Years of higher inflation and interest rates have left consumers mired in debt, even as the overall economy hums.

The luxury industry has been so eager to woo ultrawealthy shoppers that it forgot who really pays the bills.

Giving a child a credit card can give them a big credit boost. When it doesn’t work, they risk inheriting mistakes.

Drilling activity is weak in the U.S., but oil-field service companies’ margins remain strong.

Investors are buying small-cap and “old economy” stocks in a way reminiscent of 2016. It won’t necessarily pan out.

Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.

The Dow industrials and Nasdaq fell after a global technology outage knocked out operations for a range of companies and forced airlines to ground flights.

Elliott Investment Management has been discussing privately ways to boost the coffee giant’s share price.

American Express shares have evaded most worries about the American spender, but hit a bit of a speed bump after the company’s latest earnings report.

Big pharma challengers like Roche and Amgen could grab a slice of the obesity market.

The streaming giant made it clear that advertising growth will take time as the boost from its password-sharing crackdown fades.

Universa’s Mark Spitznagel, who has made billions from past crashes, sees a last hurrah for stocks before a severe reckoning.

It pays to crunch the numbers on these latest promotional offers.

Democracy has drawbacks, but in the long run it is still the best we’ve got, for companies as well as countries.

Investors have been waiting for clarity from the IRS for years after a 2019 law changed the rules.

The Dow industrials lost 533 points, and all but one of the S&P 500’s sectors fell on the day. Domino’s Pizza shares slid 14% after the chain warned it would open fewer new locations than expected.

Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction platform, has experienced record volumes due to a flood of bets on the U.S. election.

Advertising and cloud growth have boosted margins and made the stock’s valuation cheaper even as the company’s market cap surges past $2 trillion.

The idea of Social Security disappearing is one of the country’s longer-running neuroses and shows few signs of abating. Confidence today is lowest among those who are mid-career.

With the Federal Reserve poised to begin cutting interest rates, lenders could get caught between falling yields and rising deposit costs, especially if loan growth is slow.

Heat waves have become more intense, stunting crops and leading to worker injuries.

Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.

The Dow industrials closed above the level for the second time, with investors packing up for the weekend feeling confident that an interest-rate cut is around the corner.

JPMorgan and Wells Fargo both reported a drop in quarterly profit, while Citigroup’s profit rose, driven in part by the bank’s cost-cutting measures.

The ticketing marketplace had been eyeing a valuation of about $16.5 billion for its offering.

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When autos become obsolete more quickly, dealers see more return customers.

Life insurance can help pay for a transfer of ownership after a small-business owner dies. Now it may bring an unexpected tax bill.

There is no longer any good reason to delay cutting rates. Why wait until September?

Government bond yields drop, triggering a rush into beaten-down corners of the market that could benefit from falling rates; tech titans lose.