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Social Security’s COLA: Let’s not mess with the index

Nothing is perfect, but the current index is a good compromise

Wholesale inflation ease again, PPI shows, ahead of Fed interest-rate cuts

Prices are no longer rising very rapidly

Kay, Zales jewelry stores parent’s stock soars, as marriage proposals increase

Signet Jewelers’ stock surged Thursday, after the diamond seller beat quarterly profit expectations, and indicated it was on course to break a long streak of same-store sales declines as marriage proposals are rising.

Jobless claims inch up to 230,000, but still no sign of rising layoffs

Labor market has cooled and hiring has slowed

Kroger’s stock rises after profit beat offsets sales miss

Kroger’s CEO says the company is still committed to closing its merger with Albertsons, despite regulatory pushback.

After the Fed cuts rates, this corner of the stock market could see big gains

An often-overlooked corner of the stock market is poised for big gains after the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, according to a team of stock-market strategists at Goldman Sachs.

Mastercard paying $2.65 billion for cybersecurity company that uses AI

Mastercard boosting use of artificial intelligence to spot potentially compromised credit cards.

If you don’t have money, these investment pros can help you make some

You may think financial advisers only want wealthy clients. But some take hardship cases—and even work pro bono.

SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission completes historic first commercial spacewalk

The private Polaris Dawn space mission made history by completing the first commercial spacewalk early Thursday.

The end of cash will come at a high price — your privacy and more cybercrime

Financial autonomy and individual freedoms must be protected.

General Mills to sell North American yogurt business to French dairy companies for $2.1 billion

General Mills, parent to brands including Cheerios, Nature Valley, Blue Buffalo, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Pillsbury and Betty Crocker, is expecting the deal to be about 3% dilutive to adjusted per-share earnings in the first year after close.

Defensive stocks are making a comeback as Fed readies rate cuts. What’s next for Wall Street’s hottest trade.

A previously unloved corner of the U.S. stock market has quietly emerged as one of the top performers on the S&P 500, reshaping Wall Street over the past few months. 
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