friday to develop self driving car technology.

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Volkswagen and Ford announced a new partnership in New York on Friday to develop self-driving car technology.

Contract talks between the United Auto Workers union and Detroit's three automakers are kicking off with the union taking a far less conciliatory stance than past years.

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More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.

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More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.

Biker gangs take part in a drive past of the cenotaph along with other military vehicles in protests at the prosecution of Soldier F for the killing of two civil rights protestors during the Bloody Sunday massacre.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a new deputy, assuring a degree of continuity at the helm of US diplomacy should he resign for a potential Senate bid.

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Ford Motor Co. and other automakers are preparing for the reopening of their plants next week.

American Airlines has become the second U.S. carrier to offer non-binary gender options when you book a ticket.

The 1920s flapper girl, various shots of women dancing, smoking, shopping, putting on make-up, in salon. F Scott Fitzgerald writing.