This Japanese toilet maker seeking 'the perfect flush' is moonlighting as a hot AI play

Toto is 'aiming to achieve a toilet that never needs cleaning.' It's also supplying electrostatic chucks - a semiconductor-manufacturing component critical to the memory-chip boom. Tokyo-traded shares ...

Smart Investor: Best Energy Stocks, The Whiplash Economy, OpenAI’s IPO Questions

Still, this past week, it was energy stocks that led the rally as the stalemate around the Iran war saw oil prices push to ...

'We're worried the honey pot will run dry': Does the Trump administration use my Social Security to fund federal programs?

There are many suggestions floating around Washington on how to fix the program's funding issues "Did the government borrow money from the Social Security trust funds at any other time?" (Photo ...

Japan just put a 'Band-Aid' on the yen. Why high oil prices could soon rip it off.

Concerns about high oil prices are adding to inflation fears in Japan, as the BOJ just moved to rescue the yen from a roughly 40-year low Why Japan's recent intervention to boost its weak currency is ...

'We are old school': I've been married for 40 years. Should I have kept my money separate?

If you are married, do you keep your money separate from your spouse's? I have been married over 40 years, and we are old school. We have all of our financial accounts joint except for our IRAs.
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'There is an imbalance of power': My husband has cancer. Why must we wait two hours for a 10-minute CT scan?

My husband's last series of medical appointments at a prominent cancer-care center (PCCC) yesterday went the same as 90% of the previous appointments over the past six years. After arriving 10 minutes ...
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'The numbers don't lie': If I had invested my Social Security in the S&P 500 I'd have $4 million. Is the system broken?

I do better than many citizens because I've contributed at the highest level' Social Security was designed to avoid the kind of economic devastation that occurred during the Great Depression. (Photo ...

New Fed chair Warsh will have a fight on his hands if he pushes for interest-rate cuts

Three dissenters from the Federal Reserve's meeting this week made clear in statements on Friday that they are growing more concerned about the outlook for inflation, suggesting that incoming Fed ...

Apple just gave a clue that a big AI acquisition may be in the cards

With Apple officially retiring its net-cash-neutral target, some suspect the company will look to conduct more transformative M&A, beyond the smaller deals it made in the past Apple is currently ...

Pickleball gets its largest-ever investment: $225 million. 'It's still a growth sport - it's not just a fad.'

Pickleball Inc., a parent company of Major League Pickleball and the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA Tour), announced Friday it has secured a $225 million investment that's the biggest ...

Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 7 PM ET: GameStop Preparing Offer for eBay | Spirit ...

Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 7 PM ET: GameStop Preparing Offer for eBay | Spirit ... GameStop is preparing to make an offer for eBay, according to people familiar with the matter, part of CEO ...

Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 5 PM ET: Spirit Airlines Prepares to Shut Down as Rescue Deal Falls Apart | Meta ...

Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 5 PM ET: Spirit Airlines Prepares to Shut Down as Rescue Deal Falls Apart | Meta ... A $500 million government bailout falters as the discount carrier runs low on ...