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• The Ratings Game: An action-figure hangover is hurting Mattel’s stock and outlook [1187d]
• The Ratings Game: AppLovin’s stock soars more than 30% as Wall Street sees a bottom for mobile-ad market [1187d]
• Economic Report: Mortgage rates tick up in latest week, on the back of the Fed’s rate hike [1187d]
• In One Chart: The stock market isn’t yet ‘all-clear’ for a breakout rally, warns Wells Fargo Institute [1187d]
• Earnings Results: Cloudflare stock rallies more than 10% as results, outlook exceed expectations [1187d]
• Personal Finance Daily: Elderly postal worker fought Chase bank for years to recover stolen funds before his death and half of Americans say they’re worse off than a year ago — the most since the Great Recession. [1187d]
• ETF Wrap: ‘The short end of the curve is very sexy today’: But where should ETF investors bet on bonds? [1187d]
• Key Words: Biden vows he’ll turn Republicans’ dreams for Social Security and Medicare into a nightmare [1187d]
• Earnings Results: PayPal CEO plans his exit, stock rises after earnings and forecast beat [1187d]
• Earnings Results: Expedia shares tumble as Q4 results miss, as travel demand runs into harsh weather [1187d]
• : Lyft stock sinks more than 20% after sales outlook fails to reach $1 billion [1187d]
• : Yelp’s stock jumps on record revenue, strong annual guidance [1187d]
• Crypto: SEC’s Gensler puts heat on crypto staking as Kraken pays $30 million fine [1187d]
• Earnings Results: BorgWarner stock rallies after analyst pounds the table, saying its an ‘indirect play on EV growth’ [1187d]
• Market Extra: Retail investors are more bullish on stocks than at any point since the Fed started hiking rates. Here’s why that could be a problem. [1187d]
• : Yahoo to cut more than 20% of staff in strategic shift [1187d]
• The Margin: If the Eagles win the Super Bowl, pole climbers will likely aim to go high — grease and all [1187d]
• Commodities Corner: Here’s how U.S. gasoline prices compare to other parts of the world, says GasBuddy [1187d]
• : GE suspended Russian operations almost a year ago after the Ukraine invasion, but it hasn’t fully departed Russia [1187d]
• MarketWatch First Take: Iger gets the activist investor off Disney’s back, but there is plenty more to do [1187d]
• Deep Dive: These 20 AI stocks are expected by analysts to rise up to 85% over the next year [1187d]
• Earnings Results: Coach parent company Tapestry and Ralph Lauren both see growth from Gen Z, millennials [1187d]
• : Tesla stock set for 8th straight gain, but one chart suggests rally may be ‘overextended’ [1187d]
• Extra Credit: Elderly postal worker fought Chase bank for years to recover stolen funds before his death [1187d]
• Lawrence G. McMillan: Watch the stock market closely now. If the S&P 500 breaks below 4100, the next stop could be 7% lower. [1187d]
• Brett Arends's ROI: Social Security and Medicare are everyone’s problem [1187d]
• Market Extra: Deeply inverted Treasury curve heads for 41-year milestone [1187d]
• Outside the Box: Pay transparency is good for workers — and employers get more of the top job applicants [1187d]
• Commodities Corner: How Russia has ‘upended global trade flows’ in the year since its invasion of Ukraine [1187d]
• Economic Report: Home prices are rising in 90% of metro areas, but prices dropped in some of the most expensive housing markets in the U.S. [1187d]
• Key Words: Southwest COO promises senators ‘lots of work and lots of expenditures’ to prevent another meltdown [1187d]
• : Nelson Peltz ends Disney proxy fight in ‘a great win for all the shareholders’ [1187d]
• Project Syndicate: Inflation isn’t going away without some more pain, El-Erian says [1187d]
• : GitLab’s stock slides as company plans to cut 7% of staff [1187d]
• Earnings Results: Hilton stock climbs toward 9-month high as leisure and business RevPAR exceed pre-pandemic levels [1187d]
• : Are you worse off than you were a year ago? Half of Americans say yes — the highest since the Great Recession. [1187d]
• Coronavirus Update: Omicron strains remain dominant globally, and the WHO is monitoring four closely [1187d]
• Key Words: Disney CEO Bob Iger says ‘everything’s on the table right now’ for Hulu [1187d]
• Crypto: Regulating crypto staking would be a “terrible path” for retail traders says Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong [1187d]
