As the summer travel season heats up, gas prices are soaring, and Americans aren’t happy about it. The average price of a gallon of gas moved to a record high of $4.91 nationwide on Tuesday. That’s a ...
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John Fetterman Supports Soda Taxes & Claims They Aren’t Regressive, But Bernie Sanders Begs To Differ
Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D – PA), now Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate (Photo by Mark … [+] Makela/Getty Images) Getty Images Soda taxes are once again back in the news thanks...
Maybe Things Aren’t That Bad For The Stock Market After All
the dark clouds part getty So was last week’s 6.6% market advance a head fake after six weeks of red ink for the S&P 500? Odds are that May’s last full week was an interlude in the steady downtren...
Why U.S. Shale Firms Aren’t Likely To Change Their Growth Plans
With Brent crude at $120 per barrel and WTI close behind it, the fundamentals picture of crude oil globally is not a sight of comfort. It is a sight of worry. Many relied on the U.S. shale patch to al...
Most DeFi protocols aren’t really decentralized, says European Parliament VP
Most decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols aren’t truly decentralized, which means we need proper regulations in place to understand the inner workings of this emerging technology, according to Europ...
Tax breaks aren’t prime reason for high-net-worth philanthropy
Maria Teijeiro | OJO Images | Getty Images Tax breaks aren’t the primary incentive for philanthropy among the ultra-wealthy, according to BNY Mellon Wealth Management’s inaugural Charitabl...
America’s small businesses aren’t ready for a cyberattack
Some of the highest profile cyberattacks on the U.S. in recent years are alleged to have originated in Russia, including the 2021 attack on the Colonial Pipeline — the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S...
Shopify and 5 More Stocks That Aren’t as Cheap as They Look
Text size As stocks tumble, investors should know how GAAP earnings can reveal flaws in seemingly attractive companies, such as Lyft. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Stocks are tumbling and bargains aboun...
Mint Juleps Aren’t Just For Derby Day
Who cares if Derby Day is done for the year? Buck tradition and enjoy drinking cool refreshing Mint … [+] Juleps anytime. Elizabeth Karmel It had been a long time since I made—or drank—a Mint Ju...
Consumers Aren’t OK. Why April Retail Sales Are Misleading.
Walmart sales climbed in the first quarter from a year ago, but flat transaction numbers suggest inflation drove the gain. Here, a Walmart in San Leandro, Calif., last year. David Paul Morris/Bloomber...
Covid Cases Are Rising — But Cities So Far Aren’t Reimposing Mask Mandates
Topline Rising Covid-19 cases across the country so far aren’t resulting in local mask mandates coming back, as officials in multiple Democratic-leaning cities said in recent days they have no plans t...
FTX Sam Bankman-Fried Defends Terra’s Founder, Says ‘Most bad Investments Aren’t Ponzi Schemes’
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has tweeted in defense of Terra ecosystem and its CEO and co-founder, Do Kwon. In response to a Coindesk article that described Do Kwon as the Elizabeth Holmes of crypto...
XRP: Despite SEC’s crumbling lawsuit against Ripple, investors aren’t impressed
This week witnessed a significant decline in the value of the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin and several altcoins recorded daily losses as new lows in price levels were tested. Bitcoin, for example, f...
Empty-Nesters Aren’t Saving for Retirement Like They Promised. That’s a Problem.
Currently, a person 50 or older can stash as much as $27,000 a year into a 401(k) and $7,000 into an IRA or Roth IRA. Photo illustration by Barron’s staff; (reference) Dreamstime (4) Text size ...
Binance’s Recovery of Stolen Crypto Illustrates That Digital Assets Aren’t a Promised Land for Bad Actors
HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post A Fox Business article announced that Binance recovered a portion of the assets that were stolen from the recent Ronin hack. Just under $6 million of crypto was re...
Why Home Parcel Deliveries Aren’t The Access Boon They Should Be For The Disabled
A woman signs for a delivery at home. getty It’s highly likely that virtually every individual with a walking impairment who routinely orders goods online is familiar with the searing frustration that...
The Cruise Crowd Is Back, Even if Investors Aren’t. Here’s Why It May Be Time to Take a Plunge.
Few sectors absorbed as much pain as the cruise industry during the pandemic, which shut down sailing operations in the U.S. from March 2020 through last June. Shares of the big three cruise operators...
Why aren’t US oil producers drilling more as prices rise? — Quartz
In a free market, the saying goes, high prices cure high prices. If some good or service costs a lot, people will see an opportunity to make money producing more of it, thus driving down the price. Re...
Covid masks work even if others around you aren’t wearing one
People concerned about getting Covid can still protect themselves by properly wearing masks, like an N95 or KN95, even if nobody else around is, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Wednesday. GottliebR...
These money and investing tips are what you need when markets aren’t giving what you want
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Americans of all ages are fail...
Why Wikipedia Editors Aren’t Too Keen On Crypto Donations?
A proposal made by the Wikipedia administrator opted for a vote to know if Wikimedia Foundation would still want to receive cryptocurrency donations. The answer to which was a reverberant no. This par...
Tony Khan Implies WWE Pays For Anti-AEW Twitter Accounts: They ‘Aren’t Real Individuals’
Tony Khan says most anti-AEW Twitter accounts “aren’t real people.” Credit: AEW AEW President Tony Khan took to Twitter on Friday to denounce many anti-AEW accounts, which he claims ...
MicroStrategy’s Saylor and ARK Invest’s Wood aren’t worried about bitcoin and regulation
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor said that two years ago, Merrill Lynch laughed him out the door when he said he wanted to buy bitcoin. “They said ‘not only are we not going to sell it to you, we’ll g...
Demand drops for used cars but high prices aren’t budging
David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Used-car prices appear to be stuck in high gear, despite slowing consumer demand. Last month, sales of used cars less than 10 years old were down 27% compa...
Why does the DBS executive think retail consumers aren’t ready for crypto trading?
The bank in Singapore that serves crypto trading services but currently not allowing or having plans to serve retail investors Chief Executive of DBS, Piyush Gupta, said that the bank has planned to e...
Nvidia Earnings Aren’t Due for a Week. Why This Analyst Is Already Worried.
Text size Nvidia has consistently beat estimates and raised its financial forecasts over the past two years. Courtesy Nvidia Nvidia might not substantially raise its financial forecasts or turn in hig...