HEALTH CARE | 'Reconciliation' — how it works
Moving the health bill
News Hub weighs in on Obama's effort to get a vote on overhaul "in the next few weeks."
Obama to Congress:
Let's finish the job
President takes to the airwaves again to urge legislators to act on health care.
• Full text of Obama's health-care speech
Game publisher and pet retailer trade higher
after hours on forecast and narrower loss,
respectively.
• Foot Locker swings to a profit
• Hot Topic sales fall 7% | Zumiez sales up
MARKET SNAPSHOT
Dow loses day's gains
Dow industrials end three-day win streak as health-care sector adds pressure late in session.
• Services sector's best growth in two years
• Inflation? Someday (Minyanville) | Latest data
REGULATION
Backlash against debt bets
Trades used to bet on or hedge against sovereign debt have triggered a swift response from regulators in the wake of a 9% euro swoon.
• 'Volcker rule' targets all financial institutions
• The Federal Reserve — good cop or bad cop?
• Why consumers need protection (First Take)
• Whither financial reform? asks David Weidner
• Foot Locker swings to a profit
• Hot Topic sales fall 7% | Zumiez sales up
MARKET SNAPSHOT
Dow loses day's gains
Dow industrials end three-day win streak as health-care sector adds pressure late in session.
• Services sector's best growth in two years
• Inflation? Someday (Minyanville) | Latest data
REGULATION
Backlash against debt bets
Trades used to bet on or hedge against sovereign debt have triggered a swift response from regulators in the wake of a 9% euro swoon.
• 'Volcker rule' targets all financial institutions
• The Federal Reserve — good cop or bad cop?
• Why consumers need protection (First Take)
• Whither financial reform? asks David Weidner
SPECIAL REPORT: GREECE
Thumbs up for austerity
The Greek government has decided to take additional austerity measures, and the IMF and credit rater Moody's like what they're hearing.
• Merkel's key as Greece ratchets up austerity
• Greeks brace for retrenched government
• Investment opportunities for the brave
MarketWatch reporter Polya Lesova has been on hand in Athens to chronicle the Greek debt crisis and the street violence it engendered. MarketWatch Topics: Greece.
Thumbs up for austerity
The Greek government has decided to take additional austerity measures, and the IMF and credit rater Moody's like what they're hearing.
• Merkel's key as Greece ratchets up austerity
• Greeks brace for retrenched government
• Investment opportunities for the brave
MarketWatch reporter Polya Lesova has been on hand in Athens to chronicle the Greek debt crisis and the street violence it engendered. MarketWatch Topics: Greece.
Cars
More Toyota complaints
Regulator looking into sudden acceleration in vehicles that've been repaired. (WSJ.com)
More Toyota complaints
Regulator looking into sudden acceleration in vehicles that've been repaired. (WSJ.com)
COFFEE
Debate heats up
Coffee chain now at center
of ideological battle over carrying weapons.
• Starbucks in cross fire
Debate heats up
Coffee chain now at center
of ideological battle over carrying weapons.
• Starbucks in cross fire
Cold cash
Snow kept shoppers home, but
pent-up demand may have prevailed.
• Fresh optimism in store
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The flix is in
Netflix shares spin south following an analyst downgrade that says stock has risen too far.
• Netflix suffers downgrade
• Hulu loses Stewart, Colbert shows
• Who owns Web content? (First Take)
INVESTING
Funds scramble nest eggs
Janus investors have seen $60 billion in invested assets vanish in the past decade. Putnam, Invesco and AllianceBernstein have also overseen wealth destruction. Fidelity, Vanguard have done better.
• Farrell: Wall Street's stealing — and isn't done
• Investing news and tools | Trading Strategies
• Is 2010 the year of the currency ETF? (blog)
CARS
GM's Lutz to retire May 1
Storied design-chief-turned-marketer to call it quits after initially pushing back his retirement date.
• Probe opens into Toyota's fixed vehicles: WSJ
CENTRAL BANKING
Fed is upbeat on economy
Nine of 12 regional Fed banks see economic improvement in February — in spite of Old Man Winter's unrelenting seasonal battering.
• FOMC's March meeting could turn unruly
FINANCIALS
Standard Chartered profit climbs
Emerging markets-focused bank Standard Chartered reports a 4.7% rise in its 2009 profit.
• Big bank pay — $300 billion (Financial News)
AIRLINES
Ryanair's hope
Irish discounter carries 6% more passengers in February than in the same month a year ago.
• Stormy weather knocks US Airways' revenue
• British Air's monthly traffic rises 1.1%
Big doings
in Beijing
National People's Congress may see progress toward middle-class tax
cut alongside payouts to country's poor.
• China Mobile confirms talks on Pudong stake
In Personal Finance »
RETIREMENT
New retirement rules roil advisers
If Labor Department has its way, rules on who can give retirement-investment advice will change.
• Annuities for your nest egg
VC's eyes on Canada
Bridgescale Partners' Rob Chaplinsky talks about opportunities in Canadian firms specializing in wireless devices, networking gear and IT for the health-care industry. Liana B. Baker reports.
Latest in home technologies
Soon you'll be able to watch 3D movies on your television, then use the same TV to chat with friends on Skype. Oh, and adjust your thermostat.
• Apple files suit over iPhone
• Shares of Apple looking cheap
• Microsoft's CEO lauds Twitter's independence
• AT&T; CEO backs metered billing
Rangel steps aside
Rep. Rangel announces he is temporarily stepping down as Ways and Means Committee chair.
Job data looking up
Friday's payroll figures to be skewed by weather, but pace of losses is slowing, Bob O'Brien reports.
Market tailwinds are dead
Adviser Ken Grant says last year's relief rally is long gone, and its tailwinds won't be enough anymore.
Tax guise
Jennifer Kushinka on the value of determining whether your tax preparer is who he says he is.
James Cameron talks Oscars
Filmmaker discusses the success of "Avatar," his relationship to the film's ecological and spiritual themes, and his thoughts on the Oscars.
• Jon Friedman meets IMAX CEO Gelfond
Sarah Palin tries standup
Former Alaska governor tries her hand at standup on Tuesday night's "The Tonight Show."
• War for late night's crown
Who uses Facebook more
— men or women?
A new survey answers the burning question of which gender blows more time on Facebook.
Save a Fortune (magazine)
Time Inc.'s battered business magazine has overhauled its print edition in hopes of a rebound.
Trading Strategies: March »
Leap of faith
Mark Hulbert shows us what Greece can learn from the Asian Contagion, while Jim Lowell goes nuclear, Sean Udall offers tech picks, and Thomas Kee takes the emotion out of investing. All this and more in Trading Strategies. See the full special report for March.
Mark Hulbert shows us what Greece can learn from the Asian Contagion, while Jim Lowell goes nuclear, Sean Udall offers tech picks, and Thomas Kee takes the emotion out of investing. All this and more in Trading Strategies. See the full special report for March.
Financial markets hold up
Riva Froymovich discusses Chile's efforts to stabilize after Saturday's devastating earthquake.
• Chilean markets steady after earthquake
• Chile stocks ease as quake is assessed
• Copper stocks look ominous
Quake caught on camera
Eyewitness one of the biggest quakes in a century.
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Riva Froymovich discusses Chile's efforts to stabilize after Saturday's devastating earthquake.
• Chilean markets steady after earthquake
• Chile stocks ease as quake is assessed
• Copper stocks look ominous
Quake caught on camera
Eyewitness one of the biggest quakes in a century.
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Leno's No. 1, again
— but for how long?
Good news for NBC this week, but can a damaged Leno brand continue to outdraw Letterman and “Nightline”? (First Take).
Good news for NBC this week, but can a damaged Leno brand continue to outdraw Letterman and “Nightline”? (First Take).
Taxes »
Top
tax breaks without itemizing
Make sure you take all the credits available for savings, taxes paid, education and other items.
• Here's how to save if you're filing your own taxes
• See the complete MarketWatch Guide to Taxes
• The tax breaks that will save you the most money
• The estate tax will rise from the dead in 2010
Make sure you take all the credits available for savings, taxes paid, education and other items.
• Here's how to save if you're filing your own taxes
• See the complete MarketWatch Guide to Taxes
• The tax breaks that will save you the most money
• The estate tax will rise from the dead in 2010
Retirement »
The Top 10 places to retire
Asheville, N.C. (left) leads the pack as retirees expand their list of mild-climate locales they'd like to relocate to.
• See our Special Repot on retirement investing
• See our Special Report on retirements in peril
Asheville, N.C. (left) leads the pack as retirees expand their list of mild-climate locales they'd like to relocate to.
• See our Special Repot on retirement investing
• See our Special Report on retirements in peril
John Prestbo
Indexed Investor