Fewer Americans now fear catching COVID-19 than at any point since the start of the pandemic, according to a new survey. Only 35% of U.S. adults reported they are very or somewhat worried about contracting COVID-19, according to Gallup. It’s the lowest level of concern since last April. Additionally, nearly …
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Dear Moneyist, My wife and I had our first baby 3 months ago. As the breadwinner, my wife just returned to work after 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave. Our savings are a bit low and she is now “asking for my blessing” to work part-time. This is distressing to …
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The can Two Stacks’ Dram in a Can Irish Whiskey, $ 18.99 for a four-pack The back story In recent years, canned beverages have acquired a certain cachet. Craft beer makers have embraced the packaging. And beverage brands are heavily promoting canned cocktails, to say nothing of hard seltzer. What …
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It’s time to blow off some steam and watch something stupid. March marks a full year since we’ve all been cooped up due to the pandemic, leaving many of us tethered to our TVs to an unhealthy degree. So after such a stressful year, consumers deserve to splurge a bit, …
Read More » Nvidia Corp. reported Wednesday that quarterly sales topped $ 5 billion for the first time in the fourth quarter, as holiday gaming-chip demand and renewed interest in cryptocurrency mining vied with supply shortages. Gaming sales surged 67% to a company record $ 2.5 billion, on gaming-card demand that Chief Executive …
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. expects strong data-center and gaming sales to keep sales strong into 2021 after the chip maker topped $ 3 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time late Tuesday and its results and outlook both topped Wall Street estimates. AMD AMD, +0.62% reported fourth-quarter net income of …
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Dear Moneyist, I have 2 kids and I pay child support. I have one daughter who I didn’t know about until she was 5 years old. My arrears for child support have kept me down most of my life. My credit score never goes past 515. I have a hard …
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Farewell, 2020. Hello, 2021. It is onward and potentially upward, Superman style, for the U.S. stock market next year, based on analysts’ ambitious year-end targets for the S&P 500 index. No equity market analysts that MarketWatch surveyed for this report foresee a pullback from current levels, already observed as lofty …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Strategists aren’t eager to balk at the notion that the bull market in stocks is getting exhausted and are offering expectations for solid year-end gains and in some cases, projecting eye-popping rallies for the market in the coming 12 months. See full story. Videogames are a bigger …
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