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Stock market today: live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 22, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday Dow Jones Industrial Average on track for its worst day in over a month as higher Treasury yields weighed on market sentiment. The 30-stock Dow lost 570 points, or 1.3%. […]

Why stores are ditching the traditional retail calendar

NEW YORK (AP) — After sipping pumpkin spice lattes in August and hanging Halloween decorations in late September, Samantha Kowalczyk is already looking forward to drinking eggnog-flavored coffee and decorating her Wilmington, Delaware, home with cinnamon and sugar cookie-scented candles and other fillings with holiday flavors. The 30-year-old believes that seasonal flavors and scents should […]