Opening a small business in New York City, where rents and risks can rise as high as a skyscraper, is no mean feat even under ideal circumstances. COVID-19 exacerbates everything. Ask Shweta Khare, Jackie Casiano and Myriam Simpierre, entrepreneurs behind an Upper West Side cafe, West Village hair salon and …
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Olivia Troye, the homeland-security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence who served as Pence’s deputy on the White House coronavirus task force and went public last week with the allegation that President Trump never took the pandemic seriously except insofar as it affected his re-election chances, this week found herself …
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Tesla Inc. unveiled battery innovations and increased efficiencies that appeared to underwhelm investors late Tuesday at its much anticipated “Battery Day.” Tesla stock’s TSLA, -5.59%, which had gained more than 4% after an upbeat post-shareholder-meeting presentation, turned south as soon as Chief Executive Elon Musk said that some of the …
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CNN’s Don Lemon Getty Images “ ‘The minority in this country get to decide who our judges are and who our president is. Is that fair?’ ” That’s CNN host Don Lemon explaining on Monday night his rationale behind what he sees as the need to “blow up the entire system,” specifically …
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Shares slipped Tuesday in Asia after markets tumbled worldwide on worries about the pandemic’s economic pain. Market Extra:Why the Dow dived: Ginsburg replacement battle amplifies election jitters, uncertainty over stimulus Hong Kong’s Hang Seng HSI, -0.86% lost 0.3% to 23,894.72 and the Kospi 180721, -2.37% in South Korea sank 1.7% …
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For the 55 calendar years from 1965 through 2019, Berkshire Hathaway’s stock rose at an 18.6% annualized pace, versus 11.8% for the S&P 500 SPX, -1.15% . (Both returns reflect reinvested dividends.) Warren Buffett can take credit for this, and he appears to be very much in charge of Berkshire. …
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Dear MarketWatch, I am finishing 50 years in the airline industry next year, and I am looking to relocate to anywhere north or west of Colorado (including Colorado) — but not California because of the taxes. I will have approximately $ 3,200 a month in Social Security and will hopefully …
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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower Monday after Wall Street declined for a third week and Britain reported a rise in coronavirus infections. Data:Keep tabs on U.S. stock-market futures Benchmarks in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Sydney retreated. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. On Friday, Wall …
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Don’t miss these top money and investing features: These money and investing stories, popular with MarketWatch readers over the past week, offer advice and insights for your portfolio decisions as the U.S. stock market heads into the worst of its seasonal weakness. Indeed, “fall” is the appropriate metaphor for the …
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