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Here is what same-sex couples should consider when planning finances since the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage.

Banks and investors pushed the states and the courts, writes David Weidner.

The U. S. Department of Justice said that Jing Wang, a former executive vice president and president of global business operations for Qualcomm Inc., was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison and fined $500,000 over charges of insider trading, money laundering and obstruction of justice. Wang, who pleaded guilty, exploited inside information illegally for a gain of slightly less than $300,000, the government said. Wang also convinced his stock broker and his brother to cover up the scheme, the DoJ said. Читать дальше...

There’s more to your middle years than yachts, divorce and plastic surgery.

Gold closes the week lower

Gold futures suffered from their first weekly loss in three weekson Friday, but settled with a modest gain for the session. Growing concerns that Greece's debt woes will drag on, even if an agreement on bailout funding is reached next week, helped buoy the metal's investment appeal Friday. August gold tacked on $1.40, or 0.1%, to settle at $1,173.20 an ounce on Comex. For the week, prices fell 2.4%.

FireEye Inc.’s stock drops sharply after Barclays downgraded the cybersecurity company on concerns over valuation.

FireEye Inc.’s stock drops sharply after Barclays downgraded the cybersecurity company on concerns over valuation.

Shares of Micron fell more than 19% on Friday after the company’s much weaker-than-expected quarter and guidance.

Dow gain pruned to 15 points as S&P and Nasdaq turn negative

The total number of active U.S. drilling rigs climbed as of June 26, according to data from Baker Hughes released on Friday. The total active rig count was at 859, up 2 from last week. But the number of active oil drilling rigs saw a weekly fall of 3 to 628. That was their 29th straight week of declines. Compared to last year, the total rig count has fallen by 1,014, with the oil rig count down 930. August crude was down 14 cents, or 0.2%, at $59.56 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Читать дальше...

There’s more to your middle years than yachts, divorce and plastic surgery.

Two studies find boomers’ assumptions about work in retirement are too optimistic

An exchange-traded fund that tracks cybersecurity-related stocks now has attracted $1.04 billion in investor money after launching in mid-November, just seven months ago.

California, home to 12% of the nation’s population, takes half the spots among cities and six among towns. Five of the top 20 suburbs are in New York.

Also: Carl Icahn, Greece and an inspiring entrepreneur.

No matter how many times you ask them a slightly different version of the same question, millennials’ feelings on money won’t change — a fact pollsters are struggling to understand.

Obama: Same-sex-marriage ruling is justice 'with a thunderbolt'

Chuck Jaffe reports from the Morningstar Investor Conference.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - President Barack Obama on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to give same-sex couples the right to marry. In a speech in the Rose Garden, Obama called the ruling justice "with a thunderbolt." The president acknowledged that many Americans have religious objections to the high-court decision. "Today should also give us hope that the many issues we grapple, often painfully, real change is possible," he said. The president said the ruling was the result of small... Читать дальше...

Consumer sentiment sprang up this month, reaching a five-month high, a sign that shoppers may be ready to ramp up spending.

Supreme Court Justice Scalia uses hippies to lambast Justice Kennedy’s ruling.

LIVE VIDEO: Obama making statement on Supreme Court marriage-equality decision

Shares of The Knot parent XO Group Inc. climbed 1.1% in morning trade Friday, in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling that bans on same-sex marriages are unconstitutional. The stock was up as much as 3.9% minutes after the Supreme Court ruling. "Since our inception in 1996, The Knot has had a rich history of supporting love and marriage for all," said XO Group Chief Executive Mike Steib in an emailed statement to MarketWatch. Besides The Knot, which says it's the most-trafficked wedding planning website,XO's other brands include Weddings.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - President Barack Obama will make a statement about the Supreme Court ruling that said same-sex couples have the right to marry at 11 a.m. Eastern. The high-court's 5-to-4 decision comes less than 24 hours after the court ruled Thursday that tax subsidies under Obamacare are constitutional.