Two decades ago, the F.D.A. paved the way for an explosion of prescription drug commercials. An episode of “black-ish” offered a worrying example.

Opioids are no better than over-the-counter pain relievers for relief of arthritic back, hip or knee pain.

Lloyd Blankfein could step down as Goldman Sachs chief executive as soon as the end of the year, according to the Wall Street Journal. Aleksandra Michalska reports.

U.S. job growth surged in February, recording its biggest increase in more than 1-1/2 years, but a slowdown in wage gains pointed to only a gradual increase in inflation this year, reversing the worry that sparked February’s market funk.

Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli , better known as Pharma Bro, was sentenced on Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors of two hedge funds he ran. Jane Lanhee Lee reports.

The three major indexes shot up more than 1 percent on the bull market’s ninth birthday. As Fred Katayama reports, the February jobs report assuaged fears of inflation and aggressive rate hikes.