Economy

25-year-old college dropout's production company brings in $1.08 million a year—and helped his parents retire

Tuan Le struggled to acclimate to life in Canada after immigrating from Vietnam with his family at 15. Now, his company brings in over $1 million a year.

India’s exports to China surge in December while shipments to U.S. decline as Trump tariffs bite

Exports to China surged 67% in December to $2 billion, in contrast to goods shipped to the U.S. — New Delhi's biggest export market — that dropped 1.8% to $6.8 billion.

France’s economic miracle never came

Look at the way the French work, and you’ll start to see why “Macronomics” fell short. When Emmanuel Macron took office in 2017, he promised a French economic renaissance. His supply-side strategy aimed to slash taxes and curb public spending to spur investment and drive down unemployment. Eight years on, however, public debt has skyrocketed while GDP growth remains sluggish. So, what happened? And is France destined to economic decline?

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Novo Nordisk, Vistra, GE Vernova, Regions Financial and more

These are some of the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

Hassett pivots to possible 'Trump cards' amid credit card interest rate battle with banks

Trump called for banks to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, an idea that has been roundly rejected by industry executives and their lobbyists this week.

This gym stock could see a boost from increase weight-loss pill use, says Stifel

Planet Fitness could be among the beneficiaries of the GLP-1 craze, according to Stifel.