Marketplace Minute

Stocks close higher; FDA approves new COVID vaccines; UAW and Big Three negotiating.

The deal between the two packaged food companies is valued at $5.6 billion; Qualcomm renews agreement to provide chips to Apple; Wall Street observes September 11 anniversary; Consumer protection agency can’t police banking discrimination, federal judge rules.

Stocks rise; stock market and home values push net worth higher; credit card debt rises; UPS and FedEx will raise shipping rates.

Applications fell nearly 30 percent compared to a year ago; Kroger will pay $1.2 billion to settle opioid claims; Biden heads to G20 meeting in India; Walmart ends higher pay for some new hires.

Stocks closed mixed; FDIC says banks’ loan balances rose; China reportedly cracks down on iPhone use; new unemployment claims fall.

New applications for unemployment benefits declined to 216,000; Google to require disclosure of AI-generated political ads; Fed officials to make public remarks ahead of policy meeting; Online gig workers top 400,000,000 globally, report says.

Stocks fall; majority of service sector companies surveyed feel positive; Federal Reserve survey finds modest economic growth; exports and imports rise.

Prices come back down; the U.S. trade deficit widened in July; Kroger and Albertsons offload stores; Elon Musk reportedly borrowed from SpaceX the month he acquired Twitter.

Stocks fall; new research looks into long-term impacts of high interest rates; factory orders fall; oil prices rise.

Goldman sees less risk of a U.S. recession; UN World Food Programme to cut food aid in Afghanistan; China property developer Country Garden avoids default; Disney channels still dark on Spectrum as dispute continues.