By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks on Wall Street inched further into record territory in afternoon trading Thursday, following new economic data and a mixed batch of earnings reports from big U.S. companies. The S&P...

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ view of the U.S. economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight month. The Conference Board said Tuesday that...