Jerome Powell Trump blasts Powell and Xi as ‘enemies’ of U.S. as Fed fight, trade war heat upMarketWatch - By Robert Schroeder President Donald Trump on Friday slammed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell after a closely watched speech, asking if the central bank chief or …
Radiation Doctor who worked on mysterious Russian explosion has trace of radiation in his bodyMarketWatch - By Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — More than 100 Russian medical workers who helped treat victims of a recent mysterious explosion at a military testing range have …
U.S. CompaniesDow skids 500 points lower, stock market wipes out weekly gains as Trump appears to mandate that U.S. companies make productsMarketWatch - By Mark DeCambre U.S. stocks hit session lows on Friday as President Donald Trump appeared to mandate in a tweet that U.S. companies make their products at home and …
Tariffs Oil drops, sending U.S. prices down for the week as China includes crude in retaliatory tariffsMarketWatch - By Myra P. Saefong and William Watts Oil dropped on Friday, sending the U.S. benchmark lower for the week, after China announced it would impose retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion worth …
Politics Escalation in U.S.-China trade war threatens global economy, poses Trump reelection riskMarketWatch - By Jeffry Bartash American cars, soybeans and oil are among thousands of products that China has targeted for additional tariffs, marking the latest volley in a …
Recession Fed can handle recession, Bullard says, in MarketWatch interviewMarketWatch - By Greg Robb St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Friday the central bank can handle a recession has more ammunition than it did three years ago to fight …
Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders campaign: ‘It gets harder if we don’t win New Hampshire’MarketWatch - By Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The campaign manager for Bernie Sanders emphasized Thursday that New Hampshire is a critical presidential primary state he …
Jerome Powell Dow and broader stock market bounce around as Fed's Powell says 'carefully watching developments'MarketWatch - By Mark DeCambre U.S. stocks wavered between gains late-morning Friday as Wall Street was parsing a much-anticipated speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome …
Jerome Powell Powell says Fed ‘carefully watching developments’ and ‘will act as appropriate’MarketWatch - By Greg Robb Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday said the central bank was “carefully watching developments” in the economy and would “act as …
Kevin O'Leary Opinion: Kevin O’Leary says you need to cut your kids off financiallyMarketWatch - By Mitch Tuchman At what age should you cut off your kids financially? Shark Tank star and entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary says to make the call on the day they …
U.S. Army FBI indicts 80 people in massive Nigerian fraud caseMarketWatch - By Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The relationship between a Japanese woman and a U.S. Army captain stationed in Syria started online, through an international …
Joanna Gaines The dirty secret about most ‘fixer uppers’MarketWatch - By Brett Arends Before you try to become your own dime-store Chip or Joanna Gaines, go back and check the math again on that “fixer upper.” That’s the message of a …
Tariffs Fed's Mester: Current economy supports no additional Fed cut, but China trade impact can't be ignoredMarketWatch - By Rachel Koning Beals Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester, a non-voter on interest-rate policy this year, remains undecided whether she will recommend a …
Tariffs China announces tariff hike on $75 billion of U.S. productsMarketWatch - By Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has announced it will raise tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. products in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s planned Sept. 1 …
U.S. Treasury Stocks drop sharply after Trump says U.S. doesn’t ‘need China’MarketWatch - By Chris Matthews and Mark DeCambre The U.S.-China trade war overshadowed remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday after President Donald Trump said he’s “ordering” …
Peter Navarro White House's Navarro says U.S.-China talks will continue but focus should be PowellMarketWatch - By Robert Schroeder White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Friday trade talks with China would continue after Beijing announced tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. …
Tariffs Dow sheds 130 points at the open as China says its readying $75 billion counter-tariffs on U.S. goodsMarketWatch - By Mark DeCambre The Dow average on Friday headed lower at the open along with the rest of the major indexes after a report surfaced indicating that China was ready …
C-suite Leadership Tractor Supply searching for new CEO; COO resignsMarketWatch - By Tonya Garcia Tractor Supply Co. TSCO, +0.13% said Friday that it has extended its contract with current its current chief executive, Greg Sandfort, by up to one …
Investing Investors are so bearish, it’s almost time to start buying stocks again, says Bank of AmericaMarketWatch - By Barbara Kollmeyer Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has one big goal Friday - to reassure financial markets that they’re getting a September interest rate cut, …
Tariffs China announces tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. goodsMarketWatch - By Steve Goldstein China's finance ministry on Friday announced retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. goods, with one slate for Sept. 1 and another for Dec. 15. …
Anheuser-Busch Anheuser-Busch to make $20 million payment to Craft Brew rather than buy remaining sharesMarketWatch - By Tonya Garcia Anheuser-Busch BUD, -0.30% hasn't made a qualifying offer for the remaining shares of Craft Brew Alliance Inc. BREW, +3.93% and will instead make an …
Dick's Sporting Goods Dick’s Sporting Goods removed hunting category, including guns, from 125 more storesMarketWatch - By Tonya Garcia Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. said that it has eliminated the hunting category, including firearms, from about 125 stores, replacing the merchandise …
Foot Locker Foot Locker shares plummet after earnings and sales missMarketWatch - By Tonya Garcia Foot Locker Inc. FL, +5.46% stock plummeted 8.7% in Friday premarket trading after the athletic retailer reported second-quarter earnings and sales …
United States U.S. stock futures move off highs as Global Times editor tweets about China countermeasuresMarketWatch - By Steve Goldstein U.S. stock futures ES00, +0.21% moved off their highs of the day as the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, Hu Xijin,tweeted that China will take …
British Airways British stocks rise ahead of Powell speech, as strategist calls U.K. market cheapMarketWatch - By Steve Goldstein British stocks advanced on Friday ahead of a pivotal speech on U.S. interest rates, as one strategist said it was dangerous to bet against the …
Panama City‘It is an act of insanity to stay in the U.S.:’ Why this 63-year-old teacher ditched Massachusetts to retire in the highlandsMarketWatch - By Catey Hill Mary Taft lives with her two daughters, seven cats and two dogs in a mansion in Panama — and she wouldn’t have it any other way. But the former …
IdentityThis couple fought $25,000 in fraudulent credit-card charges after falling prey to identity theft — then things got evenMarketWatch - By Meera Jagannathan Amy Wang and her husband spent hundreds of hours trying to straighten out their financial futures after falling prey to identity theft. Now she wants …
Medicaid My mother has always lived off others and now she lives off me — she needs to sort out her life before I snapMarketWatch - By Quentin Fottrell My mom is a very nice lady who spent most of her adult life chasing the next person who would take care of her, be they husband or family member. …
Moody's cuts its growth outlook for 16 Asian countriesMarketWatch - By Steve Goldstein Moody's Investors Service on Friday said it's revised downward its GDP growth outlook for 16 Asian economies. The revision came due to sharp slowdown …
OECD Opinion: Negative-yielding bonds could actually mean the worst is over for the struggling global economyMarketWatch - By Mark Hulbert Investors discouraged by plunging global bond yields should take heart: when you hit bottom, the only direction is up. This is the implication of a …
