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Retailers have been battered by the pandemic, which triggered a plunge in foot traffic and caused demand for products like work clothing to all but…

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Richard Winton, the…

Luxury electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors went public after a merger with “blank-check” firm Churchill Capital Corp IV, in the largest…

Wall Street is increasingly concerned that a wave of spending when the economy reopens could cause prices to spike, spoiling the financial market…

Instacart started as a grocery delivery service. But it’s increasingly moving into delivering office supplies, sporting goods, televisions,…

SPAC mania has entered the celebrity phase. Colin Kaepernick, Shaquille O’Neal, Larry Kudlow and pop star Ciara are all lending their star…

Tesla, the hottest stock in the market for more than a year, has sunk into bear market territory. Shares of Tesla fell 6% Tuesday after closing down…

Uncle Sam is in search for a pot of gold that could ease the pain of trillion-dollar deficits. And some believe Wall Street might just have the…

JPMorgan Chase and Google launched a program Tuesday to help banks owned and led by people of color increase their lending capabilities. The new…

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that movie theaters would reopen in New York City next month, welcome news for an industry that has been…

Goodyear has agreed to buy rival Cooper for $2.8 billion. The deal will give America’s largest tire producer a much bigger footprint around the…

Hillary Clinton is working on a book with Canadian mystery novelist Louise Penny, set in the aftermath of US political chaos. The book, titled…

HSBC is pushing even harder into Asia as the bank seeks to shore up its business in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s also bringing…

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Federal regulators are looking closely at the Texas energy market after natural gas prices rocketed during last week’s deep freeze. And…

Oatly, the popular oat milk maker backed by Oprah, is making plans to go public. The Swedish company said it filed confidential IPO forms with the…

Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the long-serving Saudi oil minister who masterminded an OPEC embargo that plunged western economies into recession in 1973, has…

The pandemic has slammed Macy’s and other department stores. But signs of a recovery are beginning to emerge. Macy’s said Tuesday that it…

Bitcoin’s roller coaster ride continues. The top cryptocurrency surged to a new all-time high above $58,000 on Sunday but fell to just above…