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The stock market “can’t win” at the moment, said Andrew Brenner, head of international fixed income at National Alliance Securities. “Heads I lose, tails I lose.”

Employers added 142,000 jobs in August, fewer than economists had expected, and previous months were revised downward.

The student financial aid application is expected to be ready by Dec. 1, two months later than usual. Experts offer some tips on what to do in the meantime.

While rate cuts are welcome in much of the economy, they pose problems for risk-averse investors who relish high money market and bond yields.

Officials said 65 people in nine states have been infected in the outbreak, which has been traced to an egg farm. No deaths have been reported.

In an interview with DealBook, the U.S.T.A. chief Lew Sherr discussed the U.S. Open’s record attendance, the prospect of a new tennis league, and fighting with pickleball for court

More than 150 people were sickened from products sold at smoke and vape shops, providing evidence of the lax regulation of new food items.

He employed audacious marketing campaigns to lift his agency into the top tier of New York firms representing luxury properties.

The byline of Robert D. McFadden, who retired on Sunday, has been one of the most distinguished in the history of The Times. Here is a sampler of his artful obituaries.

James Herbert was permitted to sell nearly $7 million of shares before First Republic Bank’s demise last year, Massachusetts regulators said.

His publication, Tikkun, was a leading voice for left-wing American Jews. His ideas about “the politics of meaning” were embraced by Hillary Clinton.

Celebrity chefs and politicians paid tribute to the man behind the extra-thick shake known as the concrete, an intrinsic part of St. Louis summers.

Mr. Carlson’s guest on “Tucker on X” made a variety of false claims about the Holocaust and World War II.

A regulator said it was opening an investigation into Ticketmaster’s actions, but the company disputed that “dynamic pricing” came into play.

The amount offered by Nordstrom’s founding family to buy its namesake retailer.