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Oil futures traded higher early Thursday, attempting to shake off worries about the economic outlook.

Microsoft’s AI vision is winning over customers and developers, and the tech giant intends to bring the industry along with it.

European Union antitrust authorities fined Oreo maker Mondelez International 337.5 million euros ($365.3 million) for restricting sales of its products among the bloc’s member states.

Negotiated wages edged higher in the eurozone in the first quarter, data that could limit the pace of rate cuts by the European Central Bank, which are expected to start next month.

News Corp. shares traded higher on Thursday after the media conglomerate inked a content deal with artificial-intelligence leader OpenAI.

Conservative politicians are strengthening their ties to City firms, priming for potential job opportunities that could open up after the general election as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reveals the date of the contest.

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Nvidia’s standout first-quarter puts the chipmaker at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution to have nearly the same market value as all listed German companies put together.

Vaccine-related stocks moved sharply higher Wednesday in the wake of a new human bird-flu case reported in Australia.

7% average yearly gain pushes the U.S. stock index to 1 million in 48 years.

Attorney David Boies argues that moving pot to Schedule III won’t remove the threat of prosecution for state-legal pot companies.

“Various participants mentioned a willingness to tighten policy further should risks to inflation materialize in a way that such an action became appropriate,” the minutes said.

‘It’s the stock market, stupid,’ and that’s why the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a surprisingly reliable election predictor.

Bonds would benefit if the Federal Reserve cuts rates more deeply next year than traders currently expect.

A new poll is offering fresh evidence that the U.S. economy’s strong performance isn’t resonating with many Americans, even as numerous conventional economic indicators are encouraging.

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TJX’s stock rose toward a record Wednesday after the discount apparel and home fashions retailer beat fiscal first-quarter profit expectations and raised its full-year outlook.

People are confused and overestimate Medicare’s role in paying for long-term care

Target’s stock took a dive Wednesday, after the discount retail giant reported fiscal first-quarter profit that missed expectations, amid weakness in sales of discretionary items.

Oil futures trade lower for a third straight day as investors await official data on U.S. crude and product inventories.

BuzzFeed’s stock soared on heavy volume Wednesday, after the Vivek Ramaswamy, a former presidential candidate, disclosed that he took a large equity stake in the digital news service.

Is this the 2024 presidential election’s “Pokémon Go to the polls” moment or something bigger?

Nearly 100 trading days into 2024, just nine days account for all the S&P 500’s year-to-date gains — and then some. Two themes are key drivers, a top Wall Street analyst says.

Williams-Sonoma Inc.’s stock WSM rose 8% early Wednesday and was headed for a fresh record, after the upscale home goods retailer crushed profit estimates for the first quarter while revenue also came in ahead of consensus.

Rival brokerage Robinhood says it has seen an influx of new customers since TD Ameritrade users were transitioned to Charles Schwab.

Biogen Inc. said Wednesday it’s acquiring privately held Human Immunology Biosciences for $1.15 billion upfront and up to $650 million in potential milestone payments in a move aimed at bolstering its immunology portfolio.

“Ageless Aging” looks at the importance of women’s diet, exercise, sleep and social connections

Lululemon’s stock was set to open lower Wednesday, after the company announced the departure of its chief product officer and said it would overhaul its product and brand teams.

The new settlement rule will affect most security trades, but how will it affect investors?

“I am planning my escape after five long years, feeling foolish for staying in this marriage for so long.”

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Trading incidents including one where Citigroup executed $1.4 billion of sell orders when intending to sell $58 million of shares led British regulators on Tuesday to fine the bank over trading controls.

Money managers invested in utility companies, chip makers, and technology firms that could benefit from the growth of the AI sector, Goldman Sachs analysis shows

“I’m 50 years of age and only have $45,000 saved.”

It seems more likely that a spot ether exchange-traded fund could arrive as early as this week amid a sudden change of stance by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Oil futures finished lower Tuesday to notch back-to-back session losses, with traders concerned about the outlook for crude demand as the Federal Reserve maintains higher interest rates.

