NEW YORK — A rebound for AI stocks is helping to support Wall Street and keep indexes mixed on Monday. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, even though the majority of stocks within the index fell. The strength for companies in the artificial-intelligence technology industry had the Nasdaq composite ...
NEW YORK — The United States' 250th birthday carries ambitions to galvanize Americans behind nationwide community-service drives and patriotic brand launches. Well-known U.S. nonprofits hope to inspire a record-setting level of volunteerism, while major companies such as Walmart and Coca-Cola are sponsoring tributes and selling limited-edition merchandise. But the private sector's unifying ambitions have been met with a mixed response, complicated by an uneasy national mood. Fewer Americans see their country as exceptional compared to 10 years ago, according to a recent survey from ...
The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store or gas station are more painful than they were last year, and rising costs are impacting the decisions of both households and ...
NEW YORK — Small business owners in U.S. tourist destinations say they're seeing more Americans sticking closer to home this summer, trading overseas travel for road trips, choosing daylong sojourns over extended beach stays, and cooking instead of eating out while on vacation to save money. The reported boost to domestic tourism, though anecdotal, comes as higher airfares and gasoline prices have made vacations more expensive. The FIFA World Cup soccer tournament and celebrations of the nation's 250th birthday have given some U.S. residents additional incentives to create summer ...
BANGKOK — World shares were mixed Friday and U.S. futures declined as optimism over the U.S.-Iran deal to end their war was dimmed by the postponement of high-stakes talks on reopening negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and getting oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. markets will be closed Friday for Juneteenth. Planned talks in Switzerland between Iran and the United States over their efforts to reach a permanent end to war were delayed, while Israel's military said its forces struck targets throughout southern Lebanon overnight as Hezbollah reported intense ...
NEW YORK — Stocks rose on Wall Street Thursday and erased most of their losses from a day earlier to notch weekly gains. The market's reversal was powered by sharp gains for big technology companies. The decline on Wednesday was driven by anticipation that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year in an effort to fight inflation. On Thursday, stocks faced less pressure as bond yields eased and oil prices spent most of the day falling. The S&P 500 rose 80.48 points, or 1.1%, to 7,500.58. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 72.15 points, or 0.1%, to ...
