President Donald Trump employs several of his family members to work within his White House administration and help him run his business. His daughter Ivanka Trump serves as an advisor, and her husband, Jared Kushner, serves as assistant to the president and senior advisor. Trump’s older sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric …

Daniel Leal-Olivas | AFP | Getty Images Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has launched a $5 million TV ad campaign as he prepares to enter the Democratic primary for president, an advertising monitoring group said Friday. Data compiled by Advertising Analytics, which tracks ad buys throughout the 2020 election, shows that the …

If someone asked you when the holiday shopping season starts, you’d likely point to Black Friday, when flocks of people will rush to stores after a hearty turkey dinner to pick through the hottest deals. But for more people in 2019, holiday shopping started in July. Why? Amazon. Amazon’s annual …

People shop during a Black Friday sales event at Macy’s flagship store on 34th St. in New York City,  November 22, 2018. Stephanie Keith | Reuters Although some retailers have already started marking down items and cueing the holiday music, the season will kick off in earnest next week.  Retailers …

Tom Werner | DigitalVision | Getty Images If you were diligently saving money for medical expenses all year, you may be about to lose it. A health-care flexible spending account, which you may have access to at work, allows you to save pretax dollars in a savings account. You can …

Starbucks’ burning-hot rally turned ice-cold over the past three months. The coffee chain has tumbled 14% since the end of August, missing out on the broader markets’ 7% surge. The stock’s rally cooled off after peaking in July. Todd Gordon, founder of TradingAnalysis.com, has tried to time the bottom twice, …

Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on October 3, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images An unusual trend in the stock market emerged recently as the latest sign that perhaps greed is the …

A year ago this week, in a pioneering announcement, President Emmanuel Macron of France said that his country would give back 26 looted treasures to the African state of Benin. It was a bold statement by the leader of a former colonial power. He also took delivery of an independent …

For decades, the can opener and a tin of canned tuna were considered “pretty darn convenient,” according to Ken Harris, managing partner at Cadent Consulting Group, who has worked with the canned tuna business. But now, they’re considered a hassle. That’s one reason why Bumble Bee Foods filed filed for …

It might be time to drill down on energy. Energy has been the worst-performing S&P 500 sector in 2019, with over half of the stocks in the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) now more than 20% off their highs and technically in bear market territory. The XLE — which …