Marketplace Minute

Stocks fall; service sector employment contracts; factory orders fall; Target sales decline.

A Biden administration rule will impose new limits on late fees; Target reports lower sales but higher profits thanks to less discounting; Red Sea attacks continue, sinking ship; FAA says Boeing’s Max production line had multiple safety, quality failures.

Stocks fall; fine involves Apple’s App Store and music streaming services; Fitch downgrades New York Community Bank; JetBlue and Spirit call off proposed merger.

EU says Apple behaved in anti-competitive ways; JetBlue, Spirit call off their merger plan; some OPEC+ nations further extend oil production cuts; WTO maintains moratorium on streaming content taxes.

Stocks rise; new orders decline in February; construction spending dips in January; consumer sentiment falls.

IRS says crackdown will apply to incomes of $400,000 and above; New York Community Bank in turmoil as losses mount and CEO resigns; Oprah Winfrey quits WeightWatchers; Brazil proposes global tax on super rich .

Stocks closed higher; consumer prices not including volatile categories rose 2.8% in January and incomes rose 1%; new unemployment claims rose.

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge is showing further signs of easing; the Commerce Department wants to probe connected vehicles made by Chinese companies; the Transportation Department wants to make it easier to fine airlines for damaging or misplacing wheelchairs; the FAA gives Boeing 90 days to come up with new safety plan.

Stocks fall; US GDP still resilient; imports rise in January; retail inventories up from last year.

United States, United Kingdom issue sanctions to block support for Yemen’s Houthi rebels; Google’s CEO says company working to fix AI tool Gemini, after biased responses; Starbucks, workers’ union agree to talks; the Justice Department launches antitrust probe of UnitedHealth, WSJ reports.