Passengers, prepare for takeoff (of your vacation airfares)
Add to the list of things that cost a lot more in 2026 than last year: vacation plane tickets. Reservation site Hopper says domestic round-trip fares for Thanksgiving are up 31% from 2025, with Christmas tickets 23% higher, the highest holiday prices in…
Free $5 reward certificate for signing up for the new Best Buy Gamers program
Best Buy is launching a new program called Best Buy Gamers. If you’re one of the first 200,000 people to sign up (you can do it here for free), you’ll receive a free $5 gift certificate, no strings attached. If you’re shopping at Best…
Oil prices climb as traders embrace the new normal in the Middle East
Oil prices jumped in early trading Tuesday as energy markets adjusted to a new normal in the Middle East. Rising crude prices threaten to drive up the price of gas in the United States just two weeks before the midterm elections. U.S. crude prices jumped…
Stock Market Today: Dow Rises, S&P 500, Nasdaq Climb As Dip Buying Resumes, Earnings in Focus
Wall Street is in a buying mood. AI industry leaders had to bleed a bit before joining in. The PHLX Semiconductor Index (^SOX) fell below Friday’s close early, returning Monday’s rebound from an eight-game losing streak, as my colleague Inès…
Stock Market Today: Dow Jones Rises as Oil Prices Fall; Biotech and pharmaceutical stocks shine
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes rose Tuesday even as oil prices soared. Meanwhile, Netflix (NFLX) and SpaceX (SPCX) were key players in the stock market today ahead of their respective post-closing earnings reports.…
Salesforce to acquire Braze in $5.66 billion deal
Sheldon Cooper | Light flare | Getty Images Actions of Sales force slipped about 1% Tuesday morning, after the company announced a deal to buy a customer engagement platform. Brazing for approximately $5.66 billion. As part of the deal, holders of Braze…
SpaceX Earnings: Live Updates
SpaceX (SPCX) will report its highly anticipated third-quarter results after the bell on Tuesday, only its second report as a public company. The report comes as the stock has rallied in recent weeks. After losing nearly 30% following its $150 IPO during…
General Motors’ third-quarter net profit rises 151% on strong pickup truck sales
Updated October 20, 2026, 10:14 a.m. ET The Detroit automaker’s net profit more than doubled thanks to a reduction in exceptional charges in the third quarter. Full-size pickup trucks had their best third quarter ever, GM said, boosted by consumer…
September data shows the real estate market is deeply frozen
The rapid rise in mortgage rates in September had a serious impact on the property market, according to new monthly data released today. Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts on existing homes, fell 7.3% from August and 11.3% year over year,…
Meta Muse exposes users’ personal and professional secrets when they share conversations
Muse, Meta’s new general-purpose AI agent, can expose sensitive information when users share conversations via web links, researchers reported Monday. Like many online services, Muse allows users to share searches, conversations, images, and…