YouTube Inc. Chief Executive Susan Wojcicki defended the company’s harassment policies Monday, apologizing to those in the LGBTQ community who were offended by its recent decision not to remove videos with homophobic slurs but arguing that its policing of content needs to be consistent. “We don’t want to be knee-jerk.”Read More →
Don’t expect an end to the tariff standoff between the U.S. and Mexico to undo the plunge in U.S. Treasury yields this year. Monday’s bond selloff is only traders taking a breather from the Treasury market’s relentless rally in the past few weeks, and was unlikely to dent the widely-sharedRead More →
As the student-loan debt bubble grows, lawmakers and consumer advocates are pushing for better counseling to help students make better-informed borrowing decisions. But as a new working paper circulated Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows, counseling can have a dramatic effect on the choices these students makeRead More →
© Reuters. Banca D’Italia sign is seen in downtown Rome ROME (Reuters) – The Bank of Italy plans to adopt investment criteria which reward companies that take action on climate change, joining other central banks, commercial banks and fund managers in ratcheting up pressure on boardrooms to go green. TheRead More →
“Free travel” — two little words that can jump-start the pulse, excite the imagination and, if you’re not careful, actually take money right out of your pocket. Travel rewards credit cards offering big sign-up bonuses and seemingly endless opportunities to earn points toward free flights, hotel stays and more canRead More →
These benefits are prime. More than 100 million people are Amazon Prime members in the U.S. alone, according to research firm Customer Intelligence Research Partners. Millions of them pay $119 per year for an annual membership — or $59 if they’re students — so they can get access to freeRead More →
You may have noticed that Facebook Inc. seems to face a new scandal every day. But advertisers, users and investors don’t seem to care. The social-media giant delivered record profit, revenue and user numbers in 2018, all while coming under near-constant fire for its treatment of user data and roleRead More →
Happy Monday PF’ers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance Believe it or not, airline quality hasn’t been this good in decades Flying colors for the airline industry in a new report. You don’t need a 4-year college degree for these high-paying jobs at Google, Apple, Netflix More top companiesRead More →
Go ahead, have that latte. That’s probably not the thing that’s breaking the bank for you. When Matt Kelly and his wife Cheri faced debts of roughly $65,000 in 2005, they decided something must be done. So they cut food costs from about $500 to $300 a month, and paredRead More →
Gender inequality is in the spotlight like never before. If the global strikes and protests of last year’s International Women’s Day reminded us of the scale and importance of the challenge, they also showed us that genuine change is within reach. This year, we must ask ourselves how we canRead More →
There is a new couple in town. They moved in a few blocks away, into the smallest house on the street, with their used Subarus, and thrift store clothes. You’ll see them riding bikes to work, never going out, and declining to attend the neighborhood cookout that costs — gaspRead More →
Happy Friday, MarketWatchers. Here are some of the day’s top stories to keep you entertained as we head into the long weekend. Personal Finance H&R Block agents took ‘empathy training’ to handle people upset by smaller tax refunds or surprise tax bills Accountants are investing in customer service as theRead More →
Getty Images The best-performing basket of stocks this year are S&P 500 companies that derive most of their revenue from Western Europe. An escalating trade war, decelerating growth in Europe and China and an increasing dovish Fed were all factors that were supposed to make the United States a relativeRead More →
President Donald Trump bemoaned Thursday a lack of media attention for the “great earnings” coming out of Wall Street. Great earnings coming out of Stock Market. Too bad Media doesn’t devote much time to this! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2019 MarketWatch devotes a great deal of timeRead More →
Who are America’s rich? “Not me” is the answer from a surprising segment of the population, including many people making six figures and above. Some 87% of people who make at least $90,000 a year said they weren’t rich or poor, according to new findings from polling company YouGov. (TheRead More →
The most important earnings season for tech since the dot-com boom went bust is about to begin, but don’t expect a holiday miracle, especially for the companies that are used to a victory lap at this time of year. The first round of quarterly earnings every year is normally anRead More →
The former TV heart-throb, who played a California highway cop in the series “CHIPs” in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has put up for sale his 1980 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II. It’s on the docket at the annual Barrett-Jackson classic car auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. — alongside a vastRead More →
An ugly, year-end stock-market selloff and the return of volatility has put the economic expansion, soon to be the longest on record, under the microscope. Cyclical sectors, such as housing, are slowing, as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates. The risks to the economy seem to be multiplying, from tradeRead More →
