Wall Street rises after encouraging inflation data, but the trade war keeps batting stocks around

Stocks jumped to a big early gain, gave it back, and then went up again as a volatile week for the market rolls on. 3:47 p.m.

RI BUSINESS

‘They can’t face any cuts’: United Way of R.I. launches a fund for nonprofits

“There are a lot of organizations in Rhode Island who are providing food and shelters across the state,” said CEO and president Cortney Nicolato. 3:33 p.m.

EPA head says he’ll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he is rolling back 31 environmental rules, including a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for US action against climate change. 2:47 p.m.

Shaw’s closing stores on the North Shore and in New Hampshire as it cuts underperforming locations

Shaw’s parent company, Albertsons, had planned to merge with rival Kroger in a $25 billion deal that was blocked in December on antitrust grounds. 2:06 p.m.

Elon Musk’s private companies soar in secondary market since election

Secondary market investors have sent the collective valuation of four of Musk’s private entities up 45 percent since the US election. 12:50 p.m.

Why shares of Roomba-maker iRobot just hit an all-time low

The company's stock is down 98 percent from its 2020 peak. 11:53 a.m.

US inflation eased more than expected in February

The consumer price index was up 2.8 percent from a year earlier, after rising another 0.2 percent on a monthly basis. 11:40 a.m.

Health care spending in Massachusetts soared in 2023. Here’s what’s to blame.

The one-year increase was the second highest since the state established its benchmark to rein in expenditures in 2013. 9:46 a.m.

Years in the making, a new home for formerly homeless people opens in Jamaica Plain

A five-story, $105 million permanent supportive housing building is celebrating its grand opening on Washington Street. 7:56 a.m.

UK calls Trump tariffs disappointing but doesn’t retaliate

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, however, did not rule out future tariffs on US imports and said he would “continue to engage closely and productively with the US to press the case for UK business interests.” 5:47 a.m.

Australia won’t retaliate against ‘unjustified’ US tariffs on steel and aluminum

President Trump said last month he was considering a tariff exemption for Australia, a free trade treaty partner that has traded with the United States at a deficit for decades. 1:22 a.m.

Trump administration halts $1 billion program that keeps aging affordable housing livable

The action is part of a slew of cuts and funding freezes at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, largely at the direction of President Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, that have rattled the affordable-housing industry. 12:17 a.m.

Public transit, traffic, parking: Charlestown residents share concerns, priorities with Wu over proposed Everett stadium

Negotiations over a community mitigation agreement between the Kraft Group and the city of Boston for the proposed stadium have gotten off to a tense start as a state-imposed deadline looms. 12:00 a.m.

Investors thought they had Trump figured out. They were wrong.

President Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail last year, and investors and business leaders enthusiastically cheered some. It is increasingly clear they were wrong. 9:05 p.m.