U.S. markets are starting 2026 strong, with the broad S&P 500 and blue-chip Dow indices closing at new records as investors shrugged off Venezuela events and other potential geopolitical risks to ...

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Joan Samuelson, an intellectual force and relentless local advocate for a cure for Parkinson’s disease, died Dec. 27 in Santa Rosa of the affliction whose cure became her life’s work. She was 75.

Sources: Data provided by the Lao P.D.R. authorities; and IMF staff estimates and projections. 1/ Due to concerns about data quality, the 2019–23 GDP numbers are staff estimates using leading ...

Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings upgraded Paraguay’s sovereign credit rating to BBB-/A-3, citing the country’s pro-business policies and track record of macroeconomic stability. The ratings agency ...

Robert J. Samuelson, who sought to explain the implications of unemployment, inflation, and government spending to ordinary readers for more than 40 years as an economics columnist for The Washington ...

He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in reader-friendly vernacular. By Michael S. Rosenwald Robert J. Samuelson, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washington Post columnist Robert J. Samuelson in 2019. - (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) Robert J. Samuelson, who sought to ...

Lucas Samuelson, 39, longtime Hampton resident who moved to Manchester, New Hampshire in 2020, passed away peacefully on November 25, 2025. A graveside service will be held at 11 am on Thursday, ...

Want more stock market and economic analysis from Phil Rosen directly in your inbox? Subscribe to Opening Bell Daily’s newsletter. The S&P 500 is once again within reach of a record high and the ...

The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize for Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to three researchers who have shown how technological and scientific innovation, coupled to market ...