The odds are starting to shape up for a potential second term for Presidential Donald Trump in the race for the White House against Democrat Joe Biden, according to Marko Kolanovic, quantitative strategist at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., in a Monday research note. “We currently believe that momentum in favor of Trump will continue, […]
President Donald Trump at a news conference on Monday evening defended his decision to visit Kenosha, Wis., as he also declined to criticize the teen accused of fatally shooting two protesters in that small city. The president was asked at the news conference about whether he had considered not making his Tuesday trip to Kenosha […]
Sculpture of an internally-lit exact replica of the planet using NASA imagery Zuma Press U.S. corporations now owe a record $10.5 trillion to creditors, either in the form of bonds or loans, a stunning 30-fold increase from a half-century ago, according to a new BofA Global Research report. By far, the biggest chuck of debt […]
Getty Images/iStockphoto Our family’s goal was to achieve financial independence assuming we will have no Social Security benefits. Our full retirement ages are over two decades away, and cuts to the program seem likely. We decided to consider any benefits we may receive as a bonus and haven’t paid much attention to Social Security. I […]
Rackspace Technology Inc. RXT, +10.45% shares ticked higher in the extended session Monday, after an initial decline, as the cloud-technology services company reported its first earnings since its initial public offering. Rackspace shares, which had been down as much as 7% after hours, were last up 2% in the extended session. That followed a 10.5% […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Republican congressional nominee in Alabama is facing criticism for a weekend social media post, which he later deleted, of a meme that appeared to support a teenager charged with killing two people, and wounding a third, during protests in Wisconsin. Barry Moore, the Republican nominee for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, […]
House Democrats say Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is giving them the cold shoulder. When DeJoy testified for the House Oversight Committee last week, many congressmembers requested documents regarding the changes he has overseen at the United States Postal Service. But DeJoy apparently hasn’t followed up, prompting Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), the committee chair, to say […]
A protester speaks with Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. Getty Images “ ‘Do you wonder why America, in the first time in decades, has seen this level of violence? It’s you who have created this level of hate and division. It is you who have not found a way to say the names of Black people […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Apple Inc.’s stock price will appear quite a bit lower Monday morning, but investors shouldn’t fret. See full story. Fauci says it’s ‘conceivable’ we’ll know if a safe and effective vaccine is coming by November The infectious-disease expert said, ‘I would say a safe bet is at least knowing that you have […]
China announced new restrictions on artificial-intelligence technology exports that could further complicate the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations, while intensifying the tech battle between the world’s two largest economies. The new restrictions, unveiled Friday by China’s ministries in charge of commerce and science and technology, cover such computing and data-processing technologies as text analysis, content […]