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Key Words: Megyn Kelly: What’s so wrong with dressing up in blackface on Halloween?
‘What is racist? You truly do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface at Halloween or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween. Back when I was a kid, that was OK, as long as you were dressing up as like a character.’ —Megyn Kelly That’s NBC…
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CryptoWatch: Alibaba wins preliminary trademark injunction against cryptocurrency Alibabacoin
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited has won a preliminary injunction against cryptocurrency firm Alibabacoin Foundation. The legal victory centers on the use of the company’s name, or likeness, purportedly to promote the foundation’s similarly named virtual currency, according to Oct. 22 court documents in the U.S.’s Southern District of New York. The case…
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Personal Finance Daily: The 5 Mega Millions numbers that come up most often and the black magic of Halloween on the stock market
Happy Tuesday, MarketWatchers! Here are the top personal finance stories of the day. Personal Finance These 5 Mega Millions numbers come up most often Numbers for the largest lottery jackpot in history will be drawn tonight. 5 reasons NOT to play the Mega Millions lottery Wealthy people tend to jump in when the jackpot hits…
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These 5 Mega Millions numbers come up most often
You want to win that $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday night (the one that’s $904 million, if you take the lump sum option)? If so, follow the numbers. Based on the past you should pick your five from these seven: 31, 49, 41, 29, 28, 17 and 2. Those came up the most…
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Citi prepares to relaunch its top credit card with focus on dining and travel rewards
Citi is revamping its flagship credit card with new benefits in a bid to compete with premier cards from American Express AXP, -0.12% and Chase JPM, -1.04% Starting in January, the Citi Prestige Card C, -1.35% will offer card members five 5X points for every $1 spent on dining out and air travel purchases. Last…
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Market Extra: Italy is ‘the No. 1 risk factor in the fourth quarter’ for European investments
As the European Union rejected Italy’s budget proposal and tensions between Brussels and Rome escalate, investors’ faith in European assets is plummeting, market participants said. “Italy is the No. 1 risk factor in the fourth quarter” for developed markets, Alessio de Longis, a New York-based portfolio manager at OppenheimerFunds, told MarketWatch, and it hurt the…
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The Technical Indicator: Charting an ominous technical tilt, S&P 500 plunges from the 200-day average
Editor’s Note: This is a free edition of The Technical Indicator, a daily MarketWatch subscriber newsletter. To get this column each market day, click here. Technically speaking, an already-aggressive October market downdraft has accelerated this week. In the process, the S&P 500 has violated its 200-day moving average, plunging to retest key support matching the…
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Outside the Box: What should I do with multiple 401(k) accounts?
Q.: Hi Dan, I have multiple 401(k) accounts from various jobs over my career. My current company has a 401(k) plan. I participate in the plan and there is a company match. Should I roll all my other 401(k) plans into my current plan, leave them where they’re at, or move them to an IRA…
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Market Extra: Sweden’s central bank seen setting the stage for a rate hike
In a busy week for central bankers, investors are on the lookout for details about when interest rates could be going up in continental Europe, where the monetary policy normalization process lags well behind the U.S. Federal Reserve. With the European Central Bank vowing to keep rates at present levels at least through next summer,…
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Why does President Trump tweet so much about your 401(k)?
President Donald Trump isn’t just taking credit for rising 401(k) balances in his tweets — he may be urging Americans to vote Republican during the coming midterm elections. In his latest tweet about 401(k) plans on Sunday, the president touted the “best jobs numbers in the history of our great country” and said Democrats could…