Wall Street barrels toward final week of October against backdrop of Big Tech earnings, Fed meeting

[ad_1] Wall Street is barreling toward a big week ahead with Big Tech earnings, a critical Federal Reserve meeting and an important meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping that could set the tone for the rest of the year. Stocks are on pace to wrap up a strong October next week. … Read more

These are America’s 10 strongest state economies best prepared for a recession

[ad_1] With the U.S. economy solid but still facing elevated risk of recession — or, as President Trump described it in May, in a “transition period” — states are pitching themselves as the most stable place for companies to locate no matter what happens to the economy. “Multiple international headquarters, hundreds of billions of committed … Read more