iStockphoto “ ‘Within 18 months, it’s going to crack pretty hard. I think that you want to be avoiding it for the time being. When the next big meltdown happens, I think the U.S. is going to be the worst performing market, actually, and that’ll have a lot to do with the dollar weakening.’ ” […]
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has submitted a request for emergency authorization to the FDA for its experimental antibody treatment for coronavirus. Getty Images/iStockphoto illustration President Donald Trump has called the antibody cocktail he received to fend off the coronavirus “a cure,” but the chief executive of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Sunday that Trump’s case is merely “a […]
Bill Burr Getty Images “I’ll probably get canceled.” Yes, Bill Burr saw the backlash coming early in his opening monologue on “Saturday Night Live.” In retrospect, it wasn’t really that hard to be prophetic, considering his material touched on everything from masks and assault to gay pride and race. He even made a crack about […]
EU flags fly in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. iStock/Getty Images European regulators are reportedly preparing a “hit list” of up to 20 big tech companies that would be subject to strict new rules. The Financial Times reported Sunday that the list of large internet companies — which likely would include […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks on Capitol Hill on July 31. Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that a new Trump campaign ad took his words out of context and without his approval. “ “In my nearly five decades of public service, I have never […]
Hurricane Delta landed as a Category 2 storm After Hurricane Delta ripped through Louisiana on Friday, residents, having waited out the storm elsewhere, returned on Sunday to survey damage to their homes. Delta made landfall near the town of Creole on Friday evening as a Category 2 hurricane, packing sustained winds of 100 miles per […]
Amy Ford claims she shot the woman in self-defense Amy Ford, a West Virginia nurse who spoke at this year’s Republican National Convention, was arrested on Saturday after shooting a woman in the stomach in her hometown. Ford, 39, who was identified as Amy Thorn in the court filing, was charged with malicious or unlawful […]
Protesters burn a police flag in front of law enforcement officers during dueling rallies between right and left-wing groups in Denver, Colorado, on October 10, 2020. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images A private security guard from a local television station is in custody after he shot and killed another man during […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE We may be retrenching to the stock market-economy disconnect of the spring, and some analysts think something’s gotta give. See full story. I’m 63, my husband is 70, we’ll have $90,000 a year in retirement — how can we claim our Social Security benefits? Have a question about retirement, including where to […]
So you think you’re financially astute? Then try taking the following financial literacy test containing just three basic questions about interest rates, inflation and diversification. Despite being quite elementary, only 34% of adults aged 38 to 64 are able to answer all three correctly. Among millennials this percentage is just 16%. Those results are sobering […]