As a Republican-run Washington works to enact the party’s big tax and spending package, one key for many businesses has been to revive a trio of tax breaks that they have lost in the last few years. ... Read full Story
U.S. stocks roared back in May as global trade tensions eased, but tariff-related developments around the month’s end suggest a smooth climb from here may be challenging. ... Read full Story
A decision by major oil producers this weekend could pull prices for crude down to their lowest levels since 2021, with demand tough to gauge against a trade-war backdrop and some countries failing to comply with output quotas. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Tomi Kilgore | 5/30/2025 3:19 PM
Regeneron’s stock is having its worst day in 14 years after the failure of late-stage trial of its COPD treatment, after analysts had just placed a high probability of a positive result. ... Read full Story
Americans say they have little confidence in the economy due to ongoing trade wars. But you’d never know it based on how much they’re spending — especially on food and drinks they didn’t make themselves. ... Read full Story
Households boosted spending in March, especially on cars, to avoid tariff-related price increases. They cut back last month as the tariffs started to kick in. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Steve Gelsi | 5/30/2025 9:13 AM
Analysts cut price targets across the U.S. hotel sector as expectations dip on wavering consumer confidence and a drop in inbound international travel. ... Read full Story
The numbers: The cost of living barely rose in April — and the rate of inflation slowed even closer to prepandemic levels — but it’s unclear whether the recent progress can be sustained as the trade wars drag on. ... Read full Story
Scott Kirby also said “Newark is safe” in the wake of outages and cancellations that have snarled air travel for the past several weeks, while speaking at WSJ’s Future of Everything festival. ... Read full Story
“Strong doesn’t even properly describe [Ashton] Jeanty’s Herculean, how-is-he-doing-that kind of strength. Before his sophomore year of college, he squatted 575 pounds. [Coach James] Montgomery thought that Jeanty had maxed out. He was wrong. Now Jeanty easily squats 605 pounds ‘like a hot knife through butter,’ Montgomery says.” — Mirin Fader, The Ringer, 5 Dec. 2024
Did you know?
The hero Hercules, son of the god Zeus by a human mother, was famous for his superhuman strength. To pacify the wrath of the god Apollo, he was forced to perform twelve enormously difficult tasks, or “labors.” These ranged from descending into the underworld to bring back the terrifying dog that guarded its entrance to destroying the many-headed monster called the Hydra. The feats he accomplished explain how Herculean in the 16th century came to be used for any job or task that’s extremely difficult or calls for enormous strength.