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Oil futures jumped as the market reopened Sunday night, building on last week’s surge after Israel attacked Iranian energy facilities over the weekend and underlining fears around potential disruption to Middle Eastern crude flows.

The version of the Republican megabill passed by the House last month includes a provision that ends an effort to get 1099-K tax forms out to workers or sellers who have earned more than $600 a year.

More people may be able to find a lower premium today than a year ago. Here’s how to do it.

Investors are heading into the coming week’s two-day Federal Reserve meeting facing a wide band of uncertainty around the path ahead for the U.S. economy, inflation, and interest rates — which has the potential to keep stocks rangebound, make them more volatile, or both through the end of the year.

As Google and NASA offer their workers buyouts, here’s what to consider when deciding whether it’s a good deal — or better than potentially being laid off.

Americans spend $10 billion more on Mother’s Day than Father’s Day. What’s going on?

What is the Labor Department thinking?

Republicans’ massive tax-and-spending bill limits income and cuts off tax breaks for undocumented immigrants — “but that’s the point,” the bill’s supporters say.

“The images are truly amazing. They look like they could be hanging in the Smithsonian.”

Gold is shining as Treasurys remain under pressure — but it’s probably too soon to write off U.S. debt as a safe-haven asset.

Jon Faust, who advised three Fed chairs, doesn’t see an interest-rate cut until December — an even then, the odds of a move are just 50/50.

Keep an eye out for signs of labor-market weakness, as well as the risk that rising oil prices could put more upward pressure on inflation.