Photo The Batsheva Dance Company performing “Last Work” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in February. Ohad Naharin will step down as the company’s artistic director in September 2018. Credit Ian Douglas for The New York Times Ohad Naharin, who has led the Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv since …

Phil Walter | Getty Images People shop for groceries in a supermarket in Auckland, New Zealand on April 14, 2017. Inflation in New Zealand slowed by more than expected in the second quarter, sending the local dollar sharply lower and likely to reinforce the central bank’s resolve to keep interest …

The war of words between Mr. Whitmire and Disney was startling, given the outward harmony of the Muppets brand and the fact that when prominent performers are fired, the two sides usually come to terms and agree not to disparage each other. In this case, both Mr. Whitmire and Disney …

Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Credit Suisse has raised its forecast for JPMorgan’s stock price after the bank posted a better-than-expected earnings report last Friday. Credit Suisse analyst Susan Roth Katzke highlighted a number of factors in the …

Photo Anne-Sophie Mutter performed at Tanglewood on Saturday with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andris Nelsons. Credit Hilary Scott LENOX, Mass. — Andris Nelsons is absent from the Wagner festival at Bayreuth again this season. It’s the second year in a row that this devoted Wagnerian has withdrawn from …

Monday’s proxy fight between activist investor Nelson Peltz and the board of consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble captivated plenty of market-watchers, including Jim Cramer. “There’s no glossing over it,” the “Mad Money” host said. “But let’s not lose sight of the prize here as the market stands at what …

Two summers after a major Chinese stock market crash, Monday’s stock tumble points to how much steadier the mainland markets have become. Nearly 500 stocks on the small-cap ChiNext index plunged before hitting the 10 percent lower limit, according to Reuters. The technology-heavy index dropped 5.1 percent to close at …

Photo Jay-Z’s “4:44” belatedly joined the race for No. 1 a week after its release. It easily shot to the top of the album chart. Credit Matt Rourke/Associated Press Never underestimate Jay-Z. Last week, it seemed pretty likely that the rapper-mogul would make a soft landing on the Billboard album …

Health-care stocks have been on a tear, and with Johnson & Johnson and United Health Group reporting earnings on Tuesday, Todd Gordon of TradingAnalysis.com sees the sector rising even higher. The health-care-tracking ETF (XLV) is already up more than 16 percent year to date, and from a technical standpoint, the …

Oil prices are down about 14 percent this year, but the commodity was on an upswing through the first quarter of the year, boosted by production cuts by OPEC and other exporters. That allowed U.S. drillers to lock in higher prices for future delivery, providing the financial incentive to produce …