LOS ANGELES — Americans looking to buy a newly built home this spring are likely to get a helping hand with their mortgage rate and […]
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Trump’s Tariffs Could Worsen Europe’s Economic Slowdown
President Trump’s promise to hit the United States’ trading partners with tit-for-tat tariffs — including penalties for taxes that he claims the European Union unfairly […]
Overlooked No More: Lena Richard, Who Brought Creole Cooking to the Masses
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In 1949, […]
US retail sales plunged along with temperatures in January
WASHINGTON — U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors, denting sales at car dealers and most […]
Which Interest Rate Should You Care About?
Watch out for interest rates. Not the short-term rates controlled by the Federal Reserve. Barring an unforeseen financial crisis, they’re not going anywhere, especially not […]
How to Use an HSA to Save a Lot
It’s possible to amass $1 million in special health savings accounts to use in retirement, a new analysis finds, with several big caveats. You have […]
Stock market today: Asian stocks mostly up, as Chinese technology firms see stock rally
HONG KONG — Asian stocks were mostly up Friday on the back of a near-record rally on U.S. stocks, as investors paid little attention to […]
Why Investors Appear Unfazed by the Latest Trump Tariffs
Elon Musk’s growing power in government appears to be making some of his businesses more of a magnet for investors. Case in point: Banks have […]
Elon Musk met with Modi during Indian PM’s US visit. What does he want from India?
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during his visit to the U.S. to meet President Donald Trump. […]
Whiskey Offers Window Into the Pain of a Trade War
Liquor lobbyists gathered in a ritzy private club on a recent rainy evening in Brussels to swill cocktails with names like “Toasts Not Tariffs” and […]