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Record-high beef prices have failed to shake consumer demand, which stands at its highest in at least 20 years.

ECB President Christine Lagarde left economists and investors a little less certain as to when, or perhaps even whether, further easing will arrive.

U.S. economic activity grew at a sharply higher rate in July, a pair of S&P surveys of purchasing managers found — though the growth was concentrated in the services sector, while manufacturing struggled.

UnitedHealth Group’s stock fell Thursday after the company confirmed government criminal and civil investigations into its Medicare practices but stressed that it doesn’t expect to be charged with any wrongdoing.

Coca-Cola will soon introduce a cane-sugar version in the U.S. as an alternative offering.

As home builders aggressively slash prices to boost sales, prices of newly built homes are coming down.

Analysts note new tax provisions could be giving the large technology companies more flexibility to invest in chips and other AI infrastructure.

Don’t make cost of living your only consideration

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 4,000 to a total of 217,000 in the week that ended July 19, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s the sixth straight weekly decline. Claims are now at their lowest level since mid-April.

Analysts were mostly upbeat about Tesla’s earnings, even as investors worried about CEO Elon Musk’s comments about potential “rough” quarters ahead.

Airline reports improvement in managing ’disruptive operational events’ such as dangerous summer storms.

How worrisome is the performance gap between the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000?