Ms. Monopoly game. Source: Hasbro The typical 8-year-old probably doesn’t know much about the gender pay gap. Now the topic could come up if she or he plays the new game, Ms. Monopoly. Some critics are skeptical, however, of how helpful those conversations will be. Toymaker Hasbro announced this week …

YALE NEEDS WOMEN How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League GiantBy Anne Gardiner Perkins As a female graduate of Yale, I’d always assumed that the story of women’s admission to the college in 1969 was one of triumph — a historic transformation commemorated by …

Shares of flooring company Lumber Liquidators plunged Friday after founder and former CEO Thomas Sullivan decided to opt out of his bid to find a buyer for the company, a week after he announced the buyout plan. Sullivan also sold the majority of his stake in the company. The founder …

Government bond yields recently held above an important level, but the next test may prove dangerous for the stock market. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield tested 1.5% in late August and early September, bouncing off that level and most recently trading around 1.8%. That’s the third time the barrier …

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Marc Chagall, the 20th century French-Russian artist who delighted fans with his vividly coloured, whimsical works, did many of his paintings using the same nine pigments – and hardly ever used black, researchers said on Friday. Conservator Madeleine Bisschoff speaks about a study on a collection of …

Semiconductor stocks are on a roll. The SMH semiconductor ETF is on track for its third positive week in a row, adding more than 11% since a low on Aug. 23. Gibbs Wealth Management’s Erin Gibbs says those gains have overextended the semis trade. “In the last month, the stock …

Call it the ABCs of trading. As stocks have stabilized after August’s volatile rout, Google parent Alphabet’s chart has formed a consolidation pattern, a series of higher lows and lower highs in the stock that tend to reflect uncertainty or indecision among investors, said Todd Gordon, founder of TradingAnalysis.com. Many …

UAW members and supporters from General Motors’ Lordstown Assembly plant, which was idled in March, picket outside GM’s headquarters, as 2019 contract negotiations get underway. Michael Wayland | CNBC DETROIT – Contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors are expected to run down to the wire as …

A man enter the doors of the ‘WeWork’ co-operative co-working space in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images WeWork has become a cautionary tale for private equity and venture capital executives who are learning that growth at all costs doesn’t always cut it in public markets. The …

Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on August 19, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images The market is inches away from reclaiming its all-time highs on renewed trade hopes, …