Category: United States

Dear Quentin, I rented a three-bedroom apartment from the owner.  He got inconsistent rents via room rentals. Empty rooms paid $ 0. His rent was $ 500 per room. I took the entire rent upon myself: $ 1,500 a month plus utilities. Room rentals in the area were $ 700. I repainted. I furnished the […]

It’s a sad moment for those who love Italian food — in particular, for those who always make a point of ordering a certain Italian dessert combining ladyfingers, coffee, chocolate and mascarpone cheese.   Yes, Ado Campeol, the restaurant owner whose place is often credited with inventing tiramisu, has died at age 93. But excuse […]

Zillow Group Inc. is calling it quits on the home-flipping business, while disclosing losses of more than $ 550 million on homes purchased in the second half of this year for which the company admits it paid too much. The real-estate giant on Tuesday blamed a faulty algorithmic model for ditching its iBuying business of […]

Lyft Inc. shares rose sharply after it reported a 73% year-over-year increase in revenue during what its CEO called a “great” third quarter as drivers and riders continued to return to ride hailing, the company said Tuesday. Lyft LYFT, -2.33% shares were up more than 12.5% after hours, after falling 2.3% in the regular session […]

WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats have reached a deal on prescription drug pricing as part of their social-spending and climate bill, making progress on one of several final issues Democrats are discussing in the negotiations. “I’m pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached to lower prescription drug prices for seniors and families […]

Nvidia Corp. is on pace to become the seventh largest U.S. company by market capitalization, as it is on pace to move ahead of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Shares of Nvidia NVDA, +2.45% are up 1.8% in Tuesday trading, while shares of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, +0.42% BRK.B, +0.31% are up 0.4%. If the gains hold through […]

Elon Musk hit back at a suggestion that he and other billionaires should “step up now” to help solve world hunger, pointing the finger instead at a prominent global food program. Musk lashed out after David Beasley, director of the United Nations World Food Program, told CNN that just a sliver of Musk’s and other […]

Americans already pay taxes on everything from the real estate they own to some of the consumer goods they purchase. But could they one day be taxed on the meat they eat? The idea of a meat tax has been widely discussed across the globe in recent years, particularly as a way to reduce consumption […]

President Joe Biden on Tuesday plans to unveil a “First Movers Coalition” that involves pledges around clean energy from Apple Inc. and other big companies, according to senior Biden administration officials. The group is intended to help build private-sector demand for clean-energy technology and thereby speed innovation in that area, the officials told reporters. It’s […]

By Stuart Condie SYDNEY–The Reserve Bank of Australia said it would stop using yield caps and signaled an earlier start to interest rate rises, joining other central banks that are tightening policy as inflation risks mount. The RBA kept its interest rate unchanged at a record-low 0.10%, where it has stood since late 2020. Still, […]

DuPont de Nemours Inc. is planning deals that would remake the famed chemicals company, according to people familiar with the matter, following years of subpar performance in its shares. DuPont DD, +2.34% is nearing a deal to buy Rogers Corp.  ROG, +3.54%, an electronics-materials specialist with a market value of nearly $ 4 billion, the people said. It also […]

President Joe Biden apologized to other world leaders on Monday for the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement, the only global economic power to withdraw in such a fashion. And, he said, the move by Trump has delayed U.S. efforts to thwart global warming. “‘I guess I shouldn’t apologize, but I do […]

A Georgia woman spent seven hours waiting for emergency room staff to check out her head injury, and left before receiving any treatment. But the real headache began when the hospital billed her almost $ 700 for the visit a few weeks later.  “I didn’t get my vitals taken, nobody called my name. I wasn’t […]

President Joe Biden on Monday offered U.S. financial help, which will need Congressional backing, for the developing nations that risk being crushed under the effects of climate change. “We can create an environment that raises the standard of living around the world,” the president said in Glasgow, where the U.N. is holding its major climate-change […]

The Federal Reserve has tried to suck all the excitement out of this week’s policy meeting, but it nonetheless marks a major turning point as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues start a journey back to a more neutral policy stance after almost two years of doing everything to prop up financial markets. “We […]

Dear MarketWatch, I live in California and own a single-family rental property that has a tenant with a 12-month renewable lease. The home is in a revocable trust. I would like to leave the property to my daughter. I have one other child who I don’t intend to leave any of this property to. My […]

A private gauge of China’s manufacturing sector rebounded in October, hitting its strongest level since June, thanks to improving domestic demand. However, a coronavirus flare-up in several regions in late October has led to worries over how long the improvement could last. The Caixin China purchasing managers index rose to 50.6 from 50.0 in September, […]

Arby’s wants to give McDonald’s MCD, +0.02% a good ribbing — in every sense of the term. The privately held chain, best known for menu items like roast-beef sandwiches, curly fries and the Jamocha shake, recently rolled out a Country Style Pork Rib sandwich as a limited-time fall offering. There’s no mistaking what it’s about: […]

South Korea’s exports expanded for a 12th consecutive month in October on solid demand for semiconductors and other goods, despite challenges from global supply-chain disruptions. Overseas shipments grew 24.0% from a year earlier to $ 55.55 billion, following September’s 16.7% increase, according to preliminary data released by the trade ministry on Monday. The median forecast […]

U.S. pharmaceutical companies are expected to collect more revenue from COVID-19 vaccines in the third quarter than they did in the entire first half of the year, and that money should continue to grow. In the first half of the year, Pfizer Inc. PFE, +1.30% and Moderna Inc. MRNA, -0.78% reported collective sales of $ […]