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Some of the biggest clothing and department-store chains rely on their own private-label credit cards to cushion their bottom lines.

U.S.-listed shares of Nio Inc. on Wednesday hovered around a 52-week low after the Chinese electric-vehicle maker cut its current-quarter sales estimates.

GameStop Corp., which reported a significant sales decline its fourth-quarter results late Tuesday, could meet its demise before the end of this decade, according to analyst firm Wedbush.

Investors have been bidding up the stock partly on speculation that its asset cap imposed by the Federal Reserve may be lifted in the next year or so.

Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock surged Wednesday, but a sharp late-day pullback in the previous session may have acted as a warning to investors not to assume a smooth ride higher.

Carnival Corp.’s stock dropped Wednesday after the cruise operator reported an narrower-than-expected fiscal first-quarter loss but also provided an estimate for what the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore would cost it this year.

Momentum stocks are coming off their best stretch of outperformance in years — since just before the financial crisis, in fact. That’s making some investors nervous.

Data from a Phase 1 trial is the latest bullish news from the biotech that may offer cheap entry to weight-loss mania.

Easter sales will total $22.4 billion in 2024, according to the National Retail Federation — a 7% decline from last year.

U.S. banks are struggling to keep up with evolving artificial-intelligence technology that has enabled fraudsters to easily impersonate customers and spread malware using AI-generated text, according to a report published Wednesday by the Treasury Department.

Higher office space vacancies trigger rise in criticized and modified loans, as a maturity wall looms

Merck’s stock rallied into record territory Wednesday, after the drug giant’s treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension, Winrevair, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.