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Banking: More challenges await U.S. banks but analysts think the worst may be over for the year

Headwinds continue to face U.S. banks, but a narrowing of profit margins is expected to slow down.

Futures Movers: Oil scores 7th straight weekly rise as traders focus on tight supplies

Oil futures rise Friday, booking a seventh straight weekly rise to end near 2023 highs.

Retirement Weekly: What if Social Security didn’t exist?

An appreciation of the role it plays in retirement finance

Retirement Weekly: I inherited money from my father. How do I avoid a ‘tax bomb’ with RMDs?

Exercising Roth conversions can be a sound strategy.

Retirement Weekly: Closing in on retirement? 4 ways to boost savings

Are you a decade away from retirement? How to bolster your retirement-savings plan.

Retirement Weekly: News and analysis for those planning for or living in retirement

Retirement news and analysis

: Suicide rates hit record, with biggest increase seen among older adults

The age group with the biggest increase in death by suicide was those 65 years and older, with an 8.1% jump in deaths.

: Want to rent in Manhattan? You’ll have to spend nearly $70,000 a year.

Rents in Manhattan rose to a record-high average of $5,588 in July, according to data from Miller Samuel and Douglas Elliman.

: Why have frozen fruit and vegetable prices soared by almost 12% — while fresh produce costs have not?

Drought, floods, labor shortages and the war in Ukraine are all playing a role, experts said.

Washington Watch: Climate change and carbon capture: Texas, Louisiana score federal money for largest ever U.S. direct-air effort

Biden sends $1.2B for direct-air carbon-emissions capture facilities in Texas and Louisiana, technology that essentially vacuums up existing Earth-warming CO2.

Market Extra: Treasury auctions end on a downbeat this week after soft 30-year sale

The Treasury market is about to end the week on a somewhat downbeat note after struggling with Thursday's $23 billion auction of 30-year bonds.

: David Weiss named special counsel in Hunter Biden probe

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named David Weiss as a special counsel in the investigation into President Joe Biden's son Hunter.
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