Domestic stocks get a boost in Japan, handing Nikkei a gain

Asian stock markets largely fell Tuesday, with the downdraft pushing Hong Kong into a bear market.

The region mostly slumped, with only Japan breaking the pattern, even after the S&P 500 SPX, +0.19% and Nasdaq COMP, +0.27% snapped a four-session losing streak and the White House announced a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was in the works.

Amer Sports Oyj surges on deal talk

European stocks struggled for traction on Tuesday, with weakness notable for the FTSE 100 as Brexit-deal hopes continued to push the British pound higher.

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The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.28% was flat at 375.66, after a gain of 0.4% on Monday. The index dropped 2.2% last week, and is down nearly 3.5% year-to-date.

After taking top model to $1,000 minimum last year, will Apple go higher again on new models?

As Apple Inc.’s event approaches, there is a general consensus on how many iPhones Apple will introduce, the features they will have and the other gadgets that will get an update.

The new app could boost the number of students who get aid

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is notoriously difficult. With over 100 questions about detailed family financial history, it has consistently low completion rates. In fact, only three out of five high-school seniors complete the application and one out of seven students eligible for financial aid, who enroll in college, do not complete the application. Completion rates haven’t gotten much better with time either. In 2017, 60.6% of graduates completed the form and in 2018, 60.9% of graduates completed the form, a disappointingly low improvement percentage.

One’s a model chain and the other’s a cautionary tale, says Bernstein

Chick-fil-A and Subway may be private, but they offer important lessons for publicly held restaurant companies, according to Bernstein analysts.

RPC Group’s stock soars on news of takeover talks

European stocks inched up Monday, as investors assessed ongoing worries over global trade while also weighing a win for anti-establishment politicians in Sweden’s election.

The company played up certain results, but investors focused on the weak spots

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. stock dropped 23.6% in extremely active Wednesday trade after the company released early results from a gene-editing trial for a rare metabolic disorder called Hunter syndrome. Shares continued their fall on Thursday, dropping 4.6%.

The size of the country’s middle class remained stable, but financial gains were modest

While the lower and upper classes have increased in size over the past decade, the once-shrinking American middle class appears to holding ground.

Millennials may be flocking to bitcoin rather than investing in more traditional assets, but most Americans might want to take a class in the cryptocurrency.

At the anniversary of the Equifax Inc. breach disclosure, the biggest headache for executives in charge of protecting company data has to do with choices — as in, way too many of them.