NEW YORK — While American children may wish summer vacation would never end, retailers want back-to-school season to start earlier than ever — preferably now — and are timing promotions ahead of Amazon’s Prime Day.

For a certain type of money professional, there is a particular question that is decidedly unwelcome, and it tends to come up in a variety of social settings: Got any hot investment tips?

MONROVIA, Calif. — The laboratory at Terray Therapeutics is a symphony of miniaturized automation. Robots whir, shuttling tiny tubes of fluids to their stations. Scientists in blue coats, sterile gloves and protective glasses monitor the machines.

The Federal Reserve has disappointed investors this year, but no matter. The markets have adjusted.

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — In an ordinary industrial building off a busy Orange County street, a Seussian contraption, nearly 100 feet long, clattered to life. The room filled with the hum and squeaks of belts and machinery. There was the smell of hot glue.

RAUB, Malaysia — Before he started a company 15 years ago selling the world’s smelliest fruit, Eric Chan had a well-paying job writing code for satellites and robots. His family and friends were puzzled when he made the career change.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled for Starbucks on Thursday and limited the power of judges and the National Labor Relations Board to protect union organizers.

The head of the top U.S. watchdog agency for consumer finance on Wednesday called on lawmakers to adopt greater protections against the collection and use of consumers’ data from payment processing and so-called buy-now-pay-later services.

SAN FRANCISCO — Each June, Apple unveils its newest software features for the iPhone at its futuristic Silicon Valley campus. But at its annual developer conference Monday, the company will shine a spotlight on a feature that isn’t new: Siri, its talking assistant, which has been around for more than a decade.

When the Biden administration announced new U.S. auto-emissions regulations in March, it made concessions to industry allowing for a much slower electric-vehicle transition than it had proposed a year earlier.

Shopping center landlords have found themselves in a wholly unfamiliar position: For the first time in 20 years, demand for retail space outstrips supply.

Nvidia’s rallied to record highs on Wednesday, with the artificial intelligence chipmaker’s valuation breaching the $3 trillion mark and overtaking Apple to become the world’s second most valuable company.

GameStop shares jumped 21% on Monday after the stocks influencer known as “Roaring Kitty” returned to Reddit with a post showing a $116 million bet on the embattled videogame retailer.

Musicians are furious that new tech has gutted their income. Record labels are wary, yet eager to cut deals with ascendant platforms. Fans are delighted to access songs for a pittance, even as they’re screwing over beloved artists.

To an outsider, Billiejo Mullett is someone who has her head firmly screwed on. She’s smart and educated — a registered nurse who works for a medical insurance provider — and balances her career with a busy family life.

HOUSTON — Hess shareholders on Tuesday approved the proposed $53 billion merger with Chevron that paves the way for the No. 2 U.S. oil company to gain a prize asset and a foothold in rival Exxon Mobil’s massive Guyana discoveries.

NEW YORK — Ryan Salame, a top executive at collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison Tuesday, making him the first of Sam Bankman-Fried’s circle of advisers at FTX to receive prison time.

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