Verizon’s stock rises after earnings — and a surprise entry into a new AI business area

How does a person’s own learning experience affect their ability to learn from others? We conduct a field experiment on chlorination in Pakistan, where randomized “learning-arm” households use a tool to track their children’s diarrhea before and after chlorine distribution. Learning-arm households with learning-arm neighbors chlorinate significantly more one year after the withdrawal of the…

Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. June 18, 2026 Federal Reserve Board requests comment on proposal to require certain payment stablecoin issuers to maintain an effective customer identification program For release at 9:00 a.m. EDT …

So far, the selloff hasn’t done much to dent the S&P 500, as other stocks and sectors have picked up the slack

Scotiabank’s Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret note USD/JPY is little changed despite strong verbal intervention from Finance Minister Katayama, who warned of decisive action at any time. Markets remain unimpressed, given repeated rhetoric and limited impact from actual Yen buying. They recall recent data showing a significant sentiment shift toward the Japanese Yen among local…

“I own my home outright, have no children or other dependents.”

US strategic oil reserves have fallen to the lowest level since 1983. If the recent pace of drawdowns continues unchanged, the reserve would hit its “emergency floor” in about two to three months. The pace of drawdowns may be expected to slow, but it does indicate the unusual situation. How did this happen and what…