• : Booze just topped beer in sales volume for the first time ever, partly thanks to bourbon and tequila [1187d]
• The Wall Street Journal: Swiss commodities trader Trafigura hit by suspected nickel fraud and could lose $577 million [1187d]
• The Margin: Fabuloso recall: Colgate-Palmolive pulls almost 5 million bottles over bacteria risk [1187d]
• IPO Report: IPOs ride stock-market surge with debuts from Nextracker, Hesai Group and others [1187d]
• The Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk used to boast of satellite-communications system Starlink’s role in Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion. Now SpaceX is restricting its use. [1187d]
• Metals Stocks: Gold prices higher for 4th day as investors await U.S. January inflation report [1187d]
• Market Extra: Yes, retail investors are back, but they only have eyes for Tesla and AI right now. [1187d]
• The Ratings Game: Affirm’s stock sags after ‘broadly disappointing’ earnings, but some bulls still see reason to hope [1187d]
• : Older workers are fooling themselves when it comes to work, money and caregiving [1187d]
• The Ratings Game: Bed Bath & Beyond’s lifeline comes at ‘incredible cost’ to shareholders, analyst warns [1187d]
• Bond Report: Treasury yields move lower after U.S. jobless claims [1187d]
• Deep Dive: Sell your Bank of America shares now, says KBW [1187d]
• Market Extra: Why U.S. dollar bears don’t believe in the greenback’s big bounce [1187d]
• Cannabis Watch: Canopy Growth lays off 800 as its slashes spending and posts wider-than-expected loss [1187d]
• Economic Report: Jobless claims climb 13,000 to 196,000, still near pandemic-era low [1187d]
• Earnings Results: Sonos stock rockets after revenue rises in holiday quarter [1187d]
• The Ratings Game: Disney is undergoing a ‘drastic evolution’ in streaming, and more changes could be afoot [1187d]
• The Wall Street Journal: Standard Chartered stock soars on report of revived bid interest [1187d]
• Need to Know: Believe the hype? Morgan Stanley says AI chatbots will have more staying power than meme and pot stocks [1187d]
• Futures Movers: Oil steady after shaking off rise in U.S. crude supplies [1187d]
• : Deutsche Bank says there’s a 90% chance of recession. But if not, S&P 500 can get to 5,000 [1187d]
• Market Snapshot: U.S. stock futures point to bounce back on Wall Street [1188d]
• Beth Pinsker: I just got the dreaded list of nursing homes from my mom’s hospital, how do I ‘stand up’ for my senior to get the care she needs? [1188d]
• Livability: Three road trips that are even better in winter [1188d]
• Next Avenue: Looking for your roots? Here are 6 steps to help you locate, research and visit the land of your ancestors. [1188d]
• NerdWallet: If you want to make life plans as a couple, work as a team to tackle debt [1188d]
• : Wealthy clients pulled more than $100 billion from Credit Suisse in the fourth quarter [1188d]
• : Why is it so difficult for builders to meet America’s insatiable demand for houses? Here are 4 reasons slowing down construction. [1188d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: Aegon swings to a wider-than-expected loss of $2.85 billion [1188d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: German inflation rate resumed upward trend in January [1188d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: ArcelorMittal reports worse-than-forecast profit slump on impairment charges, lower volume [1188d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: Chinese AI-related stocks slump after state-media warning [1188d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: Credit Suisse posts loss of $1.51 billion as clients pull billions from wealth management business [1188d]
• Retire Better: Yes, Republicans want changes to Social Security and Medicare entitlements—because some changes are needed [1188d]
• MarketWatch First Take: Disney’s Iger returns, and gives Wall Street what it wants. Is it enough? [1188d]
• : Robinhood accidentally sold short on a meme stock and lost $57 million [1188d]
• : Economists continue to raise China’s economic growth forecast for this year [1188d]
• The Wall Street Journal: GM may take small stake in Brazilian miner Vale [1188d]
• The Wall Street Journal: Warner Bros. Discovery shifts strategy, plans to keep Discovery+ separate [1188d]
• Earnings Results: Wall Street likes MGM’s March Madness odds, stock buyback [1188d]