The Trick to Enjoying Big Family Gatherings

We have the kind of big family where everyone talks at exactly the same time, but weirdly also hears what everyone else is saying? I don’t know exactly how it’s done, but my aunts and uncles execute it flawlessly. The atmosphere ends up being fun and wonderful and boisterous, but the catch? Sometimes you find […]

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: ORCL, AI, MTN, PL

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Oracle — Stock in the computer technology company slipped 5% after Oracle slightly missed fiscal second-quarter earnings estimates. The firm reported adjusted earnings of $1.47 per share, while analysts polled by LSEG were looking for $1.48 a share. Oracle’s revenue of $14.1 billion matched analyst estimates. […]

Amazon partnering with Intuit Quickbooks for third-party sellers

Sasan Goodarzi, president and CEO of Intuit Inc. and Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has for years counted on millions of third-party sellers to provide the bulk of the inventory that consumers buy. But keeping track of their finances has long been a challenge for outside […]

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: HSY, NVDA, BABA, OMC

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Hershey , Mondelez International — Hershey shares jumped roughly 10.9% after Bloomberg News reported that Cadbury and Oreo maker Mondelez is again trying to buy the chocolate company. News of the attempted takeover put Hershey shares on pace for their best day since June 2016, when Hershey […]

The U.S. job market is stagnant right now

Rudi_suardi | E+ | Getty Images The U.S. job market has been stagnant of late, a dynamic that contains both good and bad news for U.S. workers. On the one hand, businesses are holding on to their existing workforce, meaning employees are unlikely to lose their jobs, economists said. But it also may be hard […]

Cool Gift Approach: Book Kits

I know we’re up to our ears in gift guides at this point, but! My friend Jodi Levine had such a cool idea for how to bring bookish things together, I asked her to show us her approach. Here goes
 Says Jodi: I tend to be a last-minute holiday shopper. When my inevitable panic sets […]