Russia’s top arms-control negotiator has rejected the Trump administration’s core requirements for a new nuclear arms-control treaty, dealing a blow to the White House’s hopes of concluding an election-year framework agreement with Moscow.

A pair of insurance companies made a bid for American Equity Investment Life Holding last month, in a bet that the small Iowa insurer’s retirement-income products will continue to be popular with conservative savers.

U.S. stocks continued their march higher, following the S&P 500’s best six-month performance since 2009, as central banks’ stimulus measures keep markets buoyant.

U.S. consumer spending rose 1% in August while incomes fell 2.7% in part because of a decline in government aid for unemployed workers.

Venezuela’s Food Chain Is Breaking, and Millions Go Hungry Venezuela is facing one of the world’s worst food crises as a gasoline shortage makes it harder for farmers to produce and deliver their goods. A recent U.N.-sponsored report found that about one-third of Venezuelans lacks sufficient food.