The Wall Street Journal Markets

U.S. crude prices fell to around their lowest levels since late May and about 12% below last month’s multiyear high.

U.S. stock indexes opened lower following all-time highs last week, after data showed a slowdown in China’s economy.

China’s economy slowed more than expected in July.

The usually fractious cryptocurrency industry unified to oppose a tax provision in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, showing its growing influence in Washington and finance.

The car market is red hot with prices for used autos skyrocketing. Vehicle owners are vying to cash in.

GrowGeneration sells equipment to cultivate marijuana indoors and is one of the few companies that benefits from slow legal changes in the U.S.

Cash and short-term investments on corporate balance sheets rose in the second quarter amid lingering uncertainty about disruptions from Covid-19, defying expectations of a spending spree.

The financial giant told staffers they wouldn’t be returning to its Midtown Manhattan offices, as firms across business lines question whether New York’s costs, taxes and uncertain recovery from the pandemic make it worthwhile to maintain their offices there.

Bond yields have tumbled during the past three months, yet equities are at new highs and corporate bonds are close to the most expensive they’ve ever been. What gives?

The online used-car dealer, known for its vehicle vending-machine towers, has a secret sauce: a unique accounting treatment that lets it book quick profits on car loans.

The government’s campaign to reduce debt in sectors such as real estate has put many developers in a tight spot, sending high-yield bond prices tumbling.

When young adults doubt their financial success—and knowledge—it can complicate decision making.

Cryptocurrencies are surging again even as hedge funds and other large traders bet their prices will decline.

Investors may soon face a choice between first movers like Joby and more niche players such as Lilium and even air-ambulance startup Dufour.

Years before the pandemic and inspired by a family health scare, Thorne Perkin founded Olika, which sells luxe hand sanitizer. Biotech Amyris has now closed on a deal to buy it.

Here are seven major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.

The hacker who plundered more than $600 million of crypto assets from a decentralized finance platform known as Poly Network has now returned almost all of the money.

The Dow and S&P 500 closed the week at record highs as investors drew confidence from a blockbuster round of earnings.

A WSJ analysis showed accounting firms give each other high grades and fail to disclose problems in audits of private entities including businesses, pension funds and charities.

It’s National Kool Aid Day, celebrating a beverage that has survived some highly negative associations over the decades.