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In an alternate universe, Donald Trump and the Republicans would be heading into the weekend before the midterm elections with glee. But even a stellar jobs report can’t keep them from talking about what’s wrong with America.

The Supreme Court rejected a Trump administration bid to halt a trial next week over the controversial decision to place a citizenship question on 2020 census forms. The suit was brought by New York state against the Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau, and is slated to head to trial Monday. Critics of the addition of a citizenship question to the form have argued it could create a chilling effect on responses and lead to an undercount, potentially affecting, for example, congressional... Читать дальше...

Scott Galloway: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube say they are ‘connecting our world’ — but they are really just fueling our rage.

General Electric Co. will pay former Chief Executive John L. Flannery $4.25 million in severance pay over the next 12 months, the industrial conglomerate said in a filing Friday. The severance will be paid in equal installments over the period, the company said. Flannery also will be eligible to receive a prorated long-term performance award payment, the company said. In addition, Flannery's outstanding stock options and restricted stock units granted before September 2017 and that would have... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks have bursts from out of the doldrums after a nasty October period. And while experts have attributed a number of factors for the resurgence in equities, it appears that trade is the key impetus.

Charitable giving by middle-income Americans has fallen off in recent years.

President Donald Trump hailed better-than-expected jobs numbers on Friday, as he sounded a note of optimism on trade with China and touted the pending return of U.S. sanctions on Iran.

Stocks finish lower Friday, snapping a three-day winning streak, as expectations for a near-term resolution to the protracted U.S.-China trade spat were dashed.

There’s a reverse gender gap in philanthropy.

Stock-market performance only affects some households directly.

The largest Canada-based marijuana producers denied to MarketWatch that they have done business with or taken investment cash from people tied to organized crime, after a bombshell report to that effect that did not name names.

You may need less than you think

And they’re not where you may expect.

Apple shares dropped Friday, after the smartphone manufacturer beat expectations with its latest results but delivered a disappointing forecast and announced that it would no longer be providing unit-sales figures for the iPhone and other hardware products.

The indicators MarketWatch picked at the start of the Donald Trump presidency to measure how effective the 45th presidency was are looking pretty good, though the commander-in-chief isn’t making that the closing message in the run-up to the midterm elections.

These two sisters want to disinherit their younger half-sibling.

Shares of Apple Inc. closed down 6.6% on Friday after the company delivered a disappointing December-quarter forecast and announced that it would no longer provide unit-sales figures in its earnings reports. The drop, Apple's worst single-day percentage fall since January 2014, left the company with a closing market value of just over $1 trillion, based on the 4.83 billion share count it disclosed in its most recent 10-Q filing in July, though Apple will likely disclose a lower share count in its forthcoming 10-Q for the September quarter. Читать дальше...

Stock benchmark halted a three-day rally Friday, with equity markets bouncing around intraday, amid contradictory accounts of expectations for a near-term resolution to a protracted U.S.-China trade clash. Apple's stock decline was the biggest weight on the broader market after the iPhone maker late Thursday said it would stop disclosing unit sales and delivered a weaker-than-expected earnings outlook. The Dow ended down 110 points, or 0.4%, at 25,270, the S&P 500 index closed 0.4% lower at 2,723... Читать дальше...

The score can play a role in how long you're on hold and whether you get an airplane seat upgrade.

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REITS have had remarkably consistent returns.

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A new study casts light on the tricks casinos use to keep people gambling.

Home prices grew at the slowest pace in a year and a half, a potentially good sign for a housing market that’s been running far too hot, according to the closely-watched Case-Shiller index.