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The index factors in housing market data, economic vitality, and lifestyle metrics, to surface emerging housing markets that offer a high quality of life, as well as home price appreciation in the future.

German inflation in January will rise at its slowest pace in more than two and a half years, , bolstering hopes that the European Central Bank may be able to reduce interest rates from record levels in coming months.

Cardinal Health announced Wednesday an agreement to buy Specialty Networks for $1.2 billion in cash, as the drug distributor and medical products maker looks to enhance its data analytics capabilities.

Biogen is halting the development and commercialization of the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, which drew intense scrutiny of its U.S. regulatory process due to concerns about whether its benefits outweighed its risks.

The Treasury Department on Wednesday said it would sell $121 billion in notes and bonds next week. That’s up from $112 billion last quarter. Beyond the increases announced in this quarter, Treasury said it did not expect to make any further increases in auction sizes “for at least the next several quarters.”

Lender reduces payout to 5c from 17c as it builds up capital to meet larger-bank requirements after it acquired ailing Signature Bank

he cost companies pay to employ workers rose 0.9% in the fourth quarter to mark the smallest increase in two and a half years, another sign that rapid wage growth after the pandemic is waning.

Google parent Alphabet’s Inc.’s fourth-quarter results could spell good news for Amazon.com Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. who are on deck this week, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.

Boeing assuaged investor fears for the moment on Wednesday, as the aerospace and defense giant’s fourth-quarter results beat Wall Street expectations in all of the key metrics, amid strength in the closely watched commercial-airplanes business.

Businesses created just 107,000 new jobs in January, paycheck company ADP said, in another sign that hiring has slowed since last fall.

The deal comes at a time when managed-care companies are grappling with rising medical costs from Medicare Advantage customers.

Mastercard’s earnings come after rival Visa beat with its own results last week but spooked Wall Street a bit by showing a spending slowdown.