Mary Handeland at her home in Grafton, Wis., on Nov. 15, 2025. In 19 transactions, Mary Handeland deposited $98,300 into crypto A.T.M.s. All of it vanished. (Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times) By CAMERON FOZI, CHLOE ROSENBERG and REENO HASHIMOTO Mary Handeland, a real estate agent in Grafton, Wisconsin, found a match on a dating app last year. He said that his name was Mike and that he was an engineer for a defense contractor in Texas. Within two months of texting and

U.S. stocks were about 1% lower on Monday as investors considered the health of the consumer ahead of quarterly results from retailers this week and a long-delayed U.S. jobs report, while they also braced for earnings from Nvidia later this week. Losses accelerated in afternoon trading, with the S&P 500 trading below its 50-day moving average, a key technical marker, and on track to close below that level for the first time in months. Results this week from retail giants Walm

A shopper at a grocery store in Manhattan, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) By ANA SWANSON The Trump administration said late last week that it would lift tariffs on foreign products including beef, tomatoes, bananas and coffee, an effort to alleviate some of the price pressures consumers have faced since its global levies took effect. The exemptions, which were made effective from Thursday, were applied to certain “reciprocal” tariffs that Pres

Wall Street’s largest hedge funds reduced exposure to “Magnificent Seven” stocks including Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta in the third quarter, while taking new positions in application software, e-commerce and payments companies, according to regulatory filings on Friday. During the quarter ended September 30, several funds also reduced their exposure to prominent names in healthcare and energy. The latest positions marked a shift from the second quarter when several le

Christmas begins with the annual Christmas Bazaar at the Union Church in Punta Las Marías on November 15th! This year, we will celebrate again with local artisans, shopping for lightly used items at the Thrift Boutique, wonderful opportunities to bid on donated gifts at the Silent Auction, Christmas lunch, and our highly sought-after pecan pies, handmade by our loving volunteers, the Holy Rollers. Come and browse through our New-To-You section with estate jewelry and other wo

By AGNES CHANG and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI As President Donald Trump has imposed steep tariffs on China, American importers are buying much less. But the rest of the world is making up the difference, buying more from China than ever. China has offset the decline from America with breathtaking speed. Shipments to other parts of the world have surged this year, demonstrating that China’s manufacturing dominance will not be easily slowed. Chinese exports are on track to reach anoth

Michael Burry, the investor known for his successful bets against the U.S. housing market in 2008, has deregistered his hedge fund, Scion Asset Management. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s database showed Scion’s registration status as “terminated” as of November 10. Deregistering would imply the fund is not required to file reports with the regulator or any state. Bets by Scion, which managed $155 million in assets as of March, have long been dissected for hints of l

Wall Street’s main indexes were mixed on Wednesday, with the Dow hitting a record high and the Nasdaq losing ground as investors rotated out of technology stocks while focusing on a likely end to a historic U.S. government shutdown. The House of Representatives was set to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, with a vote on a stopgap funding package to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air traff