Inflation reading Tuesday expected to show prices at nearly a three-year high

April's consumer price index, a broad gauge of goods and services costs across the U.S. economy, is forecast to reach an annual rate of 3.8%.

By the numbers: Corporate profits haven't been this smoking hot in years

Kospi tops 7,900 at open, eyes 8,000 mark

South Korean stocks opened at a fresh record high of above 7,900 points Tuesday, heading toward the unprecedented 8,000-point mark, as major chipmakers continued their bull run, despite woes that peace talks between the United States and Iran are on the brink of breaking down. After opening 1.68 percent higher, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had jumped 112.27 points, or 1.44 percent, to 7,934.51 as of 9:15 a.m. after rising as high as 7999.67 shortly after the opening bell. It m

By The Korea Herald