How Netcapital’s CEO built a company that lets entrepreneurs leverage their popularity for funds

Normally, only accredited investors — in other words, investors with a high net worth and expanded financial access — are given opportunities to invest large sums of money with private companies. Given the slowdown in initial public offerings in the stock...

June job growth is expected to be strong, but the focus will be on whether wages are rising

The economy is expected to have added 179,000 jobs in June, but economists are more concerned about whether workers got a raise. The lack of inflation in the economy — wages and prices — has been a concern to some Federal Reserve officials, who have...

Global food prices around two-year high in June as meat, dairy and wheat climb

International food prices soared to around two-year highs during June, fueled by higher prices for wheat, meats and dairy products such as butter. In fact, global meat prices have risen every month so far this year, and the gains have outpaced most other major food...