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New research shows impulse shoppers have a complicated relationship with necessities and household products.

The U.S. dollar weakened against rivals on Tuesday, paring earlier gains that came on the coattails of the end to the U.S. government shutdown.

Oil prices climb Tuesday, with the U.S. benchmark at its highest finish in more than three years, as traders bet that a weekly U.S. government report will reveal a tenth-straight weekly decline in domestic crude stockpiles.

U.S. Treasurys see some buying on Tuesday, pushing yields lower, a day after President Donald Trump signed legislation to temporarily end a multiday, partial shutdown of the government.

Trade is one of the central themes of 2018 and the U.S. current-account deficit has been a popular topic of politicians who place blame on bad trade deals and the devaluation of foreign currencies.

Tuesday's top personal finance stories

What other CEO would be paid only with a 100% at-risk performance award?

Five people are presumed dead following a well explosion in Oklahoma, authorities said Tuesday, in what appears to be the deadliest shale drilling accident since the boom in U.S. oil and gas production began a decade ago.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to cut off debate on the nomination of Jerome Powell to be chairman of the Federal Reserve, setting up a final vote later today. The vote to cut off debate was 84 to 12. Only 50 votes would be needed to confirm Powell. The final vote will take place at 5 p.m.

Women accounted for 18% of chief executive officer replacements in 2017.

Bank of America has shut down one of its checking accounts, used by some low-income consumers.

Shares of Mattel Inc. ran up 10% in active afternoon trade Tuesday, which puts them on track for the highest close since Nov. 30. Volume ballooned to 11.5 million shares, which is nearly double the full-day average, according to FactSet. The toy maker confirmed that it did not release any news Tuesday and did not file anything with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Separately, shares of fellow toy maker Hasbro Inc. rallied 4.4%, also on volume that was almost double the full-day average. Читать дальше...

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Oil settled higher Tuesday, with U.S. prices notching their highest finish in more than three years. Prices got a boost on expectations for further declines in U.S. crude supplies and comments from Saudi Arabia's energy minister suggesting that producers may extend their production-cut agreement beyond its expiration at the end of this year. The Energy Information Administration is expected to report on Wednesday a decline of 1.6 million barrels in U.S. crude inventories for the week ended Jan. Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, with major indexes inching up to record levels a day after a partial shutdown of the government was ended.

U.S. Treasurys see some buying on Tuesday, pushing yields lower, a day after President Donald Trump signed legislation to temporarily end a multiday, partial shutdown of the government.

Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it plans to give full-time and part-time employees in the U.S. who have been with the company since prior to Jan. 1 a one-time cash bonus of $1,000. About 125,000 Disney employees will be eligible for the bonus, which comes as a result of the tax bill that was signed into law in December. The company is also investing $50 million in a new and ongoing education program to cover tuition costs for hourly Disney employees. A number of companies have vowed to give employees bonuses since the tax law's passage. Читать дальше...

The Federal Reserve is undergoing perhaps its biggest shakeup in leadership since it was created 104 years ago, a changing of the guard that could influence how quickly the central bank raises the cost of borrowing in the U.S.

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Jelena McWilliams, President Trump’s pick to head the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., won’t quite say whether excess leverage on Wall Street caused the 2008 financial crisis.

As bond yields climb to record heights, nervous investors are eyeing the uninterrupted rally in stocks with skepticism

Fitch Ratings downgraded Sears Holdings Corp.'s ratings to C from CC, after the company announced a distressed debt exchange. The company said it has commenced an exchange various tranches of debt held by Sears and its Kmart business. The news comes after the department store chain said in early January that it is in talks with certain lenders to amend the terms on more than $1 billion of non-first-lien debt, to reduce the interest expense and extend maturities. The exchange involves pay-in-kind notes... Читать дальше...

Gold prices climb Tuesday, marking their highest finish in nearly a week as the U.S. dollar hovered near three-year lows.