Stan Choe

AP Business Writer

In this April 13, 2014 file photo, the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) building is seen in Washington. More than 50 of the largest U.S. companies paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, even though they reported big pretax profits as a group. That's according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a group that believes the tax system needs to raise more revenue.

Despite Profits, Many Big Companies Pay Zero US Tax

More than 50 of the largest U.S. companies paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, with many getting rebates.

Trader Michael Gallucci prepares for the day's activity on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 9, 2020. Trading in Wall Street futures has been halted after they fell by more than the daily limit of 5%.

Dow Loses 1,200 Points as Oil Crashes

The new coronavirus is hurting consumer spending, industrial production and travel.

Trade War's Losers Could Include Microchips, Energy

Some of the hardest-hit have little business, if any, in China but remain vulnerable to the consequences of a trade war. Machine makers could be the exception.

Profit Growth Disappears Quickly for U.S. Companies

A number of factors are negatively impacting profitability in 2019.

Gold Shines as Trade Battles Hit Stocks

The price of gold has climbed nearly five percent since May 21, while markets around the world fell.

This photo combination shows the highest-paid CEOs at big U.S. companies for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. Top row, from left: David Zaslav, Discovery, $129.5 million; Robert Iger, Walt Disney, $65.6 million; Stephen MacMillan, Hologic, $42 million; Joseph Hogan, Align Technology, $41.8 million; and Daniel Schulman, PayPal, $37.8 million. Bottom row, from left: Reed Hastings, Netflix, $36.1 million; Brian Roberts, Comcast, $35 million; Robert Kotick, Activision Blizzard, $30.8 million; and James Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, $30 million.

CEOs Got a $800,000 Pay Raise

Did you get a 7% raise last year?

Baby Boomer Workers Skills Gap Ap

College Degree May Help You Work Longer

Many Americans who don't hold degrees retire before their mid-60s because of poor health or the inability to do jobs that require a lot of physical activity.

Median Pay for CEOs Rises to $11.7 million

Executives at the biggest public companies got an 8.5 percent raise last year.

In this April 16, 2015, file photo, an employee monitors prices at the tech-driven Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. From Silicon Valley to Shanghai, surging share prices for technology companies means the industry is making up an ever-larger chunk of stock funds. Tech companies have been able to produce strong profit growth for years, even when the global economy was scuffling, but the strong performance also raises worries that they’re overpriced.

Tech is Taking Over Our Lives

As technology takes over more of people's daily lives, it's also taking over ever-bigger chunks of their retirement accounts.

This image provided by IDEO shows three weeks of design prototypes to explore how consumers think about social impact investing. Early in their work together to develop Swell's platform for investing in a way that makes a social impact, IDEO & Swell ran through several prototypes to test what customers said was most important to them.

Impact Investing Puts Money in New Places

This formerly niche corner of investing has become increasingly mainstream, partly because it offers a tantalizing opportunity to target millennial customers.