According to a report by, Zillow Group Inc., a median-income U.S. household can now swing a home priced at $331,483, a jump of $30,302 from a year earlier and the strongest affordability reading since ...

"Any scenario that left Live Nation with Ticketmaster is a big win for them," said Bill Werde, director of the Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries at Syracuse University.

The S&P 500 was on track for double-digit earnings growth, with more than half of companies having reported Q4 results so far.