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Retailers are cutting prices to attract consumers, as deflationary trends show up at McDonald’s Corp. as well as in commodity markets and durables goods, according to Yardeni Research.

Job openings in the U.S. fell slightly in June to just above 8 million as the labor market continued to cool, but there are still more jobs available than there were before the pandemic.

Consumer confidence has been relatively soft all year and very choppy for the last four months.

A value manager with an excellent decades-long performance record supplies “a baker’s dozen of big bargains.”

Treasury yields turned little changed Tuesday morning amid fading concerns about the supply of U.S. government debt after the Treasury Department downwardly revised its third-quarter borrowing estimate.

Buyers waiting for U.S. mortgage rates to drop before buying might find it “costly.”

‘I am not worried that if we make him a joint owner on our bank accounts that something nefarious would happen’

Shares of Procter & Gamble Co. were knocked lower in early Tuesday trading, after the consumer packaged-goods company reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit that beat expectations but also a surprise dip in sales.

Software may fail to detect an unlatched hood on some Tesla vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Merck’s stock was headed lower in early trading Tuesday, after the drugmaker reported second-quarter profit and sales that beat expectations, amid strength in sales of cancer treatment Keytruda, but provided a mixed full-year outlook.

ADM said it faced “challenging market conditions” and that large South American crops and shifts in farmer selling behaviors impacted its second-quarter results, but it expects margin opportunities to improve.

Pfizer offered an update on a cost-cutting program and raised full-year guidance on Tuesday.