‘I never want to manage people again.’ I’m 33. Should I leave my corporate leadership role to become an assistant?

An appraisal fraud scheme will send the perpetrator behind bars for decades, after his use of stolen credentials left lenders holding the bag for more than $65 million in defective loans, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Processing Content Former appraiser Armando Martinez was sentenced in early July after previously pleading guilty to bank…

Resurgent inflation eased in June as gasoline prices declined over the month, though uncertainty over the trajectory of oil prices and Iran war hostilities have reignited in recent weeks. The consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.4% across the all-items index on a seasonally adjusted basis last month, compared to 0.5% growth in May, the U.S….

Jeff Bezos has bankrolled his rocket company Blue Origin almost single-handedly for a quarter century, quietly selling roughly $1 billion of Amazon (AMZN 0.73%) stock a year to keep it flying. This week, he changed that playbook — and told investors something in the process. Blue Origin is raising about $10 billion in its first-ever…

Although short sales remain relatively rare, they have been gradually creeping up as underwater homeowners seek ways to avoid foreclosure, with a handful of midpriced markets seeing the highest concentration of these deals. A short sale is a real estate transaction in which a financially distressed homeowner sells their property for less than the balance…

Investors zero in on United’s potentially fatter jet-fuel bill — the airline said it expects nearly $6 billion in additional fuel expenses for the year.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed down -1.01%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.77%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -1.49%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) fell -1.02%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) fell -1.51%.  Stock indexes settled sharply lower on Friday, with the S&P 500 posting a…