Business

Financial regulators and consumer advocates frown upon using credit cards to pay off installment loans because of the risk that consumers will dig themselves further into debt.

Participation in the labor force has surged among women in their prime working years. But for those with children under 5, the gains may have peaked.

A debate over whether the F.T.C. chair should stay reflects broader anxiety over how Kamala Harris would regulate business.

Market sectors sometimes move when the political winds shift, but trading is hazardous for your financial health, our columnist says.

The SAG-AFTRA union wants higher pay for the use of voices and images and protection from losing jobs to artificial intelligence.

Defying sanctions, Russia has obtained nearly $4 billion in restricted chips since the war began in Ukraine. Many were shipped through a cluster of shell companies in Hong Kong.

Gross domestic product rose at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the second quarter, new evidence of the economy’s resilience despite high interest rates.

Fans and brands have embraced the league, but rules have kept its growing financial success from fully trickling down to the players.

The solar sector shows how China conducts industrial policy: It chooses industries to dominate, floods them with loans and lets companies fight it out.

The airline said it was scrapping its trademark, 50-year tradition of offering open seating, where passengers choose seats once they have boarded the plane.