Miniatures of ComfortDelgro Corp. taxis are popular children’s toys in Singapore. Not for long, though. The ubiquitous blue and yellow Toyota Crown cabs are leaving the realm of kids’ imagination and heading for grownup nostalgia. One day soon, they’ll belong in a museum. The end is nigh for the conventional taxi business, though that’s not what Comfort said in a …

Barring a collapse in the last few weeks of the year, US stocks will post their ninth consecutive calendar-year gain once you include dividends. The only other time the S&P 500 has advanced for nine straight years on the basis of total returns was in the 1990s, when stocks were positive every year from 1991 to 1999. The S&P 500 …

Bloomberg US stocks gained, the dollar advanced and Treasuries slipped after data showed signs of inflation in producer prices as the Federal Reserve starts its two-day meeting. The S&P 500 Index edged higher after closing at a record, and the other major US equity gauges were up. Telephone shares led gainers, and semiconductor stocks led decliners. European equities pushed to …