Capital One and Discover Can Merge, Regulators Say Two regulators signed off on the $35 billion deal, which the banks say will create a competitor to Visa and Mastercard. But consumer advocates warn that the […]

Stocks Tumble in Asia as Tech Investors Pull Back Nvidia, the American semiconductor giant, announced that it had been blocked by the Trump administration from selling chips to China without a license.Share […]

Stocks Edge Higher as Investors Assess Tariff Scenarios The Trump administration’s chaotic tariff rollout continues to spur volatility in the markets.Stocks inched higher in early trading on Tuesday, as the T […]

Relief at a Trade Hub on the Southern Border, but No End to Its Unease In an industrial district in Texas and New Mexico, companies welcomed President Trump’s tariff exemptions for Mexico, but concern and confusion linger.On. O […]

Stocks Fall as Inflation Anxiety Dampens Mood on Wall Street The S&P 500 index dipped as investors weighed new hotter-than-expected inflation data and braced for President Trump’s next round of tariffs.Concerns a […]

Stocks Slump Ahead of Trump’s Auto Tariffs Stocks slumped on Wednesday ahead of President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on auto imports, as investors braced for levies that could disrupt c […]

Voice of America Director Sues Trump Officials Over Shutdown The lawsuit by the director and journalists is the latest legal challenge to the administration’s bid to dismantle the government-funded broadcaster.The d […]

Trump Trade Policies and Federal Cuts Shake Consumer Confidence Americans are increasingly anxious about their jobs and finances as the Trump administration’s trade policies and government cutbacks stoke concern about t […]

Hollywood Filmmaker Charged With $11 Million Conspiracy to Defraud Netflix Prosecutors say Carl Erik Rinsch used funds for a science-fiction series for personal investments. An arbitrator last year ruled in Netflix’s favor.The J […]

Egg Prices Have Dropped, Though You May Not Have Noticed Wholesale egg prices are about half what they were last month. Fewer bird flu outbreaks and weakened consumer demand are contributing to the decline, […]

How Some Investors Are Protecting Their Money Amid Stock Market Woes Some people are shifting their investment strategies as the stock market sours on President Trump, despite advice to maintain their savings and wait out the […]

Stocks Rebound After S&P’s Fall Into Correction, but Trump Tariffs Keep Markets on Edge Stocks on Wall Street rallied on Friday to their biggest daily jump since President Trump’s election, bouncing off a drop that had left the market in a c […]

Wall Street’s Slide Resumes as Tariff Anxiety Persists for Investors Wall Street’s slide resumed on Thursday, another anxiety-induced drop that left the S&P 500 brushing up against a “correction” — a symbolic marker of the […]

Egg Prices Surge Again Even as Inflation Eases Eggs prices continued their upward climb in February despite some easing in overall inflation, further straining consumers seeking relief from rising prices […]

Walgreens Will Sell to Private Equity Firm in $10 Billion Deal Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance have lost about half their value in the past year, as the chain has faced pressure in its retail and pharmacy […]

How Retaliatory Tariffs by China, Canada and Mexico Could Harm American Farmers Trade wars during President Trump’s first term slashed billions of dollars in U.S. agricultural exports. Farmers and trade groups expect an even bigger hit t […]

How Trump’s Tariffs on China Are Affecting Toy Companies A trade show for toys, most of which are made in China, showcased an industry, underneath the fun, rattled by President Trump’s higher tariffs.At the b […]

‘Trump Bump’ in Stocks Faded in February Amid Economic Anxiety A bounce in the S&P 500 on Friday afternoon wasn’t enough to pull the index out of the red for the month.The stock market lost some of its shine in F […]