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Top Stories : 2018July06Friday

Outside the Box: Lyft’s subscription plan is a rare stumble as the company takes on Uber

The unexpected link between social status and generosity

Harvard University is fighting to keep its secretive admissions process under wraps

New research claims coffee isn’t bad for you, but should you drink 8 cups a day?

How I got my landlord to lower my rent—and save me $2,400 over the next year

The Moneyist: My husband cashed out his retirement and, after 36 years, filed for divorce

Metals Stocks: Gold lower, clings to weekly gain as payrolls reading seen keeping Fed on track

Grow: This 29-year-old couple lives, works and travels in a van, and they love it

Market Snapshot: Stocks inch higher as better-than-expected jobs report doesn’t fully offset trade uncertainty

Bond Report: Treasury yields slip after hotter-than-expected jobs report

Real-time headlines : 2018July06Friday

August WTI oil up 7 cents, or 0.1%, at $73.01/bbl

WTI oil futures turn slightly higher on Nymex

Nasdaq Composite up by 0.1%

S&P 500 down by less than 0.1%

Dow Jones Industrial Average sheds 49 points

Stocks open mixed after solid jobs report in June

Dollar down 0.1% versus Japanese currency at 110.54 yen

Euro up 0.5% at $1.1741

Euro, Japanese yen strengthen versus U.S. dollar

ICE U.S. Dollar Index off 0.2% at 94.296

Market Pulse : 2018July06Friday

Caterpillar's stock falls to pace Dow decliners as trade war worries heat up

Dow opens slightly lower as Wall Street weighs trade spat and better-than-expected jobs report

Smart home audio company Sonos files to go public

Treasury yields slip after June employment report

Financial stocks pare losses after data, J.P. Morgan Chase's swings to a gain

U.S. stock-index futures pare losses after jobs report

U.S. gains 213,000 jobs in June; unemployment rises to 4%

Square stock falls after BTIG reiterates bearish stance

Qualcomm extends tender offer for NXP shares, for at least the 28th time

Hudson's Bay denies that it has reportedly agreed to sell half of its Europe operations

Breaking News: 2018July06Friday

Stocks open mixed in muted reaction to trade, jobs

U.S. gains 213,000 jobs in June; unemployment ticks up to 4%

Need to Know: Only 'new threats' in trade spat are likely to spur stock response

Biogen's stock soars after positive results from study of Alzheimer's treatment

J.P. Morgan denies interest in Deutsche Bank

Trade war: U.S., China tariffs take effect as Trump threatens massive escalation

How low can it go? What to watch in the June jobs report

Dow finishes up more than 180 points ahead of jobs report

Scott Pruitt resigns as EPA administrator, Trump announces

Fed minutes: Negative risks to U.S. economy have intensified due to trade policy

Internet Stories: 2018July06Friday

How I got my landlord to lower my rent—and save me $2,400 over the next year

Thanks to Amazon Prime Day, the back-to-school shopping season is already under way

Amazon Prime Day will take a bite out of the food sector as Whole Foods is included

Walmart removes anti-Trump items after #BoycottWalmart campaign, but they are still on Amazon and other sites

Netflix is trouncing the competition and it should stay on top—younger viewers love it

NerdWallet: The good and bad on booking a vacation through Costco Travel

One country is catching up with the U.S. as the most popular destination for foreign workers

Personal Finance Daily: How to make the best of all that credit-card junk mail and this canned rosé comes with its own hashtag

Financial Services: 2018July06Friday

The unexpected link between social status and generosity

The Moneyist: My husband cashed out his retirement and, after 36 years, filed for divorce

Bond Report: Treasury yields slip after hotter-than-expected jobs report

The Fed: Fed will see jobs data backing up a gradual interest-rate hike pace

London Markets: FTSE 100 flails as U.S. and China march into trade war

Mark Hulbert: Here’s why the odds are good that stocks will be higher at the end of 2018