We’re living in wacky times — with a growing mania over bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. Consider, for example, the fact that the Long Island Iced Tea Corp. changed its name to the Long Blockchain Corp. — and that after doing so its stock price nearly quadrupled. (Blockchain is a bitcoin-related […]
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As West Coast fights homelessness, kindness is contentious
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Mohammed Aly does not see why he shouldn’t try to ease the lives of Orange County’s homeless. But the authorities — and many of his neighbors — disagree. Continue Reading Below Aly, a 28-year-old lawyer and activist, has been arrested three times as he campaigned on behalf […]
Range Resources and Synchrony rise while JB Hunt stumbles
NEW YORK – Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday: Continue Reading Below Range Resources Corp., up 65 cents to $17.61 Natural gas companies continued to rise as cold weather boosted the price of natural gas. J.B. Hunt Transportation Services Inc., down 23 cents to $115.24 The trucking […]
California pot shops roll out hoopla as sales set to start
SAN DIEGO – Live music. Free T-shirts. A “Fweedom” celebration with mystery prize boxes worth up to $500, and a shot at a behind-the-scenes tour. Continue Reading Below Marijuana legalization arrives Monday in California with lots of hoopla, but only a handful of cities will initially have retail outlets ready […]
Why Calumet Specialty Products Partners, Stitch Fix, and Uranium Energy Slumped Today
Thursday was another calm day on Wall Street, as investors largely remained on the sidelines during the inter-holiday week. Most major benchmarks inched higher with small gains, reflecting the upward momentum that has produced an extremely strong performance for the stock market as a whole in 2017. Yet even though […]
Five things to know if you want to prepay your property taxes
The Internal Revenue Service’s Wednesday guidance upended many taxpayers’ plans of paying their 2018 property taxes early to claim a federal deduction before the new tax law takes effect in January. Continue Reading Below If you’re thinking of prepaying — or if you have already prepaid — here are a […]
Amazon vs. retailers: 7 takeaways from tracking holiday prices
Is Amazon always the cheapest place to shop for the holidays? When is the best time to buy a gift like a Barbie doll or J. Crew sweater? Continue Reading Below The Wall Street Journal set out to study those questions by tracking daily online prices of items across several […]
Task force recommends overhauling arcane booze laws
BOSTON – A task force on Thursday released its recommendations for overhauling the state’s arcane alcohol laws, some of which date to the end of Prohibition in 1933. Continue Reading Below The report contains recommendations that could mean higher booze prices from higher excise taxes but could also end or […]
Tech, financial gains lift Wall Street
Wall Street indexes rose slightly in thin holiday trading on Thursday, supported by gains in technology and financial stocks. Continue Reading Below Apple’s 0.4 percent rise along with gains in high-flying FANG stocks – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet – were the biggest drivers of the S&P and the Nasdaq. […]
Former Russian candy factory owner jailed after shooting
MOSCOW – The former owner of a Russian candy factory in Moscow who killed a security guard has been ordered to remain in jail pending an investigation. Continue Reading Below Investigators said Ilya Averyanov argued with the factory’s new owner and then took out a hunting rifle and opened fire, […]