Business & Market

Traders’ and investors’ moods began to sour on Wednesday afternoon following the release of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes.

Blockchain security analysts identified North Korean Lazarus Group as the primary suspect behind the heist.

‘We do not think that investors should overreact to one set of data points,’ said one market strategist as the Dow fell 700 points.

At the closing bellThursday, more than 51.5 million shares of the company’s stock had traded hands, three times the normal volume.

Wall Street had a mixed reaction.

More military spending can lead to the European defense industry entering a ‘golden era,’ an investment expert said.

Healthy earnings have helped the S&P 500 achieve its highest annual fourth-quarter growth rate in three years.

Supplies are expected to remain tight this year because of lingering effects of supply chain and manufacturing issues that began during the pandemic.

Weak sales have raised concerns that consumer spending—a driving force behind the economic recovery since the end of the pandemic—is slowing down.

Rates are likely to remain in a high 6 percent range going into the spring market, said a real estate expert.

The United States plans to tariff all trading partners at an amount that matches the tariffs placed on the US, the president says.

Prices for health care services declined, indicating that inflation could ease.

The Trump administration is aiming to remedy unfair global trade with reciprocal tariffs.