Demonstrators hold signs during a rally for health-care funding outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sept. 30, 2025. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Millions of people are likely to drop their health insurance now that enhanced premium subsidies for consumers who buy coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplace have expired. That could increase…
The Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk logos. Mike Blake | Tom Little | Reuters It’s a tale of two drugmakers in the red-hot obesity drug market. Both Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are grappling with lower prices in the U.S., but their 2026 outlooks are diverging sharply: While Novo is bracing for a sales decline,…
Momo Productions | Stone | Getty Images Student debt can make it more challenging to prepare for retirement — and that is reflected in the retirement balances of older borrowers, Fidelity data shows. Retirement balances are roughly 30% lower among employees over age 50 who currently have student debt, at an average of $153,000, compared…
Elf Beauty cosmetics Courtesy: e.l.f Beauty Shares of E.l.f. Beauty surged roughly 15% Wednesday after the company reported a huge earnings beat and raised its guidance for the fiscal year. Here’s what the company reported for the third fiscal quarter, compared with analyst estimates from LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.24 adjusted vs. 72 cents expected…
A ‘help wanted’ advertisement is displayed in Manhattan on Jan. 9, 2026, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The January jobs report delayed by the brief government shutdown will be released next week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday. The closely watched report now will come out Feb. 11, five days…
The Walt Disney Co. has a new CEO — Josh D’Amaro. The chairman of Disney’s experiences division, which includes the company’s theme parks, cruise line, resorts and consumer products, was named to succeed longtime CEO Bob Iger. He will be the eighth CEO in Disney’s more than 100-year history. D’Amaro, 54, joined Disney in 1998…
A customer enters a Taco Bell restaurant in El Cerrito, California, US, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Yum Brands on Wednesday reported mixed quarterly results, despite strong demand for Taco Bell. Here’s what the company reported for the period ended Dec. 31 compared with what Wall Street…
The U.S. labor market barely budged in January, with hiring below even muted expectations, according to a report Wednesday from payrolls processing firm ADP. Private companies added just 22,000 positions for the month and the number would have been negative had it not been for a surge of 74,000 hires in the education and health…
Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images Older workers and retirees who have lost track of retirement savings from a previous employer may benefit from a relatively new resource to help them reunite with those funds. Of the 236,269 unique visitors who logged onto the Labor Department’s Retirement Savings Lost and Found database from its…
An aerial view of homes in San Francisco, Aug. 27, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The share of U.S. homeowners with high rates on their mortgages has jumped sharply in just the last few years. That’s having a marked impact on the refinance market and a somewhat more muted impact on home sales. Rates…