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The Justice Department is investigating whether Visa Inc. V, -5.03% is engaging in anticompetitive practices in the debit-card market, according to people familiar with the matter. The department’s antitrust division has been gathering information and asking whether Visa, the largest U.S. card network, has limited merchants’ ability to route debit-card …

Massive disruption is hurtling down the highway toward a $ 1.5 trillion global trucking market, as legacy manufacturers and new entrants alike grapple for pole position in a race for dominance in zero-emissions trucks. Electric vehicles have sped into the attention of investors in the last year, as stocks like …

Hi there, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance Here’s a ray of hope for people worried they missed a valuable tax break on jobless benefits by filing too soon Though jobless benefits count as taxable income, one part of the sprawling law says the first $ 10,200 of …

What just happened? When the Barstool bull crashed through the ETF china shop, it was both upsetting and, if we’re being honest, a little titillating. You just don’t do that in financial services, was the initial reaction to Dave Portnoy’s shenanigans. Then everyone poked fun at the newby who didn’t …

‘The Big Move’ is a MarketWatch column looking at the ins and outs of real estate, from navigating the search for a new home to applying for a mortgage. Do you have a question about buying or selling a home? Do you want to know where your next move should …

No one is likely to order any ball caps emblazoned with “Dow 33K,” but America’s most well-known stock index cleared another 1,000-point milestone on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.58% ended the day up 189.42 points, a gain of 0.6%, to close at a record 33,015.37, just five …

U.S. stock benchmarks traded mostly lower Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of an eagerly anticipated Federal Reserve meeting which may provide clues to the long-term path of monetary policy. What are major benchmarks doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.08% was bouncing round the neutral line, up 16 …

Dear Quentin, I often read your advice column, and now I have questions of my own. For many years my mother was an intelligent, strong businesswoman who worked her way up the corporate ladder and was making a six-figure salary by the time she was in her mid-40s. She also …

Deborah Birx speaks last April in the Oval Office as then-President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting attended by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican and Trump ally. mandel ngan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Former White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx is joining the George W. Bush Institute …