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Column: Employers are helping clear the haze on health care prices

By Philip Moeller

Employers are encouraging employees to use lower-cost, high-quality providers because it saves employers money as well.

U.S. deficit expected to exceed $1 trillion next year

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The first projections are the first to take into account the big budget deal that President Donald Trump and Congress reached this summer.

Notes from Fed’s July meeting show officials widely divided on rate cut

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Some argued for a bigger rate cut, while others insisted the Fed should not cut rates at all.

U.S. home sales rose in July, aided by low mortgage rates

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

Cheaper borrowing costs have enabled sales to rise 0.6% from a year ago, ending 16 consecutive months of annual sales declines.

Beijing appeals to U.S. to ‘meet China halfway’ on trade

By Associated Press

A foreign ministry spokesman expressed hope Washington can "get along with us" and restore "mutually beneficial" trade.

Germany’s Merkel hosts UK Prime Minister Johnson as Brexit drama grows

By Danica Kirka, Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press

The meeting comes as positions on Britain's divorce from the EU have hardened on both sides of the English Channel, hurtling Britain toward a no-deal exit that would damage both economies.

Iran proposes striking 4 zeros from its currency

By Amir Vahdat, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Iran's rial has been battered by escalating U.S. sanctions on the country since President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers over a year ago.

CEOs are saying they need to be more socially minded. Will anything change?

For decades, the driving goal for corporate America has been maximizing stockholders' profits. So what made nearly 200 of the country's most prominent companies issue a joint statement this week, representing a major philosophical shift? John Yang talks to Steven…

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