Americans facing a tough job market in 2025 won’t get a break next year
This year was a difficult one for Americans looking for work. Forecasters don’t see much improvement in their prospects coming in 2026.
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FOMO vs. bubble angst signals more stock volatility in 2026
Big selloffs and quick reversals have been a feature of stock markets for the past 18 months.
Ken Griffin’s company, Citadel, is shrinking its footprint in Chicago
Citadel is shrinking its footprint in Chicago three years after billionaire owner Ken Griffin left for Florida, moving the company’s remaining operations in the city out of the downtown tower...
The private equity-owned data center behind giant CME outage
The Aurora complex has served as the primary hub of digital operations for the world’s largest futures exchange operator CME Group Inc. for nearly two decades.
Americans are microdosing obesity drugs, driven by ‘thin is in’ marketing blitz
Increasingly, telehealth platforms are positioning blockbuster weight-loss shots not as medicines to treat obesity or diabetes but as cosmetic elixirs for anyone who wants to lose a few pounds.
Visa finds even $200 billion can’t resolve battle with merchants
Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. this month took yet another swing at a deal that seeks to end a battle with thousands of retailers — and reshape the fees underpinning...
China’s purchases of US soybeans stall despite trade truce
After a flurry of orders late last month — which were the first of this season — Chinese imports of U.S. cargoes seem to have faltered, according to traders who...
Soybeans surge as US-China talks spur hope for trade revival
Soybeans and other crops soared as progress in negotiations between the U.S. and China lifted hopes that the world’s two largest economies were edging toward a deal in their protracted trade war.
Top 10% of earners drive a growing share of US consumer spending
Wealthy consumers continue to account for a growing share of U.S. consumer spending, highlighting the lopsided strength of the economy as a slowdown in hiring and wariness among other income cohorts raise...
Americans largely are paying for Trump’s tariffs, not foreign companies
General Motors Co. is the latest U.S. company to disclose how tariffs are raising costs, with the automaker saying that the duties dented profits by more than $1 billion.