By MarketWatch.com | Tomi Kilgore | 5/29/2025 9:24 AM
Tesla’s stock is rallying as investors cheer a return of Elon Musk as a full-time CEO, and is fast approaching a key chart level that if cleared could target a return to record levels. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Steve Gelsi | 5/29/2025 9:02 AM
Despite Best Buy’s projection that tariffs will stay at the current levels for the rest of the year, the company doesn’t see a change in consumer behavior. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | William Watts | 5/28/2025 11:06 PM
President Donald Trump’s tariff saga took another twist late Wednesday when a U.S. trade court voided the bulk of his levies, prompting an instant appeal by the administration and sparking a rally for U.S. stock-index futures. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | James Rogers | 5/28/2025 11:01 PM
GameStop’s purchase of 4,710 bitcoin marks its first cryptocurrency purchase since the videogame retailer announced earlier this year that it would make bitcoin a treasury-reserve asset. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Mike Murphy | 5/28/2025 9:26 PM
U.S. stock futures shot higher late Wednesday after a federal trade court ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in imposing a sweeping raft of global tariffs. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Laila Maidan | 5/28/2025 8:42 PM
Investors are embracing a “keep calm and carry on” attitude as Nvidia shows a healthy business outside of China, with big growth opportunities ahead. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Bill Peters | 5/28/2025 6:01 PM
Cosmetics maker announces an agreement to acquire Rhode, a beauty and skincare brand founded by influencer, entrepreneur and model Hailey Bieber, for $1 billion. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Bill Peters | 5/28/2025 2:44 PM
Nike’s stock has lost more than 32% over the past 12 months, as it deals with competition and weaker demand. But after Dick’s Sporting Goods’ stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, analysts at Jefferies see a clearer path to a rebound for the sports-apparel maker. ... 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.