The Market

If you just retired last year, you were feeling pretty good about things: Stocks kept hitting all-time highs and your portfolio looked as if it could sustain a comfortable lifestyle for years. Or, based on the same set of assumptions, you decided this was the year to finally hang it …

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican, led a bipartisan group of senators in sending a letter to the White House late Wednesday seeking a more comprehensive explanation of President Donald Trump’s firing last week of the inspector-general of the intelligence community. Michael Atkinson, the inspector-general, was instrumental in Trump’s impeachment …

As New York City grapples with the magnitude of the coronavirus death toll, stories are emerging of full hospital morgues and backup refrigeration trucks as funeral directors and cemetery workers cope with at least double their normal workload. The number of fatalities in the city reached 5,065 on Friday morning, …

The number of U.S. cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 rose Friday to exceed the combined tolls of Spain, Italy and France, the next three countries with high case counts, while the number of deaths climbed to second place behind Italy. There are now 1.62 million confirmed cases of …

Asian markets were mixed in light trading Friday following gains on Wall Street. Japan’s Nikkei NIK, +0.78% was about flat while South Korea’s Kospi 180721, +1.33% rose 0.3%. In China, the Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -1.03% declined 0.6% while the smaller-cap Shenzhen Composite 399106, -1.94% fell 1.3%. Taiwan’s Taiex Y9999, +0.37% …

Major crime in New York City plummeted during the first two weeks under strict stay-at-home orders, but some neighborhoods are seeing more significant decreases than others.  Some poorer areas also hard hit by coronavirus have seen burglaries or car thefts rise in the first two weeks under stay-at-home orders, which …

Maybe Stephen King has a touch of the “shining”? A flu-like pandemic has spread across the globe, killing tens of thousands, overrunning hospitals and turning iconic tourist destinations like Times Square and St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City into ghost towns. These daily headlines and news reports following the COVID-19 …

Oil futures rose in electronic trade early Thursday as investors awaited the outcome of a crucial meeting of OPEC and its allies that is intended to end a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Investors bid the price of crude up on Wednesday in anticipation of a pact between …

Dr. Denis Vincent was in the business of smiles.  His patients say he was a talented dentist, but remember him most vividly for his gift of making others feel good.  “You knew he had competency, but he was also a people person. He made you feel at ease,” said longtime …