How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 1/26/2024
Wall Street closed its latest winning week with a mixed finish, as drops for technology stocks dragged on the market
Wall Street closed its latest winning week with a mixed finish, as drops for technology stocks dragged on the market
An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve shows price pressures continue to cool
China’s central bank says it will cut its reserve requirements for banks to help spur more lending and boost the economy
Over the past two years, as Ishan Bhabha and his colleagues at the law firm Jenner & Block prepared briefs for the affirmative action case the Supreme Court ruled on last year, Mr. Bhabha had a realization: If higher education institutions like Harvard were the first target of litigation about diversity, equity and inclusion, America’s…
Volodymyr Zelensky is used to getting his way when it comes to money. Look at the untold billions US taxpayers have given his country to defeat Russian aggression. Money from the private sector has been much less easy. Witness the chilly reception he received from bankers this past week at the World Economic Forum in…
More than 580,000 beds sold at retailers including Walmart, Wayfair and Overstock.com have been recalled over reports that they break during use. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a recall notice posted Thursday that upholstered platform bed frames made by Home Design Inc. “can sag or collapse during use, posing fall and injury hazards…
JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines said Friday they will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that blocked the air carriers’ planned tie-up because the proposed merger would violate US antitrust law. The appeal came after US District Judge William Young in Boston on Tuesday sided with the Department of Justice in holding that JetBlue’s planned $3.8 billion acquisition of ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit was anti-competitive…