Don’t miss these top money and investing features: These money and investing stories, popular with MarketWatch readers over the past week, offer advice and insight about where to put your money — and what to avoid — as a shift to value stocks from growth appears in the U.S. market and investor bullishness is disturbingly […]
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court on Friday refused to immediately block a judge’s decision requiring the disclosure of President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a Manhattan prosecutor. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero rejected the president’s latest efforts to block a grand jury subpoena for his tax returns – a major loss for […]
It finally may be game on for antitrust actions against Big Tech. As gaming grows in stature in the lives of Americans during the pandemic, it has highlighted the extraordinary grip that two of the four tech companies under investigation have over the white-hot industry. Epic Games Inc.’s lawsuits against the online stores of Apple […]
TGIF, MarketWatchers! Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance ‘The housing market is on a sugar high’: Home sales are soaring, but is it a good time to buy? Here’s what the experts say The domestic property market is fueled by a government stimulus and a COVID-fueled rush to low density housing, economists say. These […]
Americans are rushing to buy homes right now. But should you be one of them? Sales of previously-owned homes in the U.S. rose 24.7% between June and July to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.86 million, the National Association of Realtors reported Friday. Not only did the percentage increase represent a record, but the sales […]
Wall Street signs in New York Mark Lennihan/Associated Press U.S. companies in August were supposed to take a breather after borrowing massive amounts of debt to help tide them over during the pandemic. That didn’t happen. But why would it? After all, August vacations for Wall Street aren’t exactly what they used to be, with […]
Gavin Newsom wearing a mask | AP Photo/Hector Amezcua, Pool OAKLAND — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says California is “turning a corner” on the pandemic weeks after locking down various sectors in a desperate bid to thwart a summer surge. But that puts the Democratic leader at a crossroads. Should California reopen gyms, churches and […]
Getty Images Donald Trump has been mocked for suggesting that people needed ID to attend this year’s virtual Democratic National Convention (DNC). “To get into the Democrat National Convention, you must have an ID card with a picture…” the president wrote in an early morning tweet on Friday. In years gone by, those wishing to […]
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Army is asking for the public’s help in a search for another missing soldier in Texas. Fort Hood officials issued a missing soldier alert Thursday night for Sgt. Elder Fernandes, 23. Police in nearby Killeen said Fernandes was reported missing Wednesday and was last seen or heard from […]
Thank you for your service, but no mask, no service. That’s basically the message Delta Air Lines DAL, -0.18% has for Robert O’Neill, the ex-Navy SEAL who claims he killed Osama bin Laden. O’Neill recently tweeted — and deleted — this image of himself not wearing a mask near another man in a Marines cap […]