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The U.S. economy wasn’t supposed to churn out so many new jobs this year, according to the experts. But lots of businesses have been hiring to underpin a solid economic expansion.

Gold futures looked to post their highest settlement in about a month on Wednesday, while silver prices climbed by nearly 4%, with both precious metals supported by weakness in the U.S. dollar and bond yields following the release of downbeat economic data.

The deal between Shari Redstone and Skydance Media that was scrapped a few weeks ago has been revived

Why mentoring in unretirement is great for you and young adults

For high earners, saving up to your company match isn’t going to be good enough to replace the income you’ll need later on.

Orders for manufactured goods fell 0.5% in May, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.  It is the first decline after three straight monthly increases.

Service-oriented companies such as hotels, banks and retailers that dominate the economy contracted in June for the second time in three months in another sign growth in the U.S. is slowing.

Chief market strategist Marko Kolanovic is departing JPMorgan Chase & Co. following a 19-year stretch with the bank, according to a source from within the investment bank who shared details from two internal memos with MarketWatch on Wednesday.

Southwest Airlines Co. said Wednesday its board is adopting a limited-duration shareholder rights plan that is effective immediately and will expire in one year.

Open Text’s stock rallied Wednesday, after the enterprise-software company disclosed that it was cutting 1,200 jobs as part of a “business optimization” plan aimed at saving about $200 million a year.

Even though Hurricane Beryl is predicted to miss most of the offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. energy industry is on high alert over climate change and the risk of more frequent, more intense storms posing a growing challenge for the market in the future.

Ford reported second-quarter U.S. electric-vehicle sales Wednesday that rose sharply from a year ago, boosted by strength in sales of its F-150 Lightning electric trucks.