Paula Deen is drawing scrutiny after admitting she has previously used racial slurs in a May 17 deposition that made its way online. The celebrity chef is one of the defendants in a lawsuit filed by a ...

Facebook reports that a bug in its system “may have allowed some of a person’s contact information (email or phone number) to be accessed by people who either had some contact information about that person ...

At the Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival almost anything you can imagine made out of the sticky stuff. WSJ’s Jesse Newman reports from Avon, Ohio.

Cody Preston's life has turned around since The Wall Street Journal profiled him in 2011. The 27-year-old Portland, Ore., resident has a steady job and optimism about his future.

Summer solstice brings out a bit of midsummer madness.

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. government has asked Hong Kong to detain National Security Agency classified-document leaker Edward Snowden after filing a sealed criminal complaint against him, the Washington ...

Homebuilder stocks and ETFs might be able to rally if there are some upbeat earnings report from that sector in the coming week. More from our central bankers next week. Tech stocks might show some strength. ...

Steve Orr reports on Wall Street's fourth weekly retreat in the past five weeks and reports the Food Network has dropped Paula Deen.

Key signals chart watchers use to find the peaks.

About 40% of those between ages 45 and 64, or 18 million households, hold no retirement savings assets, study says.

Entertainer and entrepreneur MC Hammer says it’s all fine and good to have a “great idea” but if you don’t have relationships with potential partners, funders and others, you might not get anywhere with ...

Some people like working in big corporations because they’re risk-averse, says entertainer and entrepreneur MC Hammer. Others are risk-takers from their youth and gravitate into professions like entrepreneurship ...

Aston Martin's new sedan overcomes its iffy ergonomics with high luxury, robust performance and sheer gorgeousness. Dan Neil gives his take.

The global demand for cheap garments has offered millions of workers in Bangladesh a way out of poverty. But for many, like teenage seamstress Mahinur Akhter, those gains come at huge personal costs. WSJ's ...

Assistant OpinionJournal.com editor Allysia Finley on why NYU is doling out vacation home loans to university executives and professors.

Author Gabrielle Glaser talks to WSJ’s Gary Rosen about the growing problem of alcohol abuse among upper middle-class women and why A.A. is not the solution for most of them. Photo: Getty Images.

Demonstrations in Rio have grown into a movement protesting poor government services, corruption and crime. WSJ's Loretta Chao reports.

Editorial Board member Dorothy Rabinowitz on James Gandolfini’s death and how the Sopranos changed American television. Photo: Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)-- Celebrity chef Paula Deen was dropped by the Food Network, according to media reports Friday. The reports come as Deen faces mounting criticism over remarks made during a ...

They might have occupied Wall Street, but for the babies of the baby boomers, it’s top 1% or bust.

After a turbulent week, investors could be forgiven for believing the stock market’s prospects are bleak. But the recent actions of certain corporate insiders provide reasons for hope, writes Mark Hulbert....

Since Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank expects to curb its big bond-buying program later this year, markets tumbled. But, a close look at his comments and Fed official’s interest-rate projections ...

As hurricane season gathered force, the main U.S. weather satellite watching the eastern seaboard failed last month for the second time in a year. The difficulties with the seven-year-old weather satellite ...

Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling could be released from prison as early as 2017 after a federal judge in Houston on Friday signed off on a deal between the disgraced executive and prosecutors, the Houston ...

Food Network superstar Paula Deen gives a few tips on how to prepare the perfect Thanksgiving turkey.

Food Network star Paula Deen speaks with WSJ reporter Lee Hawkins about how she turned a $200 sandwich delivery service into a multimillion dollar empire and offers advice to up-and-coming entrepreneurs....

U.S. stocks eke out modest gains on Friday, but post losses for the week, which was dominated by fears that the Federal Reserve may begin pulling back stimulus later this year.

Worries about Greece and its impact on the euro zone are back in the news amid fresh political turmoil in Athens.

Steve Orr reports on the closing numbers and Oracle's big slide after missing quarterly sales estimates.

MarketWatch’s top 10 stories, June 17 — 21

Oracle’s shares fall more than 9% as revenue narrowly misses estimates.

Treasury prices slide Friday, extending a massive selloff in the government bond market this week that sent yields dramatically higher after the Federal Reserve indicated it may scale back its bond-purchase ...

Facebook rises on a UBS upgrade but Oracle slides on disappointing results. Zynga is downgraded by Morgan Stanley

Oracle skids on Friday after it announces quarterly sales the previous day that came in below Wall Street’s estimates.

Energy stocks end higher Friday, shaking off early losses, but finish the week 1.6% lower after steep declines in the previous two sessions.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P; 500 index posted modest gains on Friday, while the Nasdaq Composite index finished lower, weighed down by Oracle Corp. . U.S. stocks ...

On Thursday night, hundreds of yoga practitioners did their downward facing