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THE S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both had record closes Thursday. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ERIC THAYER

S&P, Dow soar to record highs as trade fears abate

NEW YORK - United States stock benchmarks reached new highs Thursday on news from China about tariff and currency moves that could ease trade tensions....

Don’t blame Amazon, Apple for today’s expensive market

The highest-valued stock in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, based on this year’s expected earnings, is not Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc. or any...
S&P 500 COMPANIES reported record dividend payouts of $124 billion in the second quarter. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

S&P 500 firms declared record dividend payouts last quarter

NEW YORK - One-third more S&P 500 companies boosted dividends in the second quarter compared to a year earlier, with record dividend payouts of $124...
HASBRO ANNOUNCED $500 million in share repurchases, in addition to the buyback program of the same scale approved in 2015. / COURTESY HASBRO INC.

Hasbro announces additional $500M share buyback

PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. authorized a repurchase of an additional $500 million of its common stock, expanding its original buyback plan, the company announced...
THE S&P 500 Index closed at the lowest level since early February while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 459 points Monday. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

Tech rout sinks stocks as lines of defense crumble

NEW YORK - The deepening rout in once high-flying technology shares sent U.S. stocks tumbling to start the second quarter, as fresh presidential criticism...

On the market

Does the performance of the equity or bond markets impact you or your business? Yes: 67% No: 33% Do you actively invest in the equity or bond...
U.S. STOCKS plunged on concern that rising interest rates will drag down economic growth. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

Stocks hit two-month low as rate-hike fears return

NEW YORK - The dread that gripped equity markets earlier in the week re-emerged Thursday as U.S. stocks plunged on concern that rising interest rates...
STOCK PRICES CONTINUE TO SET RECORDS and investors do not seem to be pulling back even as the recovery from the Great Recession nears a decade in length.

A record in records for U.S. stocks rallying sixth week in...

NEW YORK – Earnings-day blowups, leverage warnings in China, Apple’s worst rout since August. Oh, and a sixth straight week of gains for the S&P...
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