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With new leadership coming in after difficult 2023, Levi Strauss & Co. on Thursday announced plans to lay off staff and cut costs over the next few years — part of a multi-year “global productivity initiative” that didn’t do much for the iconic jeans-maker’s share price following a disappointing profit forecast.

Starting in March, taxpayers in 12 states can try Direct File, a free online tax-prep service similar to TurboTax and H&R Block.

Visa shares were dipping in after-market trading Thursday, though the payments giant beat with its latest earnings during a period of “resilient” spending.

ETF investors are gaming out how another Donald Trump presidency could impact stock-market sectors.

The issue arose recently at a Toronto establishment — and many U.S. dining spots already have waivers in place for spicy food items.

EV doubters like Toyota bet on hybrids and now look prescient.

Mutual funds and institutional investors put cash into the market at the end of this month.

After a string of record highs, the S&P 500’s attempt at tacking on another coincides with a surprisingly strong report on U.S. gross domestic product in the fourth quarter.

The large-cap index may be on track for a fifth-straight record close, but several other U.S. equity-market indexes are well removed from their all-time highs.

President Biden and his allies were quick to celebrate the latest GDP number, but it’s easy to imagine that it’ll end up as just another economic indicator that doesn’t do much for his approval ratings. So what gives?

The cancer-drug company CG Oncology Inc. priced its initial public offering above its estimated range and added 3 million shares to the deal, in a bullish sign ahead of its trading debut Thursday on the Nasdaq.

U.S. natural-gas supplies in storage marked their biggest weekly decline in nearly three years — but that wasn’t enough to rally prices for the heating fuel on Thursday.