In the market’s eyes, the Federal Reserve finds itself either poised to head off a recession or doomed to repeat the mistakes of its recent past — when it was too late seeing a coming storm. How Chair Jerome Powell and his cohorts at the central bank react likely will go a…

In ruling Monday that Google has held a monopoly in internet search, U.S. judge Amit Mehta invoked the company at the center of the most famous tech antitrust case in U.S. history: Microsoft. A federal judge determined in 1999 that Microsoft had illegally used the market power of its Windows operating system to box out…

Here’s a surprise: Disney’s media business isn’t weighing down the company anymore. The primary Disney investor narrative since 2022 has been how streaming losses, combined with a declining traditional pay TV business and a string of box office failures, have been anchoring surging sales and profits at the company’s theme parks and resorts.…

Members of the main U.S. transportation regulator grilled Boeing executives Wednesday over the company’s workplace safety culture and allegations of retaliation linked to two employees who were sidelined over a January mishap involving a Boeing 737 Max 9 in which a door plug detached mid-flight. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the…

Stocks slipped into the red as markets closed Wednesday, losing gains from earlier in the day as Wall Street failed to recoup losses from Monday’s massive sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 163 points, or 0.4%. The S&P 500 declined 0.5%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.7%. Earlier in Wednesday’s trading session, the Dow rallied…

A particular type of retail fraud soars during the summer season. “Wardrobing,” in which a shopper buys an expensive item, wears it with the tags on, and then returns the product for a refund, picks up as shoppers bolster their closets for summer vacations, according to returns management software company…

The days of sneaking into Costco with someone else’s card are coming to an end. The retailer is cracking down on membership card sharing with a new policy where all cards will be scanned at store entrances. Costco said in a recent statement on its website: “Over the coming months,…

The days of sneaking into Costco with someone else’s card are coming to an end. The retailer is cracking down on sharing membership cards with a new policy in which all cards will be scanned at store entrances. Costco said in a recent statement on its website: “Over the coming…

Credit card debt is on the rise. Americans now owe a record $1.14 trillion on their credit cards, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday. The average balance per consumer stands at $6,329, up 4.8% year over year, according to a separate quarterly credit industry insights report from TransUnion. Credit card delinquency rates are also higher…