APRIL 4, 2021
Members of the Proud Boys, a far-right group, at a rally in Portland in September. Its leaders are among the most prominent targets of the sprawling investigation into the attack on the Capitol. - Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi / NY Times
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat domestic extremism, increasing funding to prevent attacks,...
APRIL 3, 2021
PHOTO FILE: Trucks leave an Amazon delivery station in Carlstadt, N.J., Oct. 13, 2020. - Bloomberg via Getty Images
Amazon apologized for an "incorrect" reply to a U.S. congressman's tweet last week that criticized the online shopping giant's working conditions, acknowledging in a blog post that its delivery drivers may have had to urinate in bottles.
Alabama Amazon employees...
APRIL 3, 2021
WHERE SHOULD I RETIRE?
Dear MarketWatch,
I would like to find a liberal-thinking area to retire on $3,000 a month, rent included. Hiking, biking and gardening are priorities.
Thanks,
Ken
Dear Ken,
You seem wide open to where in the country you could retire, which makes finding an affordable and interesting spot easier. My first thought is underappreciated Midwestern college towns. They tend...
APRIL 3, 2021
Dear Quentin,
I live in Pennsylvania. Four years ago, my father-in-law died, leaving a trust for my wife and her two sisters. They each received a vacation home in a trust under will. My wife and I rent our home out, and the income is used toward paying for our current home and expenses. We up-sized after receiving...
APRIL 3, 2021
A typical U.S. investor with a large proportion of his or her portfolio allocated to an S&P 500 Index fund isn’t as diversified as they might believe. As a result, you might consider broadening your horizons, spreading risk and being exposed to more opportunities by looking to emerging markets.
At the end of this article, you can see...
APRIL 3, 2021
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices.
They currently exist in only one state — a...
APRIL 2, 2021
The marks painted by a young couple cover the graffiti artwork of New York-based artist Jon One at a gallery in Seoul, South Korea, April 2, 2021. - Minwoo Park/Reuters
Staff at the gallery exhibition noticed new brush strokes on the wall -- small swipes of dark green to the right of center -- last Sunday. After checking...
APRIL 2, 2021
Asian markets rose on Friday following a record-breaking session on Wall Street.
The S&P 500 broke the 4000-point barrier for the first time, while the Nasdaq and Dow Jones also made gains.
Investors were buoyed by President Joe Biden's new $2.3tn (£1.7tn) infrastructure spending plan and growing optimism about the economy.
Markets in Tokyo and Seoul were up more than...
APRIL 1, 2021
By linking the restoration of the trade ties with Article 370, Pakistan has once again brought the relations between India and Pakistan, which seemed to be on the path of becoming better, back to square one.
The Imran Khan-led government of Pakistan has rejected the proposal its own government body of resuming the import of sugar and cotton...
APRIL 1, 2021
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday (April 1, 2021) informed that COVID-19 vaccination will now be done on all days of April, including gazetted holidays at all public and private hospitals.
The Centre has also written to all states and UTs and asked them to make necessary arrangements to provide COVID-19 vaccination in these CVCs on all days...
