Stock and bond fund returns for the quarter were bad nearly everywhere you looked, our columnist says. Energy stocks, lifted by the war with Iran, were an exception.

The judge overseeing the case said that the pause would extend until next week, and promised to decide whether to further extend it by Tuesday.

The beverage and snack company is under increasing pressure to grow its business in North America, as consumers cut costs and calories.

The World Trade Organization said that the drag on global trade from the war in the Middle East was more than offset by spending on goods related to artificial intelligence.

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 7.4 percent, putting more pressure on Americans struggling to afford to buy a home.

French bond investors are demanding sharply higher interest rates, a cautionary development for other high-debt countries.

Wealthy donors and companies can donate individual stocks to the new investment accounts for millions of children. That has raised legal questions.

To meet skyrocketing demand, lounge operators like American Express are racing to build bigger, and the Centurion in Newark’s Terminal A will be a giant.

The Federal Reserve is poised to raise interest rates further as it seeks to tame inflation, but that is unlikely to happen until the end of the year.