Wall Street’s so-called fear gauge dropped this week as U.S. stocks continued to set record highs, with investors appearing encouraged in part by the White House’s progress on the global trade front. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | William Watts | 7/25/2025 4:29 PM
The S&P 500 is set to score a record finish every day of this past week while the Dow has yet to return to record territory in 2025. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Charles Passy | 7/25/2025 4:02 PM
Las Vegas has become pricier by many measures, though local officials point to a decline in international travel as the key reason for a recent tourism slump. ... Read full Story
One team of economists found clear price increases for American consumers due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. I, a chart, they compare the price tags for imported goods with those for goods made in the U.S. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Tomi Kilgore | 7/25/2025 7:08 AM
Centene’s stock extends its record monthly selloff after the health insurer reported a surprise quarterly loss as benefit payouts exceed expectations. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Claudia Assis | 7/25/2025 6:00 AM
One of the more glaring omissions from Tesla’s late Wednesday earnings was that the EV maker Tesla did not update its 2025 outlook as promised. ... Read full Story
In a statement, FCC Chair Brendan Carr says the deal was allowed to go through only after the new owners agreed to make ideological changes to its news programming and end DEI policies ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Bill Peters | 7/24/2025 8:16 PM
Deckers’s stock jumped 12% after hours on Thursday after the footwear maker reported fiscal first-quarter results that beat estimates, helped by big gains in its Hoka sneakers and Ugg shoes. ... Read full Story
"Shell art isn't a new genre; it's been with us for centuries. The Victorians often framed their family photos with shells. ... The medium also came to the fore in the 1970s when everything was embellished with shells, from photo frames and mirrors to trinket boxes and even furniture." — Stephen Crafti, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 2025
Did you know?
Embellish came to English, by way of Anglo-French, from the Latin word bellus, meaning "beautiful." It's in good company: modern language is adorned with bellus descendants. Examples include such classics as beauty, belle, and beau. And the beauty of bellus reaches beyond English: its influence is seen in the French bel, a word meaning "beautiful" that is directly related to the English embellish. And in Spanish, bellus is evidenced in the word bello, also meaning "beautiful."