White House photo President Donald Trump speaks on the phone in the Oval Office on Wednesday with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long, in a photo given out by the White House. President Donald Trump on Wednesday made hyperbolic claims about voter identification, as he renewed an attack against CNN reporter Jim Acosta and → Read More
Natural-gas futures rocketed higher Wednesday, settling at their highest price since February 2014 and logging one of the best days in years, according to Dow Jones Market Data. “The move higher in natural gas prices is mainly a result of a 15-year low in stockpiles combined with cold weather forecasts for large portion of the → Read More
Many marijuana investors recently have been falling victim to misleading headlines. This is on top of pump-and-dump schemes and valuations divorced from reality. My purpose in writing this column is to help investors prosper and keep them from falling victim to misleading headlines. I have been writing for a while that many people will make → Read More
Macy’s Inc.’s Chief Executive Jeff Gennette used the Wednesday morning earnings call to underline the importance of bricks-and-mortar locations, even as digital sales grow and the company tests a smaller-size store format. Gennette discussed the company’s ongoing strategy, saying the “recipe for success is e-commerce, healthy stores and a great mobile experience that ties it → Read More
Shares of Apple Inc. tumbled toward a four-month low on Wednesday, after Guggenheim Securities analyst Robert Cihra cut his rating and earnings estimate, saying rising selling prices is “no longer enough” to offset weakening iPhone units. The stock AAPL, -2.08% dropped 2.5% in afternoon trade to the lowest price since July 6. That took Apple’s → Read More
Student-loan debts are crippling the finances of Americans and seriously stressing them out, according to a new survey. It’s no secret there are widespread hazards with hefty student loans, but a new report from Student Debt Crisis, a nonprofit organization, and Summer, a start-up geared at helping student-loan borrowers figure out repayment, paints a stark → Read More
Even as oil’s slump has rippled through equities and commodity markets, bond investors aren’t worried that it could metastasize to the fixed-income sector. Analysts have interpreted the bear market in oil prices, defined as a drop of at least 20% from a recent peak, as a result of those that are idiosyncratic to energy markets, → Read More
Getty Images House Republicans chose Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California to be minority leader in the next Congress. House Republicans on Wednesday chose Rep. Kevin McCarthy for their top leadership spot in the next session of Congress, putting a close ally of President Donald Trump at the helm as the party returns to the minority → Read More
U.K. stocks surrendered early gains Wednesday, finishing in the red as worries that Prime Minister Theresa May and the Conservative Party would not hash out a Brexit deal in time grew. How are markets performing? The U.K.’s FTSE 100 UKX, -0.28% closed down 0.3% to 7,033.79. The index had traded above 7,100 earlier in the → Read More
When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, many women and reproductive rights activists were worried about what his presidency would mean for family planning services like abortion and birth control. Some started took matters into their own hands. Melanie Roven, a 29-year-old brand director in New York City, began stockpiling Plan B, an over-the-counter → Read More