Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Rudy Giuliani. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, Charles Krupa/AP) WASHINGTON — “Pls have Mr. G bring the documents,” reads the March 27, 2019, email from a State Department official to someone who worked for “Mr. G.,” better known as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a central figure in the […]
Coronavirus? Never heard of her. Fox Business host Charles Payne is attributing Monday’s massive stock market drop — which is widely considered to be connected to the deadly coronavirus outbreak — to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). According to Payne, Sanders’ recent presidential primary win in Nevada is what caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to […]
Iranian women wear face masks to prevent contracting the novel coronavirus at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, on February 20, 2020. West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via Reuters Iran is closing public spaces like schools, universities, and cultural centers in an effort to control the novel coronavirus outbreak, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. It has […]
Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Sunday told Fox News the Senate’s investigation into FBI abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will focus on interviews the agency conducted with a Russian source who contradicted much of the information in the Steele dossier. “The first thing I want to do is call the people who heard […]
Low unemployment rates, rising wage growth, a relentless bull market — by many measures, the good times are rolling. Just ask President Trump, who is glad to take credit for “the greatest economy in our nation’s history.” But there is an ugly side to this boom that you obviously won’t hear Trump talk about at […]
BERLIN (AP) — Around 10,000 protesters marched through the central German town of Hanau on Sunday to mourn the nine people who were killed by an immigrant-hating gunman four days ago. “These days and hours are the blackest and darkest our town has ever experienced during peace times,” Hanau mayor Claus Kaminsky told the somber […]
“‘I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940. And the general, Reynaud, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over.’ And Churchill says, ‘How can that be? You’ve got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It’s over.’” That’s MSNBC’s Chris Matthews comparing the […]
Retailers will reveal more about the holiday-shopping season in the coming week, with the end of the earnings recession in sight. Home Depot Inc. HD, -0.68% is the lone Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.78% component on the docket, and will be joined by plenty of other retailers that will add to the recent results […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE A more apropos adage for today’s market bears may be that when an outbreak of coronavirus grinds the world’s second-largest economy to a halt, the rest of the world catches a recession. See full story. Mike Bloomberg said he’ll release ex-employees from NDAs. Here’s why you should think twice before signing one […]
Rattled by rising non-China coronavirus cases — notably in South Korea — investors appear unwilling to load up on stocks heading into the new week. That is as they headed for perceived safe-haven assets, bonds TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.00% and gold GCJ20, -0.18% of Friday. You’ve heard of helicopter parents? Welcome to the world of helicopter investing […]