Expectations that Treasury yields may stay tame in the second half of the year are pushing some investors to take a second look at companies whose dividend payouts beat those offered on US government bonds.

Most US adults are vaccinated but Covid-19 cases are rising. The economy is accelerating but inflation looms. Bipartisan cooperation has improved but political rancor is high.

The White House said on Friday it is concerned about the impact of rising oil prices on US consumers but believes producers have ample ability to pump enough crude. 

Johnson & Johnson, one of the pharmaceutical giants accused of fueling the deadly opioid crisis in the United States, will stop making or selling the drugs in the US under a $230 million settlement with New York state.

No new proposals for ending a two-month lockout of 650 United Steelworkers union members from Exxon Mobil Corp’s Beaumont, Texas refinery were made during a meeting this week, said union and company spokespeople.

Republican Senate negotiators on an infrastructure deal on Sunday welcomed President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of his threat to veto a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill unless a separate Democratic spending plan also passes Congress.

US consumer sentiment ticked up in June, driven by an improving economic outlook among affluent households, a survey released on Friday showed.

At least three passengers are injured as a bus plunged into a water body from Kuril flyover in Dhaka.