Stocks finished trading on Friday — the second-to-last session of the "Santa Claus rally" period — with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) leading the major indexes higher to open the new year as ...

NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The first full trading week of the new year could shake the U.S. stock market out of its winter holiday slumber as investors parse the rapid developments in Venezuela while ...

The Buffalo Bills enter Week 18 knowing that their playoff spot is secure, and the only thing left for the franchise to gain is a better seeding. With Josh Allen nursing a sore ankle/foot, he is one ...

This is an interesting playoff race. One that's less about who's getting in and more about how seeding shakes out. In the AFC, five teams (the Broncos, Patriots, Jaguars, Chargers and Bills) have ...

A Bloomberg gauge of the dollar headed for its worst week since June as traders looked to data due early next month to confirm expectations for further Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in 2026. With ...

Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could ...

Have you been playing Connections, the super fun word game from the New York Times that has people sharing those multi-colored squares on social media like they did with Wordle? It’s pretty fun and ...

Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. By New York Times Games Good morning, dear connectors. Welcome to today’s Connections forum, where you can give and ...

Terry Lane is a writer for Investopedia with 25 years of experience in journalism and communications. He covers personal finance, Congress, government regulations, and economics. However your trades ...

Below are the most important global events likely to affect FX and bond markets in the week ending Jan. 9. U.S. jobs data for December and ISM data on U.S. manufacturing and services-sector activity ...

Colin Cowherd unveils his Week 18 Blazin' 5, including whether the Seattle Seahawks or San Francisco 49ers will win the NFC West and if the Pittsburgh Steelers will pull off an upset win over the ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...