When Cornelius Vanderbilt died in 1877, the industrialist left behind roughly $100 billion in today's dollars. Yet, at a Vanderbilt family reunion less than a century later, in 1973, not a single ...

We had the same thing happen, and I am glad you mentioned giving the relative a call directly. As we didn't have close contact, or even live in the same country anymore, we had not realized that our ...

I'm hosting a Memorial Day barbecue with friends and family this coming Sunday and, between the booze and the burgers, the cost has crept up. I feel partially responsible, as I should have prepared my ...

In addition to promising a 50% tariff on the European Union, unless E.U. leaders come to an agreement with the Trump administration within approximately nine days, the president threatened Apple with ...

It was easier to save your daughter's blushes by giving this young man the price he quoted (after the fact). Trade jobs also vary wildly, depending on the tradesperson and the city in which the job is ...

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President Trump fired new salvos in the global trade war, threatening a 50% tariff on imported goods from the European Union and new duties on iPhones and other smartphones made overseas. Dow ...

Iona University will receive $74.7 million from the sale of tax-exempt municipal bonds, with the proceeds going to support construction projects and pay off existing debt.

The spotlight was back on U.S. supply chains heading into the Memorial Day weekend after President Donald Trump threatened a "straight" 50% tariff on the European Union and at least a 25% levy on ...

As a revenue source, tariffs are unlikely to be sufficient to balance a multi-trillion-dollar U.S. deficit. Because tariffs are expected to be transitory, the deficit for a while will likely decline, ...

Companies borrowed heavily during the cheap-money era, piling up almost $1 trillion in debt that's now coming due. Refinancing at today's punishingly high rates drains corporate cash away from hiring, ...

Health-care companies fell, but not by as much as the broad market, as the defensive bias on the stock market bolstered two new issues in the sector. Shares of Chinese drugmaker Jiangsu Hengrui ...