Stocks end lower after Powell throws cold water on hopes for December interest-rate cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that the economy is in a good place, with inflation on a sustainable path ...
Japan’s economy grows for second straight quarter on the back of consumer spending
Japan’s economy eked out an annual rate of 0.9% growth in the July-September period as consumer spending held up, government ...
Trump meets with Argentina’s Milei, the first foreign leader he’s met with since election
Donald Trump met Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago club with Argentine President Javier Milei, the first foreign leader to meet with ...
Trump to nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Interior secretary
Donald Trump says he’s nominating North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior. The ...
Why these ‘Trump trade’ ETF winners are fading — and what it says about the financial markets
The postelection stock-market rally has started to fade as investors fret over how long the honeymoon could last.
Trump rewards his legal team, picks lawyer Todd Blanche as DOJ’s No. 2 official
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Todd Blanche, an attorney who led the legal team that defended the Republican at ...
Man blows himself up after trying to break into Brazil’s Supreme Court
Two explosions on Wednesday outside Brazil’s Supreme Court killed a man and forced the justices and staff to evacuate the ...
Why gold prices skidded from record highs to a losing streak in just two weeks
The precious metal’s longest daily losing streak since mid-February marks a significant shift in prospects for gold, which ...
A surging U.S. dollar is hammering emerging-market stocks and metals. Watch out.
The U.S. dollar remains an unabashed beneficiary of Donald Trump’s presidential election win — and it’s relentless rise is ...
Vaccine-maker stocks like Moderna, Pfizer drop as Trump picks RFK Jr. to lead HHS
Shares of vaccine makers lost ground Thursday, hit by news that President-elect Donald Trump was naming vaccine skeptic and ...
Home Prices in Major Chinese Cities Show Slight Improvement -- Update
Average new home prices in 70 Chinese cities dropped 0.51% in month-over-month terms in October, compared with a 0.71% fall recorded in September, according to calculations by The Wall Street Journal ...
Warren Buffett’s new bets on Domino’s and Pool Corp. send those stocks climbing
Berkshire Hathaway initiated these new positions during the third quarter even as it cut back its holdings of big names like ...