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Equifax can’t get out of its own way

It took Equifax just 35 days to determine that four of its executives did nothing wrong when they sold stock, saving themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars, just days after the company learned that it might have had a security breach. That was four days faster than it took the credit-reporting agency to tell the public about the hack. The ...

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Apple earnings are a Rorschach test with an X factor

Here’s what we learned on Thursday about Apple Inc.: People weren’t that interested in buying iPhones in the three months ended in September, and the company isn’t likely to sell many more phones this holiday season than it did in 2016. Here’s what we still don’t know about Apple: Anything definitive about the company’s most pressing business questions: Will people ...

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Stocks mixed as Donald Trump talks Asia trade; bonds rise

Bloomberg Stocks fluctuated and bonds advanced, while the euro and dollar slipped as President Donald Trump tried to tackle trade on his Asia tour. US stocks opened slightly lower. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index swung between gains and losses, even as a European purchasing managers index indicated strong momentum at the start of the fourth quarter. Basic resources shares outperformed ...

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