More than 75,000 nurses, pharmacists and other employees have stopped work in a dispute over wages and staffing.

Though the share of global foreign-exchange reserves in U.S. dollars remains near a 25-year low, there is little sign of rapid de-dollarization.

Hundreds of thousands of people nationally are signing up with state insurers of last resort as home insurers pull back from disaster-prone areas.

The health system failed to reach a new contract agreement with some of its unionized employees, who have planned a three-day job action in Kaiser’s facilities in several states.

Stocks and bonds have tumbled worldwide, with the 30-year Treasury bill hitting a 16-year high. Investors are worried about the economy’s health.

With fewer buyers for mortgage bonds, the rates on home loans can go unusually high.

Contract talks started in November, with the union calling for the Tacoma-based hospital system to address staffing needs and other concerns.

Apollo was the first to use annuities to build a major financing business. Others followed, driving the growth of the private lending market and worrying regulators.

Liu Yiqian made global headlines in 2014 and 2015 by paying top prices for paintings and antiquities but is starting to liquidate some of his artworks.

Seabourn Cruise Line operates six ships, with another under construction, on trips that range from a week to 81 days and cost tens of thousands of dollars.