Fresh data showed China’s economy knocked it out of the park early this year, as its strict pandemic lockdown ended. That may be giving a lift to U.S. stock futures for Tuesday, possibly bringing the S&P 500 one step closer to those February highs. But investors may not want to…
Rovio Entertainment Oyj ROVIO, -0.05% said Monday it has agreed to a 706 million euro ($776.1 million) takeover deal from Sega. The Wall Street Journal had earlier reported that Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. 6460, -2.78% was nearing a deal to acquire the company behind the “Angry Birds” mobile game. Sega…
The U.S. Department of Transportation is expected to propose new fuel economy standards in April that would require automakers to build more fuel-efficient cars, trucks, and SUVs. But first, the government wants to change a rule that, some say, has done the opposite. Current Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards…
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London-based cybersecurity consultant Ian Tabor bought a new Toyota RAV4 last year. Just weeks later, he tweeted in frustration that vandals had damaged the car, pulling off a piece of trim near the headlights and even pulling out a headlight wire. Three months later, it happened again. Same headlight. Two…
Good savers, beware. The money you’re stuffing into your 401(k) and other retirement accounts has to be withdrawn someday. If you’re not strategic about how you save, you could face unnecessarily high tax bills and inflated Medicare premiums in retirement — plus, you could be saddling your heirs with higher…
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New electric cars are grabbing all the headlines, but Americans buy far more used cars than new cars. When will sales of used electric vehicles pick up? They already have. A new analysis from Kelley Blue Book parent company Cox Automotive shows that used EV sales grew by 32% in…
U.S. presidents don’t usually wade into the minutiae of airline seat selection, yet that’s exactly what President Joe Biden did during his State of the Union Address earlier this year, spending nearly two minutes of the speech decrying “junk fees.” “We’ll prohibit airlines from charging $50 round-trip for a family…