Dollar General says customers are buying less food because driving is too expensive

This pressure has been more pronounced on customers in rural communities as they work to minimize trip distance,” the ...

Beyond the ‘brazen theft’ of news: The entire $12 trillion creative economy may now be at risk from AI

AI firms heavily use news and other creative content to provide answers — but New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger says ...

My late husband had a higher Social Security benefit. We both claimed at 62. Can I get more on his record?

My husband was 82 when he passed away. He began receiving Social Security benefits at age 62. I am 79 and also began ...

Victoria’s Secret’s stock is on track for its best day ever. It came down to better bras.

Shares of the maker of bras, lingerie and sleepwear rocketed 47% higher, trading at around $78, on track for a record close ...

Trump signs a scaled-back executive order on AI. Critics say it’s almost meaningless.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that aims to set up a framework for AI ...

Investors are piling into bullish options bets — another sign that the stock market is getting overheated

Investors’ aggressive buying of bullish call options has become yet another indication of just how frothy the U.S. equity ...

Bitcoin tumbles below $68,000 on Tuesday as selling by major holder Strategy continues to dent investor appetite

A nearly 8% slide in bitcoin so far this week is deepening losses for what has already been a punishing year for the world's ...

Job openings leap to a 2-year high — but there’s a big catch

The number of U.S. job openings jumped to a two-year high of 7.6 million in April, a surprising increase that suggest ...

This space stock is rising as Blue Origin predicts quick recovery from big explosion

Blue Origin says it should be able to launch its New Glenn rocket before the end of 2026, which could help AST SpaceMobile.

Is it OK for a financial adviser to get twice the fee when they manage $500K vs. $1M — even when I know that’s not twice the work?

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It’s official: More money is now spent building data centers than the government spends on transportation

A notable milestone was quietly reached in the April construction-spending report released by the Census Bureau on Monday: ...

Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 set to extend longest win streaks of the year, while Nasdaq wavers; Alphabet, Microsoft slide; Bitcoin below $68,000

Stocks were higher on Tuesday afternoon, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 looking to extend their longest win streaks of the year.