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Trading is expected to be relatively muted during the holiday week.

For about 48 hours last week, it looked like a debt ceiling fight in 2025 would be averted as ideas were floated to push the issue off until 2027 or 2029 (or even forever). But it was not to be.

Big bank bosses have a lot to cheer about as 2024 comes to an end. Dealmaking is surging, and an era of looser regulations looms with a new administration about to take over the White House.

Investors will contend with a host of challenges, from turmoil in Washington to a more hawkish stance from the Fed.

It prompts a sharp rebuke from Panama's president, who says "every square metre" of the canal belongs to his country.

The authorities said they were struggling to understand the motives behind ramming a car into a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg, which left a 9-year-old boy among the five dead.

“Mufasa: The Lion King” sputtered in second place at theaters in the United States and Canada. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” was No. 1.

Recent indications from the Federal Reserve of fewer rate cuts next year have served as a reality check for commercial real estate. But the sector may finally regain momentum in 2025.

Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere.

The yuletide anthem makes millions of dollars every year, estimates suggest. The "Queen of Christmas" likely keeps a big chunk of that haul, experts say.

Stocks are struggling. How concerned should you be?

Restaurants are experimenting with automation. But in the kitchen, human labor is hard to replace.

Some readers have their own opinions about the workplace advice that this columnist doled out over the past six months.

Strong winds are continuing to cause some disruption as millions of people travel ahead of Christmas.