Category: United States

Facebook Inc. on Monday joined the scrum of tech companies pursuing the digital audio craze popularized by Clubhouse with new tools and features for live audio rooms, podcasts and soundbites. “Every once in a while a new medium comes along that can be adopted into a lot of different areas,” Facebook FB, -1.29% Chief Executive […]

Dear Quentin,  Right now, I am in “surprised mode” after my wife suddenly filed for divorce without even talking to me. Even my mother-in-law, who is living with us, did not talk about it with me before my wife filed. Our relationship has been rocky since around 2015.  A little background: I came to the […]

Oatly Group AB has formally filed paperwork Monday for an initial public offering in the U.S., nine months after private-equity giant Blackstone Group Inc. and a handful high-profile celebrities took a stake in the oat milk producer. The Malmö, Sweden-based company entered the U.S. market in 2017 with its alternative dairy products that have grown in popularity among […]

‘The Big Move’ is a MarketWatch column looking at the ins and outs of real estate, from navigating the search for a new home to applying for a mortgage. Do you have a question about buying or selling a home? Do you want to know where your next move should be? Email Jacob Passy at TheBigMove@marketwatch.com. […]

Apple Inc. kicks off a new snapshot series for the most-searched-for companies on MarketWatch. The quarterly review will show comparisons of key metrics to watch and companies’ most important issues to help investors makes decisions about whether to own shares. The updates will include comparisons of results to competitors. Keep in mind that no two […]

U.S. stocks may be having a subdued start to a big week of earnings, but bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been far from quiet. Bitcoin prices BTCUSD, -1.46% slumped over the weekend, at one point reaching $ 51,907 — down around 20% from a recent peak of $ 64,829 in February. The benchmark crypto recovered […]

Women have been more likely than men to report adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines — and public-health experts say preparing them for the range of possible side effects could help combat vaccine hesitancy. Women accounted for about 79% of adverse-event reports — most of them deemed “nonserious” — related to Pfizer PFE, +2.58% -BioNTech BNTX, +7.69% […]

Synlab has set the price range for its planned initial public offering in Frankfurt at €18 to €23 a share, giving Europe’s largest laboratory services provider a market capitalization of up to €5 billion ($ 6 billion) as it looks to cash in on strong demand for its COVID-19 testing capacities. Munich-based Synlab said in […]

Mobility restrictions imposed to stem COVID-19’s spread put many historically marginalized groups at higher risk for a range of negative “well-being” outcomes during the first stretch of the pandemic — lending support to the idea that “racism is a public-health issue,” said a study published this month in JAMA Network Open. Each 10% decrease in […]

Climate change has been a key topic in President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office, including in a massive infrastructure pitch. Now the administration looks to reclaim a global leadership position in the fight to slow man-made global warming at a closely watched summit this week. At the virtual conference to be held April […]

WeWork, which had one of the most spectacular IPO implosions in recent years, is trying to go public again—and some of the factors that worried regulators on the first deal are back again. WeWork isn’t doing an initial public offering this time, but merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Rules around SPACs are looser […]

Two men died after a Tesla vehicle that authorities believe was operating without anyone in the driver’s seat crashed into a tree Saturday night north of Houston. One of the men was in the front passenger’s seat and the other was in the back seat of the Tesla, which was traveling at high speed along […]

To what degree will Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing issues and the federal “pause” over safety concerns weigh on investors’ mind when the company reports earnings next week? The answer is probably not much, at least this time around. Johnson & Johnson is expected to share its first-quarter earnings on Tuesday morning. This is […]

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE All manner of weird things keep happening in financial markets, from bond yields that go down when they should go up, to near-daily swings between big-picture convictions. It’s hard to manage money when everything feels so fragile. See full story. The semiconductor shortage is here to stay, but it will affect chip […]

The first big week of earnings season will kick off with a study in contrasts. The tech and airline sectors feature prominently on the earnings calendar, offering a glimpse of industries that have enjoyed vastly different fates during the first year of the pandemic. While many tech companies have benefited from an increased reliance on […]

Some Americans may be preparing to convert their retirement assets into Roth accounts in response to President Biden’s future tax plans, but they should hold off before jumping into that decision.  Roth accounts serve a special tax purpose — they’re funded with after-tax dollars and thus, are distributed tax-free (compared with a traditional account, where […]

Dear Quentin, I just found out that my parents (who are in their mid 80s) have named my sister as their successor trustee, and executor of their estate and wills. They have also put her name on all their financial accounts “in case something happens to us.” I have no reason to suspect my sister […]

Mention the word “Caribbean” and most people think of places like Aruba, the Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, and other tourist-rich dollops of sand. The region conjures well-deserved images of crystal-clear waters and white-sand beaches. And there’s no question: If you like sun and sand, these islands are great for a vacation. But move there? Most […]

Americans may not receive Social Security until a qualifying event, such as turning 62, having a long-term disability or experiencing a death in the family, but they should still check up on their Social Security profile no matter their age.  Retirement Tip of the Week: Create an account with the Social Security Administration to verify […]

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE All manner of weird things keep happening in financial markets, from bond yields that go down when they should go up, to near-daily swings between big-picture convictions. It’s hard to manage money when everything feels so fragile. See full story. The semiconductor shortage is here to stay, but it will affect chip […]