By MarketWatch.com | Charles Passy | 6/14/2025 11:35 AM
When it comes to honoring our parents on their special days, dads appear to be the big loser. Here’s why we cheap out on Father’s Day. ... Read full Story
Republicans’ massive tax-and-spending bill limits income and cuts off tax breaks for undocumented immigrants — “but that’s the point,” the bill’s supporters say. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Greg Robb | 6/14/2025 7:00 AM
Jon Faust, who advised three Fed chairs, doesn’t see an interest-rate cut until December — an even then, the odds of a move are just 50/50. ... Read full Story
Keep an eye out for signs of labor-market weakness, as well as the risk that rising oil prices could put more upward pressure on inflation. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Genna Contino | 6/13/2025 6:24 PM
Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military sites on Friday, and the resulting oil-price surge and airline-stock slump, could pose even more obstacles for consumers navigating an already unusual summer travel season. ... Read full Story
Should the Israel-Iran developments turn into a broader geopolitical conflict, the Treasury market will trade like a safe haven, says analyst. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Emily Bary | 6/13/2025 4:36 PM
The software company’s stock logged its seventh postearnings decline in eight quarters, as a boost to the revenue outlook wasn’t enough for Wall Street. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Tomi Kilgore | 6/13/2025 4:25 PM
The stock had its second-worst day ever on heavy trading volume, as investors took issue with the way Archer raised money to build more eVTOL aircraft. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | James Rogers | 6/13/2025 2:08 PM
The Middle East conflict is impacting a wide range of sectors besides the obvious oil and defense names, as a surge in oil prices can affect consumer behavior in many ways. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Isabel Wang | 6/13/2025 1:56 PM
Israel’s military strikes against Iran are raising concerns that Tehran could retaliate by closing the Strait of Hormuz, potentially disrupting oil and gas supplies and unleashing a fresh wave of inflation across the globe. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Emily Bary | 6/13/2025 12:39 PM
Walmart and other retailers reportedly are exploring stablecoin ventures, but some analysts are doubtful these will take off with shoppers. ... Read full Story
"... flags should have simple elements, a limited number of colors, and no words. One of the tenets of vexillology is that the elements of the flag should be simple enough to be easily drawn by a child." — The Toledo (Ohio) Blade, 9 Jan. 2025
Did you know?
"The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history." Woodrow Wilson was speaking of the U.S. flag when he made that statement in an address in June of 1915, but those who engage in vexillology—that is, vexillologists—would likely find the comment applicable to any national banner. Vexillologists undertake scholarly investigations of flags, producing papers with titles such as "A Review of the Changing Proportions of Rectangular Flags since Medieval Times, and Some Suggestions for the Future." In the late 1950s, they coined vexillology as a name for their field of research, basing it on vexillum, the Latin term for a square flag or banner of the ancient Roman cavalry. The adjectives vexillologic and vexillological and the noun vexillologist followed soon thereafter.