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By DEE-ANN DURBIN

Consumers are willing to pay monthly subscription fees for streaming services, pet food and even toilet paper. And now some restaurants are betting they’ll do the same for their favorite meals.Large chains like Panera and P.F. Chang’s as well as...

By DEE-ANN DURBIN

A five-day strike by Starbucks baristas had closed 59 stores as of Monday afternoon, according to the union organizing the workers.The strike, which began Friday in Los Angeles, Chicago and Starbucks’ hometown of Seattle, spread Monday to stores in...

By STAN CHOE

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose to records Tuesday after Donald Trump’s latest talk about tariffs created only some ripples on Wall Street, even if they could roil the global economy were they to take effect.The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% to top the all-time...

By DEE-ANN DURBIN

Home Depot said Tuesday it’s investing $1 billion in wage increases for its U.S. and Canadian hourly workers.The Atlanta-based home improvement chain said every hourly employee will get a raise starting this month. Starting pay will be at least $15...

By DAVID McHUGH

FRANKFURT, Germany — The French presidential election could be a turning point for Europe’s biggest economic project, the shared euro currency.Markets are mostly expecting a pro-euro candidate such as former economy minister Emmanuel Macron to win....