3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (464+ words) Kroger Co. trimmed its annual sales guidance, signaling that heightened inflationary concerns and fierce competition for grocery spending are weighing on the retailer. The company expects comparable sales excluding fuel, which measure stores open at least 15 months, to gain as…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (814+ words) Oil prices keep climbing as the war with Iran continues to clog the global flow of crude, and they leaped Thursday to their highest levels since before the summer. That worsened inflation worries and cranked up pressure in the bond…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (798+ words) BUENOS AIRES — At 18, Martín Taborda began studying law at Argentina’s prestigious University of Buenos Aires, hoping to become the first in his family to graduate. Just two years later, that dream has slipped out of reach. Unemployed and $1,300 in debt,…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (753+ words) Stocks on Wall Street lost ground again Wednesday as the price of crude oil climbed back above $100 a barrel amid further escalation in the U.S. war with Iran. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 0.5%. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.8%, and the…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (375+ words) Workers at “World of Warcraft” video game developer Blizzard Entertainment have ratified union contracts after two years of bargaining. The ratification vote means all union-represented Blizzard employees — nearly 1,900 people across all units in the company’s games teams and shared services…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (637+ words) Fox Corp.’s $22 billion acquisition of San Jose-based Roku, operator of streaming services and seller of hardware devices, seemed like a straight-forward deal when it was announced in June: A growing media company was looking to bolster its presence in…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (504+ words) The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time since July after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. Brent crude, the international standard, jumped nearly 3% to…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (560+ words) Stocks fell Tuesday in their return to trading from a three-day weekend after the latest fighting in the war with Iran pushed oil prices higher. The Standard & Poor’s 500 sank 0.6%. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 628 points, or 1.2%, and the Nasdaq…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (195+ words) Los Angeles Times To the editor: The alarms sounding from the bond market are warranted given the U.S. government’s persistent lack of fiscal discipline (“Why bond yields are rising and why everyone should care,” Sept. 2). Our leaders could make needed change…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (933+ words) NEW YORK — U.S. stocks fell and Treasury yields rose Friday after the government reported that employers unexpectedly added 162,000 jobs last month, a development that could increase chances that the U.S. central bank will raise interest rates this month. The Standard…...