Retailers are in for a mixed holiday season this year, marked by watchful consumers keeping big spending on a tight leash and vigilantly comparing prices on their mobile phones.
Read More Uncertainty clouds holiday shopping season after mixed forecasts from Walmart, Target
Lyft is rolling out, among other features, verification badges for riders in a bid to improve safety on the ride-hailing platform.
Read More Lyft to roll out rider verification badges in safety push
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had received three complaints, alleging an inadvertent deployment of the seat belt retractor pretensioner.
Read More US opens probe into over 110,000 Ford SUVs on seat belt concern
Retail sales increased slightly more than expected in October as households boosted purchases of motor vehicles and electronic goods.
Read More Motor vehicles, electronic goods lift US retail sales in October
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, suggesting the labor market continued to chug along.
Read More US weekly jobless claims fall; unemployment rolls shrink
Wall Street’s main indexes inched higher on Wednesday after in-line consumer price inflation data kept the Federal Reserve on track to deliver another interest rate cut in December.
Read More Wall St edges higher after inflation data keeps Fed rate-cut hopes intact