Wall Street’s major indexes slipped ‌in ​the final trading session of 2025, but ‌approached a positive end to a year dominated by President Donald Trump’s tariff uncertainties and ​a euphoria around AI-focused stocks. The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq were on course to log double-digit gains this year - their third consecutive year. On the day, ‍tech stocks extended losses, slipping 0.2%. Microsoft ​and Broadcom fell 0.3% and 1%, respectively. At 10:06 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Indust

Panel moderator Jodi Kantor during a DealBook task force panel in New York, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) By ALINA TUGEND It is a tough time to be a college president. Campus leaders are grappling with declining public trust in the value of a college degree, a society-changing technology in artificial intelligence and, for many, unprecedented attacks by the federal government. “It’s clearly a very challenging moment in higher education,” said

The S&P 500 and ‌the ​Nasdaq were subdued in choppy trading on Tuesday, ‌as support from communication services stocks was capped by declines in technology and financial stocks, with financials also ​weighing on the Dow. Communication services shares were among the biggest gainers on the S&P 500, on the back of a 1.2% gain in Meta Platforms. On Monday, the ‍technology company said it would acquire Chinese-founded artificial ​intelligence startup Manus, accelerating efforts to

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Wall Street’s main indexes ‌kicked ​off the final week of the year on ‌a softer note on Monday, as heavyweight technology stocks retreated from last week’s gains that had pushed ​the S&P 500 to record highs. The information technology sector weighed on the S&P 500, as most tech and AI-linked stocks declined, with Nvidia down 1.5% and Palantir ‍Technologies shedding 1.6%. “This is (not) the beginning of the ​end of the tech dominance, it’ll turn out to be a buying opportunity,

Operations coordinator Ricardo Eva works at the American Airlines Integrated Operations Center in Euless, Texas, Dec. 4, 2025. Airline operational hubs play a central role in the aviation system, but what happens in these nerve centers is largely invisible to most people. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times) By NIRAJ CHOKSHI American Airlines Flight 27 was hundreds of miles out to sea on its way from Los Angeles to Tokyo this month when a passenger had a medical emergency. The f

Wall Street ended a light-volume post-Christmas ‌session ​nearly unchanged on Friday, with few catalysts ‌to fuel much conviction one way or the other. All three major U.S. stock indexes closed nominally ​lower, snapping a five-session rally, but logged weekly gains. “We had a very strong five-day rally, so in a way we’re just simply catching our breath ‍today after the holiday,” said Ryan Detrick, ​chief market strategist at Carson Group in Omaha. “This is only day two of th

Shoppers on 34th Street in Manhattan, Nov. 5, 2025. Economic growth rose at a 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported on Dec. 23, an acceleration from the previous quarter. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) By TALMON JOSEPH SMITH The U.S. economy grew at a vigorous pace through the end of September, despite the uncertainty created by tariffs and widespread concerns about affordability among households. Economic growth rose at a 4.3% annual ra