Exchange-traded funds that track uranium-related stocks have skyrocketed this year, with prices for the heavy metal widely used for nuclear-power generation hovering around its highest level in 16 years, buoyed by tight supplies and expectations for rising demand.

Last year, Johansson’s lawyers went after an AI firm for using her image without permission — an early salvo between artists and the emerging technology.

Gasoline prices at the pump are little changed from a year ago, but the Biden administration on Tuesday said it’s taking action to help lower prices at the pump for the summer.

Here’s how to remind yourself that diversification still matters in the long run

Crypto industry insiders are becoming more optimistic that new legislation that would sideline the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will get strong bipartisan support in a vote this week, and potentially even become law before the end of the year.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs would “cost a typical household in the middle of the income distribution about $1,700 in increased taxes each year,” the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a nonpartisan think...

Donald Trump mints free publicity. And for a startup, especially a “social media” startup, publicity like this is worth more than gold.

Eli Lilly shares were on pace for a record closing high Tuesday after the drugmaker released data from a late-stage Crohn’s disease trial and struck a deal to develop new cancer-targeting medicines.

Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive of investment-management company DoubleLine Capital, is continuing to hold on to a view that he’s had since at least late last year — that the world’s largest economy will likely experience a recession.

‘Consumers are feeling pressured,’ a Target executive said, while Walmart also lowered prices

With the conclusion of testimony, it was David Pecker, Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen who provided fireworks as Trump seethed in the courtroom

XPeng’s stock powered higher Tuesday, after the China-based electric vehicle maker reported first-quarter results that beat expectations by wide margins, fueled by higher deliveries and cost-cutting.

“Apparently, our assumption that management had reset expectations after last quarter in order to return to a beat-and-raise cadence was incorrect,” an analyst wrote.

“In the absence of a significant weakening in the labor market, I need to see several more months of good inflation data before I would be comfortable supporting an easing in the stance of monetary policy,” Waller said Tuesday.

Robinhood announces new margin rates.

Many older adults have room to spare — and many young adults need a place to live.

Macy’s stock rose Tuesday, after the department store chain reported fiscal first-quarter results that fell from a year ago but that beat expectations, and nudged up its full-year outlook.

GameStop Corp. and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. pared back Monday’s gains in premarket trades Tuesday as the dust continued to settle from last week’s meme-stock frenzy.

The two funds managed by James Hanbury were transferred to Lancaster Investment Management after Odey Asset Management closed, on the back of sexual assault allegations against its founder, in 2023

Marko Kolanovic is not about to turn bullish on stocks, even after a bunch of his colleagues have started upping their S&P 500 targets.

“I used my 401(k) for life expenses because doctors found a parasite behind my husband’s eye.”

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. is trying to diversify but not decouple from China, a week after a series of new tariffs were introduced.

A published report says sophisticated ASML microchip making equipment being used by Taiwan Semiconductor could be remotely disabled in the event that China attacks Taiwan to regain control of what it says is part of its country.

GSK on Tuesday said two late-stage trials of an asthma drug that could have peak sales of more than £3 billion ($3.8 billion) met their goals.

The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company’s CEO Pascal Soriot said the announcement marks the start of a “new era of growth”

Red Lobster’s new CEO pins the blame for the company’s bankruptcy on a host of factors

Apple’s hardware events are usually most exciting to investors. But this time, Wall Street is highly anticipating the company’s annual software preview.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon on Monday implied that he may retire earlier than planned as the bank’s chief executive.

Ivan Boesky’s 1986 guilty plea to insider trading, accompanied by a then-record $100 million fine, brought to a close a period of roaring 1980s exorbitance on Wall Street and beyond that became the calling card of the so-called Me Generation.

Another lasting facet of the pandemic looks to be a very large Federal Reserve balance sheet.

The meme-stock rally that lifted shares of GameStop and AMC was fueled by the social-media return of commentator Keith Gill, also known as Roaring Kitty.

While supply shortages have eased greatly in the past few years, they have not entirely gone away.

The 401(k) of 2024 is nothing like the 401(k) of 1984

An analyst said he failed to properly appreciate how high-bandwidth memory would drive stock momentum.

Hims & Hers Health’s stock jumped more than 30% Monday morning after the health and wellness platform said it would offer compounded versions of popular GLP-1 drugs.

“Airports are bracing for a spike in travelers.”

If power systems fail, it’s lights out for the entire economy.

Ryanair’s chief executive blamed what he called a “recessionary feel around Europe” for the airline’s inability to increase prices very much.

Nvidia’s stock is trading lower to expected profit than it did three years ago, before its AI-related sales exploded.

Equity analysts at Deutsche Bank have raised their 2024 S&P 500 target to 5,500, joining a host of other Wall Street strategists who have expressed greater optimism as stocks have come roaring back from last month’s selloff.

The Swedish private -quity giant is considering acquiring Keywords Studios for 2,550 pence per share, in what would mark a 73% premium on its closing price Friday.

Retailer Target is competing on price with its bigger rival Walmart at a time when many Americans are struggling with inflationary pressures.

“We do a lot of talking to business leaders and what they’re all telling us is that things are slowing down.”

Independent Bank Group will no longer be independent, after the Texas-based bank announced Friday an agreement to be acquired by Florida’s SouthState Corp. in an all-stock deal valued at about $2 billion.

Executive and director buying supports these 9 travel, gaming and recreational boat stocks.

Oil futures lost ground early Monday, giving back modest gains seen after the death of Iran’s president and the emergence of concerns about the health of Saudi Arabia’s king.

These cars are all under $30,000, have top safety ratings, and at least one cool feature.

“My will, created before my 2021 marriage, states that my home should go to my children.”

Chinese electric vehicle maker Li Auto said order intake was worse than expected in March as its profit declined in the first quarter.

Yardeni Research’s chief investment strategist, Ed Yardeni, told clients in a note that the stock indexes could soar even higher thanks to

The Biden administration this week slapped stiff tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, as well as batteries and battery parts from China.

“Instead of suffering in silence or going purely self-help,” younger people in debt “are looking into their options and talking to people,” one expert said.

As many as half the venture-capital firms will fade or fail, says a prominent player in that space.

Given how stocks have reacted to the latest flurry of mixed economic data, a summertime rally feels almost inevitable. Still, investors would be remiss not to consider the myriad risks that could possibly derail it.

Blowout results for Nvidia Corp., the S&P 500 Index’s biggest profit driver, have become part of the ritual when the chip maker reports quarterly results.

The second leg of racing’s Triple Crown is set for Saturday at 6:40 p.m. Eastern time.

The average cost-of-living adjustment over the last 20 years has been about 2.6%, according to the Senior Citizens League

Changing investment strategies midstream can lead to significant capital gains when you sell.

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A St Petersburg court has seized over €700 mln ($773 mln) worth of assets belonging to three western banks — UniCredit, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank — according to court documents.

The meme-stock rally that lifted shares of GameStop Corp. and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. this week tapped into a range of human behaviors, according to behavioral finance expert Victor Ricciardi.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are each pushing a protectionist agenda that weakens U.S. interests at home and globally.

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Momentum has taken over the moment.

Gold and silver look ripe to extend a powerful rally, but shares of miners of precious metals still poised to play catch up

Apple historically has managed to be both a Wall Street and Silicon Valley darling. Now, it’s worth asking whether the company will remain either one.

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Any moves to shorten the Federal Reserve’s asset holdings could potentially trigger a backlash in markets.

The average monthly payment in 2036 will be $2,077 — versus $1,907 now.

Factors named as powering gains in the metals markets include relative dollar weakness, U.S. debt and electrification needs.

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“We are homebodies with fairly simple and inexpensive tastes.”

“I’m current with all my bills but barely make minimum payments.”

The revised forecast doesn’t mean we can worry less

As grocery prices rise, one in four adults who pay for food with credit cards are carrying debt.

The historic first manned launch of the spacecraft has been hindered by delays.

There’s a market for headwear tied to the stock market.

Reddit already has a longstanding partnership with Google, and more deals may be in the pipeline, says Deutsche Bank.