Articles

My credit score and income are better than ever, but my bank won’t lower my credit-card APR. Here’s how to fight back.

The success rate of cardholders who asked for a lower credit-card interest rate is at its highest since 2021. But as lenders wait to see how the economy moves in the coming months, experts say they might be tightening their belts.

Lowe’s tops Home Depot with an $8.8 billion buyout deal and an earnings beat

Lowe’s stock gains after it beat earnings expectations a day after Home Depot missed. Lowe’s also announced it was buying a bigger building-products company than its rival did in June.

These companies are the economy’s ‘first responders’ to Fed rate cuts — yet stock investors overlook them

Community banks are “Fed-policy translators” — and their shares are highly sensitive to central-bank decisions.

Target’s stock drops as longtime CEO Brian Cornell’s planned departure overshadows an earnings beat

Target’s Chief Operating Officer Michael Fiddelke will replace Chief Executive Brian Cornell on Feb. 1, 2026.

The bond market is flashing a potentially worrisome sign about Fed rate cuts

The Treasury yield curve has been steepening on rate-cut expectations — but also for inflation concerns

Meredith Whitney famously called the 2008 financial crisis. Here’s the new problem with the U.S. economy, she says

Meredith Whitney is worried about a bifurcated economy. Here is how she’s playing that.

Strategist Tom Lee says the S&P 500 can reach as high as 7,000 — if two conditions are met

Strategist Tom Lee is raising his sights on the stock market — if two key conditions are met.

EVs put Ford and other automakers at a crossroads: Who will innovate the assembly line of the future?

There’s a race to build more vehicles more efficiently, with Ford, Tesla and others trying to revamp the way cars are made

‘I consider myself pretty lucky’: I’m 65 with $4 million. Do I buy an annuity to protect against Social Security’s demise?

“Do I pay off my 4% mortgages instead of investing my cash?”

A stablecoin boom will force a return to dollar dominance — but not just yet, this strategist says

Michael Kelly of PineBridge says the dollar will be choppy until the Fed rate cycle wraps up.

4 arrested for breaking into Brad Pitt’s $5.5M home in alleged string of L.A. burglaries

Four suspects have been arrested for breaking into actor Brad Pitt’s Los Feliz home in what police believe to be a string of burglaries that took place across L.A.

Taylor Swift’s impact has shown up in economic data before. Now it’s Oasis getting blame for hot U.K. inflation.

U.K. inflation came in hot in July — but a famous Manchester band may be to blame.
1 201 202 203 204 205 2,456