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Kevin Warsh says the Fed is broken. He’s taking dead aim at Powell’s job.

By MarketWatch.com | Greg Robb | 4/25/2025 6:33 PM

Wall Street’s odds-on favorite to lead the Federal Reserve lays out his vision of a central bank that retreats back behind its high walls. ... Read full Story

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U.K. delivery platform says DoorDash is interested in buying it. It would be the latest industry consolidation.

By MarketWatch.com | Bill Peters | 4/25/2025 5:03 PM

Deliveroo said its board has decided to hold talks with DoorDash related to a potential offer. ... Read full Story

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Where Trump’s tariffs and economic promises stand as he nears 100 days in office

By MarketWatch.com | Victor Reklaitis | 4/25/2025 4:12 PM

As the 100-day mark nears for President Trump’s second term, here’s the status of key efforts that affect markets and your wallet. ... Read full Story

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Stock-market bulls are cheering a rare technical signal. Here’s how it works.

By MarketWatch.com | William Watts | 4/25/2025 3:58 PM

A rare technical signal known as the Zweig Breadth Thrust Indicator was triggered this week. That’s bullish, but investors should tread with caution. ... Read full Story

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‘I don’t have $800.’ A look at the heart-wrenching decisions pet owners face as vet care has gotten so expensive.

By MarketWatch.com | Charles Passy | 4/25/2025 3:25 PM

A new Gallup survey finds more than 50% of pet owners have put off or decided against veterinary treatment — which in worst-case scenarios can lead to “economic euthanasia.” ... Read full Story

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A ‘property-tax revolt’ is underway across the country. These numbers explain what’s driving it.

By MarketWatch.com | Andrew Keshner | 4/25/2025 2:57 PM

More than 72% of metropolitan areas with at least 200,000 residents saw above-average increases in property-tax bills last year, according to a property-data and real-estate analytics firm. ... Read full Story

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Another drugmaker says tax reform, not tariffs, would drive U.S. manufacturing

By MarketWatch.com | James Rogers | 4/25/2025 2:30 PM

AbbVie took a little shot at the Trump administration’s trade policy, as the drugmaker said Friday that rather than tariffs, tax reform is the key to boosting U.S. manufacturing. ... Read full Story

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Elizabeth Warren presses Bessent for answers after his remarks at private Wall Street event

By MarketWatch.com | Greg Robb | 4/25/2025 12:21 PM

Massachusetts Democrat says Bessent’s participation at the event highlights a broader concern that President Trump’s “opaque decision-making” could foster insider trading. ... Read full Story

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Dealmaking remains uncertain, Lazard banker says: ‘We’re not in normal times.’

By MarketWatch.com | Steve Gelsi | 4/25/2025 11:50 AM

Lazard’s stock retreated on Friday after the investment bank said that its deal backlog has grown but that an elevated level of economic uncertainty is making it difficult to predict how the second quarter will play out. ... Read full Story

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Consumers are feeling a little better about the economy, but concerns are still rampant

By MarketWatch.com | Greg Robb | 4/25/2025 10:50 AM

Sentiment has fallen for four straight months. ... Read full Story

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A wobbly consumer is one reason investors shouldn’t be tempted to buy stock-market dips, says BofA

By MarketWatch.com | Barbara Kollmeyer | 4/25/2025 10:35 AM

Investors should not be tempted back into the stock market until certain criteria are met, says BofA. ... Read full Story

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It’s time to start nibbling on Lowe’s and Williams-Sonoma’s stocks, analyst says

By MarketWatch.com | Steve Gelsi | 4/25/2025 10:28 AM

Patient investors will see the benefits of taking small purchases of these stocks. ... Read full Story

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Samuel Adams’s parent company points to gains in light beer as tastes shift from craft brews

By MarketWatch.com | Steve Gelsi | 4/25/2025 10:21 AM

Boston Beer Co. says that the company faces long-term challenges. ... Read full Story

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‘I’m literally afraid to look at my balance’: I have $300K in a 2025 target-date fund. Is there a chance it will recover?

By MarketWatch.com | Quentin Fottrell | 4/25/2025 5:32 AM

“I have no idea at this point how much I have lost.” ... Read full Story

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‘SNL’ star Rachel Dratch on the hilarious downfalls of living in a New York apartment

By MarketWatch.com | | 4/25/2025 5:02 AM

“Saturday Night Live” alum Rachel Dratch has peeled back the curtain on apartment life in New York City—and it’s no laughing matter. ... Read full Story

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Making iPhones has gotten complicated in tariff wars. Apple reportedly has a plan to stop some sourcing from China.

By MarketWatch.com | Barbara Kollmeyer | 4/25/2025 3:02 AM

Apple is planning to redirect the production of its U.S.-sold iPhones from China to India, possibly by next year, the Financial Times reported on Friday ... Read full Story

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Here’s how much money the 2025 NFL draft picks will make — and who’s at risk of losing millions

By MarketWatch.com | Weston Blasi | 4/24/2025 11:46 PM

Some draft picks — like quarterback Jalen Milroe — might be making less money in the NFL than they did in college. ... Read full Story

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Pandemic-era shortages may return without trade-war deal with China, businesses warn

By MarketWatch.com | Jeffry Bartash | 4/24/2025 10:15 PM

Prices for many imported consumer goods are likely to rise soon and shortages could even start to develop next month unless the White House reduces tariffs soon, especially punitive duties on China that go as high as 145%. ... Read full Story

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Intel going back to its roots, but latest plans will be costly and stock tumbles on outlook

By MarketWatch.com | Therese Poletti | 4/24/2025 8:22 PM

Intel’s new CEO moves to clean house at Intel, unveiling a plan to streamline the chipmaker. ... Read full Story

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Alphabet’s blowout earnings may mark the peak for this year — but the stock’s still a good buy

By MarketWatch.com | Laila Maidan | 4/24/2025 8:01 PM

Google’s cloud business has big opportunity ahead once it adds capacity. Meanwhile the stock is cheap relative to historical levels. ... Read full Story

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art

Amiee Byrne’s Realistic Ceramic Sculptures Underscore the Charm of Discarded Goods

by Colossal | Apr 29 2025

connecticut

Who gets to decide how CT should spend opioid settlement funds?

by CT Mirror | Apr 30 2025

entertainment

Celeb Colorist Bianca Hillier Says You Should Look to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for Summer Hair Inspo

by ET Online | Apr 28 2025

exercise

Office Chair Butt: Cleveland Clinic Experts on How To Prevent It

by thehealthy.com | Mar 31 2025

fashion

Can the minimalist ‘caveman method’ save your skin — or destroy it? Docs weigh in on viral trend

by NY Post | Apr 29 2025

football

“He’s a Great Kid” – Brian Daboll Excited to Get Started with #3 Overall Draft Pick Abdul Carter

by ESNY | Apr 24 2025

golf

Jay Sigel, Amateur Golfer Who Played Like a Pro, Dies at 81

by NY Times | Apr 25 2025

metro

How living in the suburbs can increase your risk of developing a meat allergy

by New York Post | Apr 30 2025

music

Ole Obermann & Rachel Newman Named Apple Music Co-Heads

by Billboard | Apr 29 2025

odd_fun

Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

by United Press International, Inc. | Apr 29 2025

opinion

REP. MIKE KELLY, SEN. TIM SCOTT AND SECRETARY SCOTT TURNER: Save the Opportunity Zones before it’s too late

by Opinion on Fox News | Apr 30 2025

politics

Sen. Graham responds in kind to Trump's joke about wanting to be pope: 'Keep an open mind'

by Fox News | Apr 30 2025

real_estate

This is the largest office-to-residential conversion in the US — and it’s just the beginning

by NY Post | Apr 29 2025

soccer

Costacurta aims dig at French media over Donnarumma

by Yahoo Sports | Apr 30 2025

sports

Drake invests in Venezia, will sponsor kit

by ESPN Inc. | Aug 14 2024

Word of the Day

insouciance

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 30, 2025 is:

insouciance • \in-SOO-see-unss\ • noun

Insouciance is a formal word that refers to a feeling of carefree unconcern. It can also be understood as a word for the relaxed and calm state of a person who is not worried about anything.

// The young actor charmed interviewers with his easy smile and devil-may-care insouciance.

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Examples:

“Gladiator II is OK when Denzel’s off-screen, but sensational when he’s on it. ... What makes the performance great is its insouciance; it’s both precise and feather-light. And it’s what a great actor can do when he’s set free to have fun, to laugh at himself a little bit. ... Denzel’s Macrinus is gravitas and comic relief in one package.” — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Nov. 2024

Did you know?

If you were alive and of whistling age in the late 1980s or early 1990s, chances are you whistled (and snapped your fingers, and tapped your toes) to a little ditty called “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin, an a cappella reggae-jazz-pop tune that took the charts by surprise and by storm. An ode to cheerful insouciance if ever there was one, its lyrics are entirely concerned with being entirely unconcerned, remaining trouble-free in the face of life’s various stressors and calamities. Such carefree nonchalance is at the heart of insouciance, which arrived in English (along with the adjective insouciant), from French, in the 1800s. The French word comes from a combining of the negative prefix in- with the verb soucier, meaning “to trouble or disturb.” The easiness and breeziness of insouciance isn’t always considered beautiful, however. Insouciance may also be used when someone’s lack of concern for serious matters is seen as more careless than carefree.

Kevin Warsh says the Fed is broken. He’s taking dead aim at Powell’s job.

U.K. delivery platform says DoorDash is interested in buying it. It would be the latest industry consolidation.

Where Trump’s tariffs and economic promises stand as he nears 100 days in office

Stock-market bulls are cheering a rare technical signal. Here’s how it works.

‘I don’t have $800.’ A look at the heart-wrenching decisions pet owners face as vet care has gotten so expensive.

A ‘property-tax revolt’ is underway across the country. These numbers explain what’s driving it.

Another drugmaker says tax reform, not tariffs, would drive U.S. manufacturing

Elizabeth Warren presses Bessent for answers after his remarks at private Wall Street event

Dealmaking remains uncertain, Lazard banker says: ‘We’re not in normal times.’

Consumers are feeling a little better about the economy, but concerns are still rampant

A wobbly consumer is one reason investors shouldn’t be tempted to buy stock-market dips, says BofA

It’s time to start nibbling on Lowe’s and Williams-Sonoma’s stocks, analyst says

Samuel Adams’s parent company points to gains in light beer as tastes shift from craft brews

‘I’m literally afraid to look at my balance’: I have $300K in a 2025 target-date fund. Is there a chance it will recover?

‘SNL’ star Rachel Dratch on the hilarious downfalls of living in a New York apartment

Making iPhones has gotten complicated in tariff wars. Apple reportedly has a plan to stop some sourcing from China.

Here’s how much money the 2025 NFL draft picks will make — and who’s at risk of losing millions

Pandemic-era shortages may return without trade-war deal with China, businesses warn

Intel going back to its roots, but latest plans will be costly and stock tumbles on outlook

Alphabet’s blowout earnings may mark the peak for this year — but the stock’s still a good buy

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Amiee Byrne’s Realistic Ceramic Sculptures Underscore the Charm of Discarded Goods

Who gets to decide how CT should spend opioid settlement funds?

Celeb Colorist Bianca Hillier Says You Should Look to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for Summer Hair Inspo

Office Chair Butt: Cleveland Clinic Experts on How To Prevent It

Can the minimalist ‘caveman method’ save your skin — or destroy it? Docs weigh in on viral trend

“He’s a Great Kid” – Brian Daboll Excited to Get Started with #3 Overall Draft Pick Abdul Carter

Jay Sigel, Amateur Golfer Who Played Like a Pro, Dies at 81

How living in the suburbs can increase your risk of developing a meat allergy

Ole Obermann & Rachel Newman Named Apple Music Co-Heads

Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

REP. MIKE KELLY, SEN. TIM SCOTT AND SECRETARY SCOTT TURNER: Save the Opportunity Zones before it’s too late

Sen. Graham responds in kind to Trump's joke about wanting to be pope: 'Keep an open mind'

This is the largest office-to-residential conversion in the US — and it’s just the beginning

Costacurta aims dig at French media over Donnarumma

Drake invests in Venezia, will sponsor kit

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.New York Zoo Feeds Baby Vulture With Hand Puppet

2.Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

3.Owner of lost $5,000 cash thought calls from police were a scam

4.Watch: Iowa museum owner's spoon collection tallied at 38,162

5.Watch: Red-tailed boa rescued from Texas tree, adopted by animal control officer

6.Speedboat Flips Midair At 200 Mph And Still Wins Race On Arizona Lake

7.Student rescued from mountain twice in four days - after going back to find his phone

8.Mother horse, baby rescued from mud pit in Arizona

9.Man wins $6M lottery prize after more than 40 years of playing

10.Watch: Miniature dachshund found after 529 days in the wild on Kangaroo Island