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.

Strategist: ‘The eurozone has underperformed — true — but it’s not exceptionally cheap’

Some bargain hunters say they’ve spotted a good deal as they check out Europe’s broad stock gauges.

Australian dollar sinks to 2 1/2-year low

A whiff of accelerating wage growth provided a modest lift for the U.S. currency Friday, putting a closely watched dollar index on track for a weekly gain.

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