Wall Street closed its third winning week in the last four with a quiet finish on Friday. The S&P 500 edged down by a whisper, less than 0.1%, after setting its all-time high the day before. The Dow ...

US retail sales and jobless claims were better than expected on July 17. That offers more support for a hawkish rethink of the Federal Reserve's rate cuts. With the dollar gaining on bets of the Fed ...