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The fight over a groundbreaking law forbidding landlords from looking at criminal records.

Friday's top personal finance stories

Stocks have made yet another big swing, turning negative as wild week closes out

Amid the stock market’s down year, pension funds need to shift more than $60 billion into stocks before the end of the month, according to analysts at Wells Fargo.

If you’re waiting for trillions to be ‘put to work,’ do the math.

Smartphone insurance plans can be worth the added expense — for some.

Harpoon Therapeutics is developing a class of engineered proteins called T cell engagers that can direct the body’s own T cells to kill tumor cells.

Stocks maintain their post-Christmas cheer, with Dow up more than 200 points

Sears Holding Corp., which has filed for bankruptcy, has announced it will shutter 80 more Kmart and Sears locations.

U.S. oil futures finished higher Friday after government inventory data showed a smaller-than-expected fall in crude inventories, but contrasted with unofficial figures that had showed a massive supply build, sparking a relief rally. West Texas Intermediate crude for February delivery rose 72 cents, or 1.6%, to end at $45.33 a barrel. For the week, oil booked a weekly decline of 0.6% based on last Friday's settlement. Markets were closed on Tuesday for Christmas and saw an abbreviated session to start the holiday week. Читать дальше...

Brexit jitters, interest-rate differentials and dramatic swings in prices of natural resources are among the major currency drivers in 2018.

Gold futures closed slightly higher Friday after a mixed session, leaving the haven metal at roughly six-month highs and up 1.8% for the week.

Bear markets don’t have to be devastating.

Nouriel Roubini: President Trump is flirting with mutually assured economic destruction.

Plan to take care of the future you.

Protecting family finances while helping an embattled loved one.

TCR2 Therapeutics filed for an initial public offering on Friday, with plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "TCRR". Jefferies, Leerink, BMO, Wedbush and China Renaissance are underwriters on the deal. The company said it's aiming to raise $100 million, but that number is likely a placeholder. "We are an innovative immunotherapy company developing the next generation of novel T cell therapies for patients suffering from cancer," the company says in its prospectus. It had a net loss of $16.6 million in the first nine months of 2018... Читать дальше...

Retirement news and analysis.

The night before Thanksgiving through Super Bowl Sunday is one of the busiest times for certain lawyers.

German stocks book a sharp gain Friday, but record the worst annual return in 10 years. Meanwhile, Europe’s benchmarks followed strong advances in the U.S.

Gold futures managed a narrow gain Friday, up for a fourth straight session, after spending much of the day in mixed trading. The metal tracked volatile stock action and a weaker dollar. Gold for February delivery rose $1.90, or 0.1%, at $1,283 an ounce, its highest settlement since late June, according to FactSet data. The contract is up 1.9% for the week.

The loner social worker didn’t tell anyone he planned to donate the money.

Teachers and other public education employees, such as community-college faculty, school psychologists and janitors, are quitting their jobs at the fastest rate on record, government data shows.

Treasury yields are falling Friday, extending their weeklong decline, after stocks struggled to add to their recent rally since Christmas Day.

Stocks of companies active in the water sector are looking oversold given the strong fundamental outlook for the sector, Boenning & Scattergood said Thursday.