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Will more people ride out a trade war with Netflix? The streamer's results will offer clues.
A protracted trade war could also push equipment costs higher on film and TV sets. That friction would arrive on top of a broader slowdown in the entertainment industry, as Netflix's rivals try to ...
I held power of attorney for my late brother. Can I withdraw money from his bank account to give to his favorite charity?
Those percentages are much lower for less wealthy households and for Black and Hispanic households, the survey found. The three main reasons why people got a will: They had a child (20%); they had a ...
I'm administrator of my sister's estate. Her bank won't tell me the names of her beneficiaries. Is that legal?
My younger sister and I have been appointed as co-administrators of our older sister's estate. I have the legal documents and certificate of death in my possession and have taken them to the brokerage ...
'I've made the most money over the last 30 years buying solid companies in terrible markets': Should I start buying?
But you're not the only one with plans of big returns: Individual investors had $4.7 billion worth of net equity purchases on April 3, the day after "liberation day" - when Trump announced his ...
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If millions of people are stealing from Social Security, then why can't the DOJ find any of them?
It is true that the White House claim that millions of checks are going to dead people has been systematically debunked and discredited repeatedly. That fact is outweighed by another fact: Millions of ...
How the 'trade of the year' in the bond market became a nightmare for investors after Trump's tariffs
The trade counted on the spread to widen, but that hasn't been playing out. Instead, the world got the biggest global trade fight in a century in the form of tariffs, and extreme volatility in bonds ...
Why kosher-for-Passover Coca-Cola is going viral among non-Jewish shoppers
Count St. Louis resident Frank Scaduto as one of the fans of yellow-cap Coke. He's not Jewish, but he's a Coke lover who swears by the cane-sugar version, so he keeps a few extra two-liter ...
This is the future of senior housing
As a result, individuals moving into senior housing later will likely be older, have developed additional or more intense health conditions and disabilities, and require higher levels of care - ...
My cousin died before receiving our uncle's $2M inheritance. Will the rest of the family receive this money instead?
In other words, the laws of the state would then decide who is next in line to receive your uncle's $2 million estate. With no spouse, children or grandchildren living - stepchildren and former ...
The Easter bunny is coming - and that's bad news for already record-high egg prices
Tight supply and high demand directly caused wholesale egg prices to increase for months, culminating in record-high wholesale prices in late February, as well as "intermittent shortages of eggs at ...
I'm 5 years from retiring and moved my money into non-U.S. stocks. Was that a big mistake?
To mark the occasion, MarketWatch will publish a series of "Financial Fitness" articles to help readers improve their fiscal health, and offer advice on how to save, invest and spend their money ...
Apple, Nvidia score major wins with tariff exemptions on iPhones and other tech
Apple Inc. got "the best news possible" overnight, according to an analyst, as the Trump administration exempted smartphones and other consumer electronics products from tariffs.