People shop for food at a supermarket in Monterey Park, California on September 9, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images A tamer-than-expected U.S. inflation report for September injected optimism into markets. Traders are now betting that the Federal Reserve will almost certainly cut rates at its October meeting — scheduled for later…
Employees work on the assembly line of new energy vehicles at a factory of Chinese EV startup Leapmotor on April 1, 2024 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Shi Kuanbing | VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s industrial profits soared 21.6% in September from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics…
A view of the logo of HSBC bank on a wall outside a branch in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 14, 2024. Henry Romero | Reuters HSBC said on Monday that it will recognize a provision of $1.1 billion in its third quarter results following a court ruling in Luxembourg related to the Bernard Madoff…
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Monday, after top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators announced they had reached a framework on several disputed issues, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to sign off on the terms. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with CBS…
We had some big wins this week from investing in stocks and managing a portfolio — not speculating, not betting, not risking it all on a wing and a prayer that would make Vegas casino owners green with envy. Honeywell delivered with a terrific quarter in aerospace — and you can, at last, see that…
Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill were at the top of their games. They had dream magazine jobs as editors in chief, with Brown at Instyle and O’Neill at WSJ. Magazine. Then they got fired. That’s the term they prefer, by the way. Not part of a restructure, made redundant or laid off. “Same s—canning, different…
A strong start to the third-quarter earnings season has propelled the stock market back to record highs. Investors are hoping an even busier week of corporate reports — oh, and a Fed meeting — can keep the good times rolling. A wild card: President Donald Trump is in Asia for some high-stakes diplomacy. The S…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett said Sunday he, too, has “felt pain” from China refusing to buy U.S.-grown soybeans during a trade conflict with President Donald Trump because “I’m actually a soybean farmer.” Bessent’s comment came during an interview with ABC News’ “This Week,” where he said that trade negotiations with China in the past two…
Signage for Novartis AG at a building in the company’s headquarters campus in Basel, Switzerland, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis is nearing a deal to buy biotechnology company Avidity Biosciences for more than $70 a share, Bloomberg News reported, citing a person familiar with the…
One in seven people have never spoken to their relatives about their family’s health history, according to a recent global study from Bupa, a health insurance company. The survey polled 8,000 adults and 169 health professionals from the UK, Australia, Spain and more. Of the respondents, 30% said having a conversation about family health history…
