Markets
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Wall Street wants everyone using AI except its job applicants
Nov 22, 2025 1:55 pm - As Wall Street’s biggest firms tout the many ways artificial intelligence is making their employees better, from tellers helping customers with account issues to investment bankers arranging multibillion-dollar deals, there’s one group they don’t want using AI: job candidates.
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You can save more in your 401(k) and IRA next year. Here’s why.
Nov 22, 2025 1:04 pm - Next year, workers will be able to divert as much as $24,500 of their pay into a tax-advantaged workplace retirement account such as the 401(k), the 403(b) for nonprofit employees or 457 plans for government workers. That’s $1,000 more than the current cap.
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More swings hit Wall Street, but this time stocks finish higher
Nov 21, 2025 4:48 pm - NEW YORK — More swings hit Wall Street on Friday, except the U.S. stock market finished higher this time. After bobbing up and down through the morning, the S&P 500 took...
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How baby boomers got so rich, and why their kids are unlikely to catch up
Nov 18, 2025 2:12 pm - Baby boomers hold more than $85 trillion in assets, making them the richest generation by far. New research explores the extraordinary rise in their good fortunes — one that experts say successive generations will be hard-pressed to replicate.
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Chicago Loop commercial property values drop 7.2% amid vacancies
Nov 17, 2025 1:58 pm - Commercial property values in Chicago’s Loop, the city’s central district of skyscrapers, financial firms and offices that drives much of its economy, dropped by about 7.2% last year amid lower sale prices and vacancies, according to a report Monday from the county treasurer.
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Wall Street scrambles back from a big morning loss as Nvidia and bitcoin swing
Nov 14, 2025 4:45 pm - An early swoon shook the U.S. stock market on Friday, as Nvidia, bitcoin, gold and other high flyers swung on an increasingly antsy Wall Street, but it quickly calmed.
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The Dow rallies 550 points to a record
Nov 11, 2025 3:44 pm - NEW YORK — Most U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday and carried the market back to where it was before last week’s swoon. The S&P 500 added 0.2% after erasing a loss taken during...
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Stocks wind up mixed on Wall Street after spending most of the day in the red
Nov 07, 2025 4:14 pm - Stocks wavered to a mixed finish on Wall Street Friday and notched their first weekly loss in the last four. Major indexes wobbled throughout most of the week, but ultimately pulled back from records set the prior week. Technology stocks once again determined the broader direction of the market.
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From groceries to gas, Americans say they’re spending more under Trump
Nov 07, 2025 1:00 pm - A majority of Americans say they are spending more on groceries and utilities than they were a year ago, and they blame President Donald Trump for the rising prices, a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll finds.
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Snack Wraps’ return helps boost McDonald's third quarter sales
Nov 05, 2025 7:09 am - The fan-favorite Snack Wraps returned to U.S. menus in July after a nine-year absence. U.S. traffic to McDonald’s stores was 15% higher than average on the day they were released, according to Placer.ai, a data company.