Yard space — be it a patio, balcony or a sprawling grassy expanse — is an extension of your home. However, sometimes our outdoor space gets overlooked. With warmer temperatures on the horizon, why not treat your patio to a spruce-up? Don’t worry — you don’t have to blow your vacation budget in order to … Read more
DEAR MISS MANNERS: For many years, I wore my thick, curly red hair in a long mane — sometimes down, sometimes pinned up in various styles. I recently chopped it off to just above my shoulders and I feel great about it! However, I am receiving compliments that sit poorly with me: “What a cute … Read more
For years, Wall Street groused about Silicon Valley’s refusal to pay dividends and buy back stock as tech companies grew into cash-generating machines. That is no longer a problem, even though those tech companies are generating fewer profits than they were in previous years. In fact, some tech companies are basically paying off Wall Street … Read more
Technology stocks are on quite a tear to start 2023, but that could actually be an ominous signal. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.95% is up 11% so far this month, on track for its best January performance since it notched a 12.2% gain in 2001, according to Dow Jones Market Data. But that 2001 … Read more
Capitalism has resulted in the creation of some truly soul-sucking ideas, including the cubicle: an office without the privacy, comfort, or permanence of a real room. But if the open office trend (which has its own problems) has given you a glimmer of hope that one day you might be able to escape corporate America’s … Read more
Well, that was something. Inflation came in a bit below forecast, and then the rockets came out — the best one-day percentage rise for the S&P 500 SPX, +5.54% since April 6, 2020, and the best one-day percentage rise for the Nasdaq Composite since March 24, 2020. If inflation has truly peaked, there’s really just … Read more
Intel Corp. must contend this week with an earnings report that notably lacked a formal pre-announcement, a bleaker-than-expected PC market and rumored layoffs, which will likely overshadow the initial public offering of its Mobileye unit. Intel INTC, +0.78% is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings after the closing bell Thursday, after reports that the company was … Read more
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Intel Corp. INTC, +0.78% Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger said that recently imposed U.S. restrictions on semiconductor-industry exports to China were inevitable as America seeks to maintain technological leadership in competition with China. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s annual Tech Live conference, Gelsinger said the restrictions, which require chip companies to obtain a license to … Read more
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.— Intel Corp. INTC 0.78% Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger said that recently imposed U.S. restrictions on semiconductor-industry exports to China were inevitable as America seeks to maintain technological leadership in competition with China. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s annual Tech Live conference, Mr. Gelsinger said the restrictions, which require chip companies to … Read more
U.S. stocks closed sharply higher Friday as investors weighed a story from the Wall Street Journal and comments from Federal Reserve officials suggesting that the central bank might shift to smaller interest-rate rises after its November meeting. Investors were also coping with intraday volatility in stocks as around $2 trillion in notional value of options … Read more