Covid-19: Do you need to change / wash clothes after visiting the grocery store?

As some folks on social media fret about whether they need to wash or change their clothes to avoid catching COVID-19, infectious-disease experts say you... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

From vodka and gin to hand sanitizer

The world’s biggest distillers are racing to make hand gel, which has become increasingly rare in many countries due to a massive surge in demand. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Walmart seeks 150k new employees

Walmart Inc. announced late Thursday that it would give cash bonuses of more than half a billion dollars to its employees as it looks to hire another 150,000... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Futures plunge 5% limit, unemployment could hit 30%

U.S. stock-index futures fell by the most allowable for the day Sunday evening as the cases of coronavirus globally neared 330,000 and the market appeared... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

U.S. stock futures plunge, hit limit down

U.S. stock futures plunged at the open late Sunday, hitting a 5% limit down almost immediately after the session began, following Wall Street's worst week... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The WTF Chart of the Year

It wasn’t too long ago — like, about a month — that Tesla was surging toward $1,000 a share in a move hailed as the “WTF chart of the year” by Wolf Richter... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Airbnb racks up hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, considers raise

Airbnb Inc. has racked up hundreds of millions of dollars in losses this year, as the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the home-sharing company's... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Second dog tests positive for coronavirus as owners warned not to abandon pets

The Hong Kong government has urged people not to abandon their pets and to stop kissing them after a second dog repeatedly tested positive for coronavirus. A... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Remote work: Microsoft Teams is experiencing some outages

Microsoft Corp. confirmed Monday that some customers of its Teams collaborative-work platform are experiencing outages after reports of broad service... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Apple fined $1.3B by France over competition concerns

France's competition authority -- Autorité de la concurrence _ on Monday fined Apple Inc. €1.1 billion ($1.29 billion) for colluding with other companies in... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

UK considers herd-immunity approach – allowing more people to contract corona

Herd immunity. In the absence of therapeutic treatments or a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, it suggests that there’s safety in numbers. Physicians say... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Why you’re more likely to see a physician assistant than a doctor

Dr. Aziz Nazha, the oncologist in charge of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Clinical Artificial Intelligence, has a controversial opinion about what kind... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The Dow just tumbled into a bear market, here’s how long those last

It’s the end of a bullish era for the stock market and the beginning of a new phase of bearishness, after a sharp plunge for risk assets on Wednesday pushed... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

United Airlines Borrows $2B

United Airlines Holdings Inc. said Thursday it has entered a $2 billion term loan facility agreement and has used the proceeds to pay certain transaction... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

NBA suspends season over coronavirus concerns

MIAMI — The NBA has suspended its season “until further notice” after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

S&P 500 and Nasdaq touch bear-market territory and join the Dow

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index Wednesday afternoon fell below a threshold that would put those benchmarks in bear-market territory if they closes... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Nassim Taleb suggests Musk doesn’t understand risk in complex systems

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, whose book “The Black Swan” foreshadowed the 2008 global financial crisis, responded to Elon Musk’s tweet about what he called a panic... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Why investors might buy negative-yielding bonds

Even as investors struggle to get their mind around negative yields, some say there are few reasons why investors might choose to buy such bonds. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Investors are using alternative data to track China’s recovery from Covid-19

Investors are employing high-frequency “alternative” data that isn’t offered by government statistics agencies to get a read on China’s recovery from COVID-19. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

We’ll need more entrepreneurs if we want to grow at 3%

The economic outlook would be even brighter if we had more start-up businesses innovating. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash on freeway was playing videogame: NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a videogame on his... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Your Own Bed in Economy Class

Earlier this month, a fiery debate raged across the internet over a video showing two airline travelers caught up in an awkward confrontation. Travelers... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

What if it was the Marvel Cybersecurity Universe?

The cybersecurity industry has long been known as a battleground pitting black hats against white hats, but what happens when the biggest combatant picks up... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Apple engineer killed in Tesla SUV crash was playing videogame: NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a videogame on his... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash was playing videogame: NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a videogame on his... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Mastercard investing in technology to identify commuters by gait, heartbeat

Mastercard is working with transport firms to develop a new gait technology system. CCTV cameras would identify passengers approaching transport barriers and... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Waiting for house prices to drop in a recession? Why you'll have a long wait

The last recession was caused in part by a downturn in the housing market. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Dunkin’s average ticket nearly doubles when customers add Beyond Meat sandwich

Dunkin’ says the average ticket with a Beyond Sausage is more than $9 while the average ticket is about $5. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Zoom Video stock closes nearly 15% as coronavirus ‘face to face’ less attractive

Zoom Video Communications Inc. shares rallied for their best day in nearly eight months Monday as analysts said coronavirus fears and competitive questions... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Casper lowers IPO price range, implying valuation of just over $500M

Casper Sleep Inc. lowered the price range for its planned initial public offering on Wednesday to $12 to $13 a share from a previous $17 to $19, a move that... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Tesla’s biggest bull stampedes to a $7k price target

An investor famed for her call that Tesla shares could be worth as much as $4,000 in the next five years has just upped that target, significantly. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Young trader’s epic Beyond Meat stock misfire: ‘Biggest mistake of my life’

For many veteran traders, $12,000 is a rounding error, but for someone just getting his feet wet in the options pits, well, losing that much will leave a... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The road to riches is this simple: Drive a crappy car (2019)

Buying new cars is like taking $40,000 and setting it on fire. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

This is the only generation less prepared for retirement than they were even two years ago

This cash-strapped group isn’t millennials | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

IBM Stock Rallies as Krishna to Succeed Rometty as CEO

International Business Machines Corp. shares rally late Thursday after the tech giant announces that Ginny Rometty’s eight-year tenure as president, chief... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Altria stock slammed as Juul stake leads to another multi-billion charge

Shares of tobacco giant Altria Group Inc. were slammed Thursday, after the company swung to a big loss for the fourth quarter, weighed down by a $4.1 billion... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

MoviePass parent Helios and Matheson files for Chapter 7 and stock falls to zero

Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. , the parent of the MoviePass cinema-ticket subscription service, said Wednesday it has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy,... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

MiniHabits

Jan 28, 2020 (AmericaNewsHour) -- A new online private 'habit tracker' is aiming to help users eliminate bad habits by providing a tool that tracks good... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Bitcoin4Photos

Jan 29, 2020 (Flonja via COMTEX) -- With bitcoins fast becoming an acceptable means for trade globally, a new platform for high-quality stock images,... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

PBookmarks

Jan 27, 2020 (The Expresswire) -- "pBookmark: saving your all favorite website links in one yet secure place" pStack, the leading app developer... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Memestack

Jan 28, 2020 (Flonja via COMTEX) -- Summary: MemeStack is a free online meme maker that allows users to customize popular meme templates or create their own... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Privus Reader

Jan 28, 2020 (The Expresswire) -- January 23, 2020 Tech enthusiasts, news readers and just about anyone with a passion to stay updated with exciting news... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Resume Builder

Jan 28, 2020 (Flonja via COMTEX) -- The year is 2020 and now more than ever do we have access to websites offering resume services online, but how do we know... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

AMD earnings: Intel’s data-center surge will be a tough act to follow

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s sales of server chips may get heightened scrutiny following a surprise jump in data-center sales reported by larger rival Intel... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Coronavirus – From Simulation to Reality

Eric Toner is a scientist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and was a part of a simulation, in partnership with the World Economic Forum, that... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Parametric home insurance: get a payout for floods regardless of damage

‘The one industry that’s not debating the nature of climate change is the insurance industry.’ | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The ‘happiest country’ in the world also has one of the highest suicide rates

Some 70% of people aged 15 to 64 have a paid job and 60% participate in adult education every year. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The ‘best job in America’ pays $105,000

‘Because of the stiff competition to recruit and retain this talent, more companies are investing in their employees’ experiences at work,’ says Amanda... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago