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Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesOnline spending rose 8.7% during the holiday season from last year, according to data from Adobe Analytics, as deals and the use of AI-powered chatbots helped inspire purchases.Sales on…

UK firms are planning to raise prices to cover higher tax payouts as confidence among businesses tumbled to its lowest level since the market-rocking "mini-budget" crisis of fall 2022, according to a survey by the British Chambers of…

A woman shops at a Target store in Chicago on Nov. 26, 2024.Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty ImagesHeading into the holidays, many Americans were already saddled with record-breaking credit card debt. And yet, consumer spending is set to…

The columns of Royal Exchange are dressed for Christmas, at Bank in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 20th November 2024, in London, England.Richard Baker | In Pictures | Getty ImagesLONDON — U.K. inflation rose to…

Models of oil barrels and a pump jack are displayed in front of a rising stock graph and "$100" in this illustration taken February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Financial markets in China and Japan are closed today for a public holiday. The Hang Seng is trading down by 0.6%. In US stock markets, Wall Street indices ended on a negative note but near record highs on…

Michelle Singletary: It's definitely those making minimum wage or just a little bit above minimum wage, those who are on Social Security, and that is most of their income coming in, even though Social Security…

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State Street ended 2021 with $43.68 billion in assets under custody. Photo:…

The Fed could supersize a rate increase to half a percentage point if inflation remains stubbornly high, a leading US central bank official said.Raphael Bostic, president of the Fed’s Atlanta branch, stuck to his call for three…