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Here’s why Wendy’s is losing the burger wars
Wendy’s new CEO is embarking on a turnaround initiative, while acknowledging that issues around food quality and service...
SpaceX’s Nvidia deal could be bad news for neoclouds like CoreWeave and Nebius, analysts say
Nvidia could bump SpaceX to “the front of the line” when it comes to its limited supply of chips, according to Bernstein...
The smart way to invest in gold right now as the dollar slips
Also in Weekend Reads: Kevin O’Leary’s investing strategy, a 9% dividend paired with lower stock-market risk and advice ...
Palantir’s stock stages best week since 2024 — showing it’s no longer an AI loser
Booming demand for Palantir’s AI solutions is restoring confidence in the company....
Two reasons why Nvidia’s stock saw its biggest weekly surge in more than a year
The chip maker recorded its largest-ever weekly increase in market capitalization....
Trump is trying to fire Lisa Cook again. He still wants to stack the Fed with allies.
Two months after he was blocked by the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has resumed his effort to oust Federal Rese...
The size of the American workforce has fallen by over 1 million people in the past year. Here’s what’s going on.
The share of Americans who are working or looking for a job hasn’t been this low since the pandemic, according to a July...
Here’s when Elon Musk’s Starlink internet is worth the steep monthly price — and $350 startup cost
Starlink versus fiber, cable and 5G: The smart spender’s guide to 2026 internet options....
SpaceX’s stock is having one of its best days ever — with the first lockup expiration now behind it
Sometimes stocks come under pressure once insiders are able to unload shares, but in the case of SpaceX. that risk may h...
‘This has been an emotionally difficult time’: My brother has cancer and my father is 94. How do I shoulder this responsibility?
“My father placed his $600,000 Wisconsin home into a revocable trust, naming my brother as beneficiary.”...
Doximity’s stock skyrockets 50% on medical AI excitement. Can the rally last?
While one analyst thinks Doximity has a compelling AI opportunity, another worries that the company could cannibalize it...
This mom spent $2,000 on her kindergartner as viral ‘back-to-school hauls’ on TikTok and YouTube spin out of control
Students and parents are breaking their back-to-school budgets thanks to inflation and social-media trends....
Are target-date funds hurting Americans as they live longer?
The popular default investments may need to be more aggressive in order to fund decades of retirement....
Tax-free weekends start in Texas, Florida and several other states today. Here’s what to know.
16 states are offering tax-free shopping holidays throughout the month as back-to-school costs soar to over $800 per stu...
Michigan says it’s OK to start eating salads again as cyclospora outbreak wanes
The state, which has been at the center of the biggest cyclospora outbreak in the U.S., said this week that the number n...
I’m an unemployed software developer who is skeptical of AI. Can I still find a job in tech?
“I was approached by one company who wants to use AI to dispatch ambulances.”...
Optical stocks have a China problem that most investors are missing
Beijing controls a chokepoint that Washington’s own crackdown can’t address....
Kevin O’Leary, aka ‘Mr. Wonderful,’ on crypto, winning in AI and 3 things all business owners must know
What Kevin O’Leary learned from Steve Jobs: You only need to get three things done every day. Just three....
How S&P 500 options action may help explain volatility in memory stocks
Bullish derivative bets mesh with the buy-the-dip mentality, says IBKR’s Sosnick...
There are good reasons why higher bond yields are here to stay, this strategist says
Investors are demanding higher rates when they buy long-duration bonds because there is less demand, higher supply and a...
My brother asked me to sign as his executor, but wouldn’t let me read the document. Should I have refused?
“I imagine scenarios like this happen more often than people realize.”...
Trade Desk shares tumble on earnings miss and weak outlook
Trade Desk’s growth struggles deepened in the second quarter, as the company posted an earnings and revenue miss combine...
Gold prices are breaking higher after a tough stretch. Could fresh records be within reach?
Gold miners’ stocks can offer a high-quality play for investors worried about inflation and the Fed....
How to wish Social Security a happy 91st birthday
Let’s all agree that, going forward, we’ll stop saying that Social Security will “run out of money” in 2032....
The last time value stocks beat growth by this much was 2022 — the year of the last major bear market
Value is leaving growth behind at a pace rarely seen outside major market downturns. The twist: This is a bull market....
As Alphabet burns through cash on AI, it’s turning back to the bond market
Alphabet is utilizing its balance sheet with a fresh debt issuance as heavy AI investments eat into its free cash flow....
Micron’s stock claws back to buck the memory-chip selloff
While Sandisk and Western Digital shares were down, Micron erased its intraday losses....
AppLovin’s AI stumbles send the stock sliding toward its worst day in over a year
The software company also came up short on expectations for revenue in the latest quarter....
My adult kids are big earners. Should I do a Roth conversion now so they aren’t taxed as much on their inheritance?
Inherited IRAs can create a tax liability for heirs, but this should not be your first concern....
Honeywell Aerospace lands in Wall Street’s ‘penalty box’ after gloomy guidance triggers 21% stock selloff
The newly minted Honeywell Aerospace stunned Wall Street only weeks into its life as a standalone company....
The dollar’s global dominance is starting to slip. This was the tell.
President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent chalked up last week’s historic joint intervention to suppor...
Don’t worry about what other people have saved for retirement. Here’s how to find your perfect number.
Don’t compare your nest-egg balance to a number that doesn’t actually mean anything. Instead, do this calculation to see...
‘Her bank accounts were stripped bare by Medicaid’: My late friend had $20,000 in credit-card debt. Will her life insurance pay for it?
“She left behind a 30-year-old son and 32-year-old daughter.”...
As a woman of color who travels alone, is it a waste of money to visit places with zero diversity?
“I don’t want to spend a bunch of money and have a bad time.”...
Missouri voters just rejected a bid to ditch income tax, while other tax votes loom in Florida and California this fall
Missouri voters rejected a bid to ditch the state’s income tax Tuesday, while big votes loom in Florida and California t...
Layoffs fall to the lowest level since the U.S. put men on the moon. Here’s what that says about the economy.
Rising sales and a labor shortage are deterring job cuts. Jobless claims haven’t been this low since 1969....
How to earn a 9% dividend yield while cutting your risk in the stock market
Your own evolving goals might point the way to a different type of exchange-traded fund....
Fiserv’s stock drops as the company goes through another bruising ‘reset’
The financial-services company cut its full-year outlook and acknowledged that organic revenue growth could be negative ...
33 stocks to bet on foreign markets continuing to beat the S&P 500
Surprisingly, many foreign markets are way ahead of the U.S. in year-to-date performance....
Hedge funds forced out of tech stocks may leave the market at the mercy of retail traders
JPMorgan strategists say some big hedge fund groups took heavy hits from the July tech selloff, and they may be buying f...
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