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The stock market has been volatile, but it’s been a very solid year on -— and for — Wall Street. Stocks rebounded Monday after a big tumble last week, but the Dow remains up a robust 10% in 2021. Goldman Sachs is the top stock among the blue chips, surging 35%. Goldman isn’t the only

US stocks are rallying Monday, making up lost ground after a multi-day losing streak. The Dow surged more than 500 points, or 1.5%, in the late morning, and the S&P 500 — the broadest measure of Wall Street — was up 1.2%. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite rose 0.7%. The Dow stands to snap a five-day

Are the Wild West days of intense market volatility back on Wall Street? Stocks slid Friday after St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard told CNBC he thinks the Fed should raise interest rates as soon as the end of next year. The Dow fell more than 530 points Friday, a drop of around 1.6%.

For much of the past 16 months, Amazon’s warehouse workers have faced grueling pressure to keep up with the demand from households for online goods during the pandemic. Now, workers must endure the stress of meeting a spike in orders from Amazon’s summer shopping holiday, which kicks off Monday. Several full-time Amazon warehouse employees told

After months of failing to break out, Amazon’s stock is close to a record high. Thank Prime Day, the annual sales bonanza that kicks off Monday. What’s happening: In 2020, analysts estimated Amazon’s Prime Day notched sales of $9 billion to $10.5 billion. The sales rush as the economy reopens could encourage even bigger spending

Five hundred police officers raided the Apple Daily newsroom in Hong Kong last week to arrest executives and top editors and seize journalistic materials under the city’s national security law. The incident sounded an alarm across the media industry. “This has sent shudders through the industry,” Elaine Yu, a Hong Kong-based reporter for the Wall

Major corporations are celebrating Juneteenth in unique ways this week. The annual June 19 tradition, which falls on Saturday this year, commemorates the day in 1865 when former American slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of President Abraham Lincoln’s January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War. It took Union

America hit a milestone Friday: 300 million Covid-19 shots have been administered in the country. And as the number of vaccinations continues to rise, so do the signs the nation is getting back to business. Here’s a list of some indicators that the United States is recovering from the pandemic. Airplanes are filling up The

Amazon Prime Day is typically one of the best days of the year for Keababies, which sells baby care and maternity products on its web site. Last October, Keababies racked up around $500,000 in revenue during the two-day event, said co-founder Ivan Ong. Drawn by the steep discounts Keababies offered to customers on Prime Day,

America hit a milestone Friday: 300 million people in the country have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. And as the number of vaccinations continues to rise, so do the signs the nation is getting back to business. Here’s a list of some indicators that the United States is recovering from the

America hit a milestone Friday: 300 million people in the country have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. And as the number of vaccinations continues to rise, so do the signs the nation is getting back to business. Here’s a list of some indicators that the United States is recovering from the

It’s been a big year for America’s oat milk fans — and the companies serving them. In March, Starbucks rolled out the option only to sell out a month later. Silk added oat milk to its line of plant-based milks in April. Oatly had a splashy IPO in May. And a slew of new ad