FROSTPROOF, Fla. – Three Florida men were fatally beaten and shot while on their way to fish in a remote area late Friday night, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. During a media briefing near the scene on Lake Streety Road on Saturday morning, Judd identified the victims as Damion Tillman, 23, Keven Springfield, 30, and Brandon […]
Walt Disney Co. has dramatically cut its advertising spending on Facebook Inc., according to people familiar with the situation, the latest setback for the technology giant as it faces a boycott from companies upset with its handling of hate speech and divisive content. Disney DIS, -0.65% was Facebook’s FB, +0.45% top U.S. advertiser for the […]
Back in January 2020 B.C. (Before Coronavirus), it looked like it would be a banner year for dividend investors. Payments to shareholders were expected, for the first time, to top $500 billion. “It would take a major event to stop a record for this year,” Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices, […]
A big test for contrarian analysis is brewing in the gold pits. That’s because bullishness among gold market timers has rarely been higher than it is today. Since 2000, which is when I began tracking the average recommended exposure level among such timers, optimism about gold was higher on just 0.7% of the trading sessions. […]
Americans filed a record-breaking number of complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in March as the coronavirus pandemic started flooding hospitals and sending unemployment rates soaring. Every month since, consumer complaint numbers have been breaking record highs set the previous month, according to a Friday report from the consumer advocacy group U.S. PIRG and […]
Tesla’s TSLA, +0.01% market capitalization is nearing $300 billion. It’s now the largest car maker in the world, even larger than Toyota Motor Corp. TM, +0.45%, which produced almost 9 million cars in 2019 and has a market capitalization of around $175 billion. Tesla stock is trading at 45 times very rosy — and improbable […]
This beloved game show host swears a lot, loves sipping skim milk (and chardonnay when he’s feeling frisky), and he’s the subject of three books coming out this year. Who is “Jeopardy’s” Alex Trebek? The quiz show emcee who’s been struggling with advanced pancreatic cancer for the last 16 months is releasing his first-ever memoir […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE You’re taking a bet you may not fully realize See full story. Defiant Fauci tells InStyle: ‘I don’t regret anything I said’ — and talks about being ‘persona non grata’ in Trump’s White House Continuing his media roadshow, Anthony Fauci pleads with people to maintain social distancing and addresses his early advice […]
It’s an open secret that commercial real estate owners take cash out of buildings. When they do, unlike homeowners, criticism often is sparing. After all, hotels, shopping centers, office towers and other commercial buildings are run as businesses, where the whole point is to reap a profit. “The real-estate industry is all about taking cash […]
Medical students and staff members on the COVID-19 ward at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas gather to go over patients’ status at the start of their shift, July 1, 2020. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Texas schools may be allowed to start in-person as late as November, according to the new […]