Opinion: Max is back on top: Here’s what’s worth streaming in February 2024
It’s become tiresome to hear ever-more-common complaints that between price hikes, consolidation and fewer shows, streaming has basically become cable. It has not. It’s not going to. For consumers, streaming is still cheaper than cable and offers wildly more choices. However, some of February’s most anticipated streaming offerings just happen to be cable and network […]
Ford hybrid vehicle sales surge to offset EV decline in January
The 2022 Ford Maverick. Ford DETROIT — Ford Motor started the year with a slight increase in sales, as a large jump in hybrid vehicles offset an 11% decline in all-electric cars and trucks. The Detroit automaker on Friday reported sales rose 4.3% last month from January 2023, led by a 43% jump in hybrid […]
Quit your New Year’s resolution. Science and social media say you’re right.
You come back from a holiday spent stuffing yourself with cookies and wondering what day of the month it is, toasting to the new year with big plans: In 2024, you’ll start working out. You’ll attempt a social life. Never again will you eat so many rich foods or wear the same pair of stretchy […]
NFL bars teams from gambling in Las Vegas
Nick Laham | Getty Images The National Football League is holding the Super Bowl in the gambling capital of the U.S. for the first time, but Commissioner Roger Goodell is reminding team personnel they are not allowed to take part in the action. Goodell sent out a memo Thursday ahead of Super Bowl 58 in […]
Why Shari Redstone needs the right deal
Shari Redstone, president of National Amusements, speaks at the WSJ Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters Paramount Global nonexecutive chair and controlling shareholder Shari Redstone has been talking to potential buyers interested in acquiring her media company — or parts of it for years — but […]
‘Deep state’ thwarted first-term Trump agenda. There’s a scheme to avoid repeat.
Donald Trump’s major policy initiatives during his term as president were a massive tax cut and a governmentwide effort to cut regulations that he argued cost the U.S. economy trillions of dollars and “devastated entire industries.” Lax oversight of environmental, safety and labor standards, to name three categories, represented a policy pivot that united Trump […]
LVMH luxury watches at Watch Week in Miami
Luxury giant LVMH is making a push to gain share of the global luxury watch business, with a newly formed watch division and an array of new, higher-priced models. Sales of luxury watches worldwide are estimated at about $30 billion this year, according to market research firm IMARC Group. They’re expected to grow to more […]
I’m 73 and took my first RMD. Can I rollover my IRA to my 401(k)?
Dear MarketWatch, I will be 73 years young this May, and I already took my very first required minimum distribution from my 401(k). I will get another RMD around August this year from my IRA. 1. Can I still continue contributing to my IRA this 2024? Is this allowed by the Internal Revenue Service? 2. […]
Domestic box office could top $10 billion in 2026, thanks to Disney
LOS ANGELES — A push toward streaming, a pandemic and two Hollywood labor strikes have upended the theatrical industry, dragging on annual box-office hauls. While 2024 and 2025 boast franchise-rich movie slates, Wall Street doesn’t expect ticket sales to top $10 billion domestically until 2026. The domestic box office has not hit that benchmark since […]
Paytm troubles send One 97’s stock plunging, prompting analyst’s ‘sell’ call
Shares of One 97 Communications Ltd. continued to plunge after a bank used by the company’s popular Paytm mobile payments service was effectively shutdown by bank regulators, which prompted J.P. Morgan to recommend investors sell. The Reserve Bank of India’s actions against PayTM Payments Bank Ltd., announced Wednesday, included not allowing further deposits, credit transactions, […]
