Getty Images Amazon, which is known for convenient delivery, is now making returns more convenient United Parcel Service Inc. said Thursday that it forecasts a record National Returns Day, with 1.9 million returns expected, up 26% from last year. National Returns Day is on Jan. 2, 2020. This will be the seventh consecutive record National […]
Interest rates on home loans by and large remained unchanged over this last week and will close out 2019 much lower than they were at the year’s beginning. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.74% during the week ending Dec. 26, up one basis point from the previous week, Freddie Mac FMCC, +1.33% reported Thursday. Similarly, […]
Dear Moneyist, I am a retired registered nurse and my husband is retired also for three years now. We live in a rural California county where social activities are not frequent. Instead, we attend many fundraising events for fun and we also like to contribute. We end up with baskets and all sorts of gift […]
U.S. stocks inched higher Thursday morning, with markets expected to face thin holiday trading volumes in the first session after Christmas as a number of global markets remained closed. Check out: Here are the markets closed for Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year holidays How are benchmarks performing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.23% […]
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinians in Gaza will scale back protests along the fortified border with Israel, factions in the strip said on Thursday, in a sign of a lasting detente between Israel and Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas along the volatile frontier. For nearly 20 months, Palestinians have held weekly demonstrations dubbed the “Great March of […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan executed its first foreigner in 10 years on Thursday, a Chinese man convicted in the 2003 murder and robbery of a family of four. Wei Wei, 40, was hanged Thursday at a detention center in Fukuoka where he had been on death row for more than 16 years, Justice Minister Masako […]
The “OK, boomer” meme that has swept the internet this year provides an outlet for younger generations to tell their elders that they just don’t get it. Yet as baby boomers retire, they’re less concerned with memes and more worried about whether things will be OK for them as they grow older. It’s a question […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE The only stock-market rally that deserves the name ‘Santa Claus’ doesn’t arrive until Christmas — just like the man himself. See full story. Is this life-changing Christmas gift from my new in-laws too good to be true? ‘I am married to the love of my life and we are currently planning our […]
Asian markets were little changed in light holiday trading Wednesday, with many major global markets closed for Christmas. Japan’s Nikkei NIK, -0.20% slipped 0.2%, while the Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -0.03% was about flat and the smaller-cap Shenzhen Composite 399106, +0.38% rose 0.4%. Taiwan’s Taiex Y9999, +0.27% was flat. Hong Kong’s Hang […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore could wrap up 2019 with its highest per-capita homicide rate on record as killings of adults and minors alike for drugs, retribution, money or no clear reason continue to add up and city officials appear unable to stop the violence. Police recorded 338 homicides as of Tuesday, following a week of […]