By MarketWatch.com | Bill Peters | 1/21/2025 8:27 PM
Shares of United Airlines rallied in after-hours trading Tuesday, as a record number of travelers lifted fourth-quarter results and the company offered an upbeat forecast for the first quarter. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Emily Bary | 1/21/2025 7:34 PM
Netflix is raising the price of its standard ad-free plan for the first time in three years, though it will still cost less than the comparable version of Hulu, ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Frances Yue | 1/21/2025 7:29 PM
It’s still early days, but the kickoff of President Donald Trump’s second term appears to have left some crypto investors disappointed so far. ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” pledge is well known, but drivers may end up paying more at the pump in the coming months despite his plans to lift U.S. oil production. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Weston Blasi | 1/21/2025 2:44 PM
Eva Lys had already booked a flight home after failing to qualify for the Australian Open — but scored a second shot at competing after a “lucky loser” spot opened up. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | James Rogers | 1/21/2025 2:34 PM
A group of stocks dubbed the “MAGA Seven” by MarketWatch have enjoyed significant gains since the Nov. 5 presidential election, some lifted by links to Donald Trump and others by a bullish market. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Isabel Wang | 1/21/2025 2:29 PM
Donald Trump’s second presidency is now underway. Here’s a look at how U.S. stocks have fared historically during a new president’s initial months in the White House. ... Read full Story
While TikTok is operating for existing U.S. users thanks to an executive order signed Monday night by President Donald Trump, analysts are warning that his order doesn’t look all that solid. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Emily Bary | 1/21/2025 2:00 PM
President Trump is reportedly planning to announce major AI infrastructure investments, signaling a willingness to work alongside large technology companies. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Emily Bary | 1/21/2025 1:03 PM
A Bernstein analyst recommends avoiding Intel’s stock as takeover rumors have the potential to drive a rally, though “it doesn’t feel like a long either.” ... Read full Story
The former chief currency strategist at Goldman Sachs, Robin Brooks, says this currency pairing is going to do something unexpected. ... Read full Story
Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller is optimistic about the economy. But he doesn’t share that enthusiasm for the stock market. ... Read full Story
“Entertainment will always be inherently social. This latest age has prompted society to take a page out of video game culture, which has long relied on building a digital community. We text those we care about after a cliffhanger season finale and jump on social media to opine on the latest movie or show, sharing views on the best scenes or even recording oneself watching an intense scene for posting on social media.” — Geir Skaaden, Variety, 28 Aug. 2024
Did you know?
We are not opining—that is, expressing our opinion—when we say that opine is not a back-formation of opinion, though the two words do share a common ancestry. A back-formation is a word formed by the subtraction of part of an existing word; for instance, the verb bartend is a back-formation of the noun bartender. Opine and opinion, however, both entered English independently, taking different routes from their mutual roots in the Latin verb opīnārī, meaning “to have in mind” or “to think.” Opinion arrived in the 14th century, while opine followed about a century later.