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Last Updated: Oct. 15, 2024 at 8:14 p.m. ETFirst Published: Oct. 15, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. ET Shares of the Container Store Group Inc. surged after hours on Tuesday after the struggling storage retail chain said it had secured the backing of home-goods seller Beyond Inc., the company that owns Bed Bath & Beyond and […]

I have followed your column for years and have drafted this letter multiple times, each time ultimately scrapping it. I consider myself levelheaded and objective when it comes to problem-solving, but after all these years, I am still left wondering whether my opinion on my family affairs is justified or if I have been unfair […]

William Watts is MarketWatch markets editor. In addition to managing markets coverage, he writes about stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities, including oil. He also writes about global macro issues and trading strategies. During his time at MarketWatch, Watts has served in key roles in the Frankfurt, London, New York and Washington, D.C., newsrooms.

William Watts is MarketWatch markets editor. In addition to managing markets coverage, he writes about stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities, including oil. He also writes about global macro issues and trading strategies. During his time at MarketWatch, Watts has served in key roles in the Frankfurt, London, New York and Washington, D.C., newsrooms.

Joy Wiltermuth Joy Wiltermuth is a news editor and senior markets reporter based in New York.

Quentin Fottrell Quentin Fottrell is MarketWatch’s Managing Editor-Advice Columns and The Moneyist columnist. You can follow him on Twitter @quantanamo.

Last Updated: Oct. 4, 2024 at 5:48 p.m. ETFirst Published: Oct. 4, 2024 at 8:55 a.m. ET The end of the three-day U.S. port strike has implications for a number of transportation and shipping stocks, say analysts. Late Thursday, the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance said they had reached a tentative agreement […]

Myra P. Saefong, assistant global markets editor, has covered the commodities sector for MarketWatch for 20 years. She has spent the bulk of her years at the company writing the daily Futures Movers and Metals Stocks columns and has been writing the weekly Commodities Corner column since 2005.

Jurica Dujmovic Jurica Dujmovic is a columnist for MarketWatch. He is a business publisher, consultant, designer and gamer. Follow him on Twitter @JuricaDujmovic.

It’s crazy — on the one hand, we want sustainability and to preserve the world for our kids, but on the other hand, we replace perfectly good products on a yearly basis.  iPhone Owner Related: ‘My husband blew a gasket’: I bought a $ 20,000 Toyota using financing. My spouse said, ‘Pay it off immediately.’ […]

Yesterday, the mechanic called and said the car my husband drives, which was my late grandma’s car, was not repairable anymore (we had saved cash and fixed it). They said to buy another car. I had the cash to pay for a 2017 Toyota SUV, and put $ 1,200 down and the total came to […]

Dow Jones Newswires Last Updated: Aug. 26, 2024 at 11:17 p.m. ETFirst Published: Aug. 26, 2024 at 10:31 p.m. ET TOKYO — Japan’s government will keep a close eye on the impact of possible U.S. interest rate cuts on the Japanese economy, the country’s finance minister said Tuesday. “The government will continue to carefully monitor […]

Last Updated: Aug. 25, 2024 at 6:19 p.m. ETFirst Published: Aug. 25, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. ET Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday delivered his clearest message yet to financial markets that the time has arrived for lower interest rates. It’s a moment Powell has been warming up to for months, prompting investors to […]

Last Updated: Aug. 22, 2024 at 8:42 p.m. ETFirst Published: Aug. 22, 2024 at 6:55 p.m. ET David Ellison’s Skydance Media is firing back at Paramount Global, accusing a special committee at the media and entertainment giant of violating the merger deal the two companies struck last month after Paramount said it would allow more […]

Published: Aug. 21, 2024 at 5:56 p.m. ET Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday said its board had named Morgan Stanley veteran James Gorman to head the succession-planning committee seeking a replacement for Bob Iger, who has said he will step down as the media and amusement-park giant’s chief executive in 2026. “James is a highly […]

Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with Columbia University and completed the Leadership Exchange on Ageism. She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on […]

Dow Jones Newswires Last Updated: Aug. 1, 2024 at 6:12 p.m. ETFirst Published: Aug. 1, 2024 at 5:25 p.m. ET Warner Music Group WMG is restructuring its core recorded music operations globally with key executive changes at Atlantic Music Group and other regional hubs to drive revenue growth. The entertainment and record label conglomerate on […]

Quentin Fottrell Quentin Fottrell is MarketWatch’s Managing Editor-Advice Columns and The Moneyist columnist. You can follow him on Twitter @quantanamo.

Christine Idzelis Christine Idzelis is a markets reporter at MarketWatch and is based in New York.

Last Updated: July 25, 2024 at 8:11 p.m. ETFirst Published: July 25, 2024 at 6:01 p.m. ET DexCom Inc., a maker of monitoring devices for diabetes patients, cut its full-year sales outlook on Thursday — a move that surprised some analysts and investors and sent its stock tumbling after hours — as the company deals […]