Dear Quentin, I have been in a relationship with this man for five years. I moved into his home a year ago. The plan was for me to pay all the utilities, dog expenses, and groceries. I cook and clean, and take care of things around the house and now he is asking me to pay half ...

BERLIN—Bayer Chief Executive Bill Anderson said the company would bounce back quickly from a recent spate of bad news, and warned that a breakup of the pharmaceutical and agricultural company was no universal cure for its ailments.A stream of negative news has rekindled calls from investors for ...

If ignorance is bliss, then ostriches — famous for burying their heads in the sand when stressed — might be the happiest birds in the animal kingdom.  There’s just one problem with that theory: ostriches don’t actually bury their heads in the sand. Instead, when overwhelmed or ...

U.S. stocks were mixed on Friday, with the Dow up 100 points and the Nasdaq trading in the red amid light trading volume during a shortened post-Thanksgiving session. How are stocks trading? On Wednesday, the Dow industrials added 184.74 points, or 0.5%, to finish at 35,273.03, ...

Active traders might have to wait till markets close before swarming the shops to take advantage of Black Friday deals. While employees of many non-retail businesses will stretch the Thanksgiving holiday into a four-day weekend, taking off Black Friday, markets will see a partial ...

I’m living the Black Friday dream. I did all my shopping last year with one fell click. Last year, I purchased a “hot” Black Friday item: a robot vacuum cleaner. I didn’t go for the Roomba. Instead, I chose a $220 Eufy RoboVac at a discounted price of $120, excluding tax. It ...

BondsBy Brian SwintUpdated Nov 23, 2023, 10:17 am EST / Original Nov 23, 2023, 7:25 am ESTShareReprintsThe yield curve inversion appears to have stopped narrowing, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.Continue reading this article with a Barron’s subscription.View Options Source link ...

Oil prices pushed lower on Thursday, as investors grew increasingly unsettled following a decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies to delay a much anticipated meeting by four days. Price driversMarket drivers Oil prices tumbled briefly on ...

After unwanted shirts and pants piled up in warehouses and stockrooms last year, clothing chains such as Gap Inc. and Urban Outfitters have said over the past two weeks they’ve had an easier time selling clothing through the summer without slashing prices so aggressively. But ...

The numbers: Orders for durable or long-lasting goods sank 5.4% in October because of fewer contracts for Boeing passenger planes, but most other manufacturers also reported somewhat weaker demand. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal had forecast a 3.4% decline. If ...