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U.S. stock-index futures bounced around in thin trading early Monday morning, amid violent protests that reverberated throughout the country. The clashes between police and protesters come while the U.S., and much of the world, is in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic that has rocked the domestic economy to its …

“ ‘We definitely feel that the markets are way ahead of reality. We really are telling every client to tap the market if they can because we think the pricing now couldn’t get any better.’ ” That’s Manolo Falco, Citigroup’s C, -2.54% co-head of investment banking, explaining to the Financial …

President Trump said he wants to postpone the next Group of Seven nations meeting until September, and is looking to include additional countries. Mr. Trump told reporters traveling on Air Force One Saturday that he was planning to delay the meeting. He had been seeking to restore an in-person event …

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Space Exploration Technologies Corp. on Saturday successfully launches the first astronauts into space from U.S. soil in nine years. The capsule carrying NASA astronauts reached orbit on its way to the International Space Station. See full story. Record rise in unemployment casts a shadow over Trump’s re-election …

The buy-and-hold approach to the stock market generally isn’t a celebrated strategy among Reddit’s “Wall Street Bets” bunch, but more than a few glasses are being raised for one member of the meme-making trading community who claims to have made an absolute killing in recent years. IKnowTheCodings, as he goes …

How do you make $ 1.7 trillion disappear? A trade war is one way, a new report has found. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York adds to previous findings that, despite pronouncements from the White House, Americans are paying — and paying stiffly — for the …

Forbes released its annual list of the highest paid athletes on the planet, and some tennis players showed how lucrative the sport can be — especially when it comes to endorsements. Naomi Osaka, 22, is the first female athlete on the list at no. 29, overtaking fellow tennis player Serena …