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Retail gas prices dropped to $4.12 a gallon on Monday, as U.S. oil prices fell below $100 a barrel.

It’s crucial to distinguish economic from political uncertainty, because only one really moves the stock market.

The U.S. economy expanded at its fastest clip in over five years during the third quarter, according to the Commerce Department’s initial reading on GDP. Yet despite a barrage of robust data, […]

“About two months after his funeral, my stepmother called and said she wanted the money back.”

Newly announced $115 billion deal for Lumentum will be financed entirely through stock: “There’s a real echo of 2000 here.”

Oracle debt has been trading like a “junk bond” as the company borrows money and issues stock to help finance its AI cloud growth.

“Our basic living expenses are covered by $110,000 in annual pensions and Social Security.”

Novartis, Mitsubishi and Canadian Natural are examples of companies in developed markets outside the U.S. that pass screens for high dividend yields and low volatility for prices and earnings.

One analyst notes “a meaningful gap between price and fundamentals” in some corners of the chip sector.

Anthropic just filed updated financial paperwork ahead of an IPO that could come by the end of this month.