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US stock indexes end strong week with tiny gains

by Alex Veiga Associated PressJuly 1, 2016

This photo combo of file images shows U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump, left, and Hillary Clinton. Income inequality has been a rallying cry of the 2016 election, with more Americans turning fearful and angry about a shrinking middle class. Trump has pledged to restore prosperity by ripping up trade deals and using tariffs to return manufacturing jobs from overseas. Clinton has backed a debt-free college option and higher minimum wages to help the middle class. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Chuck Burton)

US income gap widened last year as top 1 percent gained most

by Josh Boak Associated PressJuly 1, 2016

Stocks extend rally

by Alex Veiga Associated PressJune 30, 2016

A model holds up the largest gem-quality rough cut diamond discovered in over 100 years, the 1,109-carat Lesedi la Rona at Sotheby’s auction house in London.

Giant diamond doesn’t find buyer

by Staff Report June 29, 2016

FILE - This Wednesday, April 29, 2009, file photo, shows hand sanitizer on a shelf at a pharmacy in Plano, Texas. Federal health officials want to know whether hand sanitizers used by millions of Americans are as effective at fighting germs as manufacturers claim, and whether there are any health risks to their use. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam, File)

FDA has questions on hand sanitizers

by Matthew Perrone Associated PressJune 29, 2016

Trader Vincent Napolitano, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 29, 2016. Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street as global markets continue to recover following Britain's vote to make a break with the European Union. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks see healthy rebound for 2nd day

by Alex Veiga Associated PressJune 29, 2016

Regional auction lists livestock prices

by Staff Report June 29, 2016

FILE - In this Friday, June 24, 2016, file photo, a man walks by the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock indexes were solidly higher in early trading Tuesday, June 28, 2016, as investors welcomed encouraging data on the economy and housing. The rebound followed even bigger gains in Europe as global markets recovered from a two-day rout triggered by Britain's vote to leave the European Union. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Anxiety over EU vote eases, stocks rebound

by Alex Veiga Associated PressJune 28, 2016

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2015, file photo, the VW sign of Germany's Volkswagen car company is displayed at the building of a company's retailer in Berlin. Volkswagen diesel owners can choose to either sell their car back to the company or get a repair that could diminish the vehicle’s performance under a settlement of claims tied to the German automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

VW to settle emissions cases for $15B

by Tom Krisher Associated Press, and Dee-Ann Durbin Associated PressJune 28, 2016

Helena Sullivan, a sales associate at Yes Computers in Northampton, says not having a tax-free holiday in August “would be a pretty bad hit.” to most businesses,”

August tax-free holiday in doubt

by Isaac Burke For the GazetteJune 26, 2016