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Crude oil prices jumped and U.S. stock futures sank Thursday night following reports of explosions in a city in western Iran, amid fears of a wider conflict between Israel and Iran.

Japan’s consumer inflation has stayed above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target for two years, government data confirmed Friday, amid speculation over further interest-rate increases.

Shares of Paramount Global were trading higher following a report that Sony’s movie studio division is in talks with Apollo Global Management about joining a bid for Paramount.

Alcoholic-beverage giant Constellation Brands Inc. on Thursday announced a number of moves intended to further wash its hands of the struggling Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp., following a multibillion-dollar investment in…

The company says the investigation is related to company policies but not financial statements or reporting.

McMillan: Investment picture has changed and investors need to adjust their view now.

Greg Peters got a nearly 43% pay bump in 2023 after he was elevated to co-chief executive for nearly all of the year, Netflix Inc.’s latest proxy filing showed.

Funds pegged to retirement in 2020 still kept a meaningful allocation to the stock market.

On Wall Street, less disclosure is never a good thing, and Netflix investors should be displeased by a planned reporting change.

Nordstrom Inc. has formed a special committee of independent directors to explore going private, the company said on Thursday — a move that arrives as clothing retailers struggle with subdued demand and pressure from investors for stronger…

Frontier’s stock was falling after the disclosure, though the company says the cyber incident is not expected to ‘materially impact’ financials.

KB Home’s board has authorized the repurchase of up to $1 billion in shares and raised the company’s quarterly dividend to 25 cents a share from 20 cents.

In the bruised bond market, some investors may be tempted by higher yields as questions swirl around when — and whether — the Federal Reserve may start cutting interest rates this year.

The people who need financial help the most often feel like they can’t afford it.

A selloff in U.S. government debt pushed the policy-sensitive 2-year rate to a five-month high on Thursday after a key Federal Reserve official did not rule out the possibility of a rate hike.

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Beneficiaries of individual retirement accounts don’t have to take required minimum distributions this year — a responsibility that can normally result in owing more in taxes.

Global oil prices end lower for a fourth straight day Thursday, while U.S. benchmark crude prices settle with a slight gain.

This stampede away from certain assets has created a buyer’s market.

The company is grappling with legal settlements and a slowdown in growth and margins that are making its dividend difficult to sustain.

Alaska Air Group has received $162 million in initial cash comp from Boeing over window blowout

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The once-unthinkable scenario of no interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve in 2024 is now giving way to another possibility: a slight chance of a quarter-point rate hike by June.

The S&P 500 needs to end higher on Thursday to avoid a four-day streak of opening in the green, but closing in the red.

A stock-market indicator with more than a century of history is flashing a warning for investors, suggesting the selloff that began earlier this month may deepen.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that BloomTech misled prospective students with its income-share agreements.

The 30-year mortgage rate is averaging 7.1%, Freddie Mac said in its latest weekly survey on Thursday.

The Biden administration is “carefully monitoring” gasoline prices to ensure their affordability for Americans, a top White House economist said Thursday, as prices have climbed compared to a month ago.

The company allows consumer packaged goods companies to offer promotions to customers through a network of publishers.

Movie-theater chain and original meme stock AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. is well positioned to grow its market share, according to analyst firm Wedbush, pointing to the company’s footprint of large-format screens and the current vogue…