Finance: Latest Financial Topics from The New York Times

Tech Tip: Saving a Web Page as a PDF
Windows and Mac OS X include tools to convert pages in the web browser to PDF files on the computer.

Entrepreneurship: Crowdsourcing to Get Ideas, and Perhaps Save Money
To innovate, business owners are turning to the masses instead of consultants or focus groups.

Comcast Pays Founder’s Widow $490 Million to Settle Unpaid Perks
Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. has paid its founder’s widow nearly $490 million in perks and to cash out life insurance policies in her name.

Suicide on Periscope Prompts France to Open Inquiry
Officials are looking into an episode in which a young woman recorded herself jumping in front of a train outside Paris on the live video-streaming app.

Macy’s Reports Falling Profit; Cuts Outlook
Macy’s slashed its full-year profit and sales expectations as the department store chain struggles to lure shoppers seemingly in an extended funk.

Wall St. Sinks as Corporate Earnings Disappoint
Global stock markets faltered amid further signs that a rally had run its course and traders pondered which way the next move would be.

Your New Home: Ready to See Now, via Virtual Reality
New interior design tools help clients visualize how their redecorated homes will look.

Tax Policy: Donald Trump’s Plan to Raise Taxes on Rich: Just Kidding
The candidate backs away from remarks he made over the weekend that seemed to reverse his earlier stance.

Canadian Hotel Investment Trust to Be Sold for $1.6 Billion
InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust, which holds 109 hotels in Canada, will be sold to a Canadian company backed by Hong Kong money.

U.S. Judge Rules Texas Tycoon Wyly Committed Tax Fraud
Texas tycoon Sam Wyly engaged in “deceptive and fraudulent actions” in a years-long scheme to dodge taxes on more than $1 billion held in offshore trusts, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled on Tuesday.

E.U. Regulators Block British Telecom Merger on Competition Grounds
The acquisition of O2 by Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of the operator Three, would have harmed consumer choice, the bloc’s competition chief said.