This year’s slump in digital assets is pressuring crypto companies to show investors that their money is safe. So far, they haven’t delivered. Many crypto companies lack the basic financial guardrails...
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These money and investing tips can help you roll with the Fed’s inflation-fighting punches
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Europe’s Energy Crisis Threatens Glass Production
BERLIN—European businesses as diverse as car makers, bottle manufacturers and skyscraper builders—not to mention artisanal glassblowers—are preparing for a possible glass shortage if the loss of Russi...
Juniper Networks Had Lousy Earnings. It’s AI Strategy Could Push the Stock Higher.
Text size Juniper Networks’ shares look ready to break out.. Brendan McDermid/REUTERS/Alamy One month ago, Juniper Networks stock looked as good as dead. Now, it’s rallying, and it may just be getting...
Netflix may have a familiar price in mind for its ad-supported streaming service
Netflix Inc. may aim to charge customers a familiar price for its first ad-supported streaming option, according to a report. Bloomberg News reported Friday afternoon that Netflix NFLX, -4.57% executi...
California Sets the Pace on Zero Emissions. Car Makers, Old and New, Are Cheering.
Text size California is set to prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California announced this week that it will ban sales of new gasoline-p...
Week’s Best: Fee Hike at Vanguard
Vanguard has long maintained two platforms—a legacy mutual-fund-only offering and a brokerage—but it is now pressuring longstanding mutual-fund customers to switch over to the brokerage wing or incur ...
Investors Ramp Up Bets Against Stock Market as Summer Rally Fizzles
Investors are stepping up bets on a market downturn, a sign of waning sentiment that analysts say could presage a return to the volatile trading of the first half of 2022. Net short positions against ...
U.S. states fall short of pledges to cut ties with Russia
Driven by moral outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, U.S. governors and other top state officials made it clear: They wanted to cut their financial ties with Russia. A few stat...
Fed’s Powell sparked a 1,000-point rout in the Dow. Here’s what investors should do next.
Now might be the time to consider hiding out in short-dated Treasurys or corporate bonds and other defensive parts of the stock market. On Friday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talked of a wi...
Fed Chief Talks Tough on Inflation. There’s More Pain Ahead for the Stock Market.
From left: Fed officials Jerome Powell, Lael Brainard, and John Williams ponder the great outdoors during a break at the economic symposium at Jackson Hole. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size Grand...
Opinion: I tried ‘quiet quitting’ before it was cool — and regretted it ever since
For much of my 35 or so years in the workforce, I’ve prided myself on going the extra mile — such as trying to put in a solid 8-hour day that has sometimes stretched into a 10 or 12-hour day. And I’ve...
FedEx Sues Ground Contractor, Cancels His Routes
FedEx sued one of its largest delivery contractors in the U.S. and canceled his routes, saying the businessman has orchestrated a campaign to promote his own consulting firm by disparaging the deliver...
‘It’s a remarkably uncertain time’: Redfin CEO warns of rapidly cooling housing market — says deals under contract are being cancelled
After a stellar two-year run, the housing market is sputtering as buyers pull back sharply. One real-estate chief said the market is indeed course-correcting, and it’s getting hard to make a deal as m...
2 Companies That Boosted Their Stock Dividends This Week
Text size Altria Group said it plans to boost its quarterly disbursement to 94 cents a share. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Altria Group and Lam Research declared dividend increases this week ...
These dividend stocks can protect you as the Federal Reserve slows the economy
With Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell set to deliver an important speech Friday, investors may finally begin to take him at his word: The central bank is going to maintain a hawkish stance to co...
Here are 5 reasons why energy stocks look like a buy despite rising 74% in a year
Stocks in the S&P 500’s energy sector still have plenty of upside despite their 74% surge in the past 12 months, according to Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial. The strong ...
3M Is Denied Bankruptcy Shield Against Mass Earplug Claims
A bankruptcy judge declined on Friday to shield 3M Co. from continued litigation involving its military earplugs, a setback for the conglomerate’s attempt to shift the mass injury claims to a friendli...
Alibaba, Nio stocks rally along with other Chinese names as SEC reaches audit deal with China
U.S-listed shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Nio Inc. were among Chinese names trading higher in morning action Friday after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has struck ...
Inflation falls for first time in more than two years, key U.S. gauge shows, due to sinking gas prices
The numbers: A key gauge of U.S. inflation fell 0.1% in July thanks to tumbling gasoline prices, marking the first decline in more than two years and giving Americans some relief from a rapidly rising...
‘The backlash to quiet quitting smacks of another attempt by the ruling class to get workers back under their thumbs:’ Am I wrong?
I have something to get off my chest. Please bear with me. We learned a lot from the (more than) two years of pandemic life. Among those lessons: 1. We can be really effective and productive working ...
Opinion: U.S.-China relations just got a whole lot better, boosting the prospects of these three stocks
If you are laser-focused on inflation and the Federal Reserve’s policy, you might have missed a key breakthrough in U.S.-China relations that will boost U.S.-listed China stocks over the next six mont...