Retailers including Target and Walmart are stocking shelves with more toys and gifts that cost less than $10 this holiday season, a strategy aimed at attracting cash-strapped shoppers.
Read More Seeing low-income consumers squeezed, retailers target $10 and under gifts
Honda and Nissan are in talks to deepen ties, the clearest sign yet of how Japan’s once seemingly unbeatable auto industry is being reshaped by challenges from Tesla and Chinese rivals.
Read More Honda, Nissan move to deepen ties, sources say, including possible merger
The workers union representing Starbucks baristas said they have authorized a potential strike, ahead of this year’s final round of bargaining talks.
Read More Starbucks workers union authorizes potential US strike
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq climbed while the Dow was flat on Monday, as investors looked ahead to an anticipated Federal Reserve interest rate cut later in the week.
Read More S&P 500, Nasdaq rise on optimism ahead of rate cut, economic data
More people continued to collect unemployment checks at the end of November relative to the beginning of the year as demand for labor cools.
Read More US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
Consumer prices increased by the most in seven months, but that is unlikely to discourage the Federal Reserve from delivering a third consecutive interest rate cut next week.
Read More US consumer prices post largest gain in seven months; cost of rent subsides