The world in a glance.

CDC says there are no U.S. hantavirus cases currently, 41 people being monitored

The CDC said the risk to the general public from hantavirus remains low.

These three artworks could sell for $100 million each next week as May auctions begin

The wild card for the May auctions is the Middle East, with the Iran war clouding buyer expectations.

All-you-can-eat deals are back at restaurants like Red Lobster and Applebee’s. Here’s how to get your money’s worth.

As inflation has tightened household budgets, several chain restaurants have brought back all-you-can-eat deals to drive foot traffic.

Hantavirus outbreak isn't another Covid pandemic – but experts say it's testing U.S. readiness

For some experts, the outbreak is raising broader concerns about how equipped the U.S. is to respond to future infectious disease threats.

Trump’s big trip was supposed to sell 500 Boeing planes. China is only buying 200 of them.

Boeing’s stock on Thursday headed for its steepest fall in six months after President Donald Trump said China is buying 200 of the company’s jets, disappointing investors who had…

US authorities prepare to end Adani fraud cases

Indian tycoon had lobbied Trump administration and pledged billions of dollars of investment in America

China will order 200 Boeing jets, Trump tells Fox News

President Donald Trump told Fox News that China has agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets, according to a clip that aired Thursday.

AI chipmaker Cerebras surges more than 100% in Wall Street debut

Trading pop underscores strong demand for shares in companies linked to AI boom

Biogen advances Alzheimer's drug to late-stage trial despite disappointing data

Biogen said signals suggest the treatment decreases levels of tau and slows cognitive decline, particularly at the lowest dose.

Starmer braces for leadership challenge by Burnham

Greater Manchester mayor says he wants to contest by- election and return to Westminster

Can Labour’s charismatic chameleon reinvent himself again?

Greater Manchester mayor has earned public respect by going from insider to outsider, but economic doubts could undermine his bid for Downing Street

Dead people claiming Social Security? Here’s one — but we’re still looking for the other 19,999,999.

After a year of hunting down Social Security cheats, here’s where we stand.

Andy Burnham offered Labour seat to challenge Starmer

Move paves way for Manchester mayor to launch bid to topple PM

Trump’s best China trade deal is the one he doesn’t make

Three decades of failed engagement with Beijing show why U.S. should walk away from the bargaining table.

U.S. retail sales rise again, but higher gas prices and inflation play a big role

Sales at retailers rose in April for the third month in a row in a seemingly good sign for the economy, but the increase was inflated by drivers spending more on gas due to higher…

We’re in our 40s. Our mortgage is nearly paid off — how should we invest our extra $1,500 a month?

“We already deposit $1,000 each month into the American Funds Growth and Income Portfolio Class A fund.”

Trump’s China trip melds corporate interests and communist pomp

President touts his friendship with Xi Jinping and future opportunities for his entourage of US business titans

3 financial rules that have stood the test of time — from the person who wrote the book on them

Beth Kobliner’s classic tome of financial literacy for Gen X still works today for Gen Z.

The confident performer with a mixed record of reform

The health secretary’s ambition to succeed Keir Starmer was well known, but his time overseeing the NHS has proved trickier than expected

Wes Streeting resigns from government

Health secretary says he has ‘lost confidence’ in Starmer but stops short of launching leadership challenge

Wealthy donors stand to win double tax benefit if 'Trump Accounts' allow stock donations

Permitting stock contributions to "Trump Accounts" would allow donors to offload appreciated shares without paying capital gains tax.

AI desperately needs more adult supervision

The critical challenge is to build institutions that protect us from tech companies and the state

What the biggest mid-cycle earnings acceleration on record means for the stock market

A trader looks back to figure out why he missed the stock-market surge from late March.

The commodities guru who warned about silver falling now, is saying the hantavirus could do the same to oil

What if the Hantavirus turns into a black-swan for oil? This former hedge-fund executive is taking out some insurance against that.

‘I have zero envy’: I’m 75, enjoy working and live below my means. Why are more people not like me?

“I did two basic things right: I married the right person and chose a trade I can practice until I die.”

Vessel seized off UAE coast and heading for Iran

Ship anchored outside Strait of Hormuz taken by ‘unauthorised personnel’

The stock market is breaking the rules of the inflation playbook. Here is what is different this time

A look at which assets are following the script, and which aren’t, on day 75 of the war

How to share the AI windfall

Are taxes enough?

The jobs apocalypse: a (very) short history

Mass unemployment induced by AI would be unprecedented

My wife and I retired with 22 times our income. Why don’t more people do what we did?

“The vast majority of people I’ve known are intimidated by money’s power, imbue it with almost magical qualities.”

Russia pummels Ukraine with missiles and drones as ceasefire collapses

Bombardment by more than 1,400 drones and 56 missiles over 24 hours is one of war’s largest aerial attacks

Xi tells Nvidia, Tesla and Apple CEOs that China will ‘open wider’

US business leaders praise ‘great importance’ of Chinese market on visit to Beijing alongside Donald Trump

Angela Rayner says she has been cleared over tax affairs

News opens way for former deputy PM to potentially enter a contest to topple Keir Starmer

US-China relations depend on Taiwan, Xi warns Trump

Chinese president tells US counterpart there are ‘no winners’ in trade war

Private equity backers slam ‘runaway’ legal costs from top law firms

Body for pension and sovereign wealth funds wants costs shared between investors and buyout groups

A note from Trump and Xi’s couples therapist

They’re not listening to each other and growing apart

Xi tells Trump that US and China are ‘partners not rivals’

Leaders’ summit in Beijing is likely to include discussions on Hormuz blockade, Taiwan and rare earths

What Xi and Trump want from their Beijing summit

Chinese and US leaders to discuss trade, technology, Iran and Taiwan

20 stocks in the S&P 500 of companies with soaring sales and improving profit margins

This earnings season’s big winners include makers of AI-oriented hardware, but the list also includes some surprises.

Cisco to cut jobs so it can invest more in AI, and the stock rockets toward a record

Cisco’s stock soars into record territory, after the networking giant announced plans to invest more in AI and upbeat earnings report.

Cerebras’s massive IPO will be a fresh test of investor excitement for AI infrastructure

Late Wednesday, the company priced its IPO at $185 a share, far above the top of its previously announced range of $150-$160.

Inflation will likely be higher for longer. Your retirement plan isn’t built for that.

Official CPI masks double-digit spikes in healthcare, insurance and energy. Meanwhile, an outdated strategy quietly drains your portfolio.

The Iran war could be a $300 billion shock — driving up mortgage rates and squeezing wages

The Trump administration and Congress can act now to bring down energy costs and make Americans’ lives more affordable.

Citadel tells key researchers to relocate from Hong Kong or quit

Hedge fund gives ultimatum to members of its global quantitative strategies team based in territory

Retailers keep tinkering with their AI shopping assistants, in search of better service

Amazon will combine its Rufus AI shopping assistant with its Alexa+ platform, just two weeks after CEO Andy Jassy sang Rufus’s praises.

Beer demand stumbles as gas prices surge, data shows

U.S. beer sales slump as higher gas prices squeeze consumers, with convenience stores and high-fuel-cost states with higher-cost fuel seeing the sharpest declines.

Starmer prepares to fight leadership bid by Streeting

Health secretary expected to resign on Thursday and seek to eject prime minister from Downing Street

Senate confirms Warsh to succeed Powell as Fed chair

Vote brings to an end one of the most fraught processes of selecting a central bank chief in decades

‘I have zero envy’: I’m 75, enjoy working and live below my means. Why are more people not like me?

“I did two basic things right: I married the right person and chose a trade I can practice until I die.”

When couples have a PTO gap, it can take a big toll on their relationship

“Gap relationships,” where there is a discrepancy between how two people operate their lives, have become a topic of interest — and ire.