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Wells Fargo is optimistic about retail in 2018, and has put Ulta Beauty, Adidas, Coach parent Tapestry and PVH Corp. on its list of top picks.

Airbrushing apps promote worrying trends on Facebook and Instagram about what is considered beautiful.

Marijuana is about to get a lot cheaper in California, just like it did in Washington state.

The major security flaws in chips made by the likes of Intel Corp. made public Tuesday by an IT blog is going to a minimal, if any, effect on Intel’s bottom line—and in fact, might push cloud computing providers to purchase new servers, with new chips, one analyst said.

Sears to close more than 100 stores, including Kmart sites, in March and April

Domestic violence victims in Nevada will get time off from work and pregnant workers will get protections in Massachusetts.

Sears Holdings Corp. said Thursday that it is closing more than 100 stores in March and April of this year. Sixty-four of the stores will be Kmart locations and 39 will be Sears. Eligible associates will receive severance packages and can apply for open positions at nearby locations. The number of associates affected is not available, according to a Sears spokesperson, who says most of the jobs are part-time positions. Liquidation sales at the impacted stores will begin as early as Jan. 12. The store closures will be nationwide. Читать дальше...

Exchange-traded funds tied to emerging-market equities rose on Thursday, extending a rally that has taken the group to their highest level in more than six years.

Weinstein Co. is nearing the end of a sale process in which the embattled independent film studio could go for less than $500 million and its shareholders may lose all of their equity, said people close to the discussions.

Oil futures climb on Thursday as a hefty weekly drop in U.S. crude supplies and ongoing protests in Iran lift prices to levels not seen in three years.

The private bank of Wells Fargo thinks investors aren’t giving enough credit to the economic stimulus from the new tax plan.

If the proposal goes through, groups of people from, say, the New York metropolitan area, or a nationwide group of plumbers, could band together for health coverage.

Oil prices climbed Thursday to again settle at their highest in about three years, buoyed by a bigger-than-expected drop in weekly U.S. crude inventories and production concerns tied to protests in Iran. February West Texas Intermediate crude rose 38 cents, or 0.6%, to settle at $62.01 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the highest most-active futures contract settlement since December 2014, according to FactSet data.

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If it was 100 years ago, would Thomas Edison be out of a job?

Gold overcomes earlier weakness Thursday to finish higher, expands its winning streak to a tenth-session—the longest in more than six years.

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This woman’s mother, who died at 92, was targeted by a slew of predatory professionals.

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Hiring in the field has spiked 82% in the past three months, according to one estimate.

HBO confirmed on Thursday that its most popular series "Game of Thrones" won't return for its eighth and final season until 2019. The Time Warner Inc.-owned premium cable network did not say when exactly in 2019 the next season might air, but the show began production back in October, and it's expected to run until the middle of 2018. The final episode of the show's most recent seventh season pulled in 12.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched episode in the series's history. HBO has been... Читать дальше...

Risks are increasing in the first half of 2018, says Simon Maierhofer.

Michael Brush says these investor-writers are worth following.

Cape Town, one of South Africa’s biggest cities known for its dramatic coastline, is about to run out of water. Taps could be turned off in late April given current consumption. Still investors aren’t too worried thanks to buoyant sentiment in emerging markets, and rally in the currency that started in November.

‘I knew in my gut it was not the right decision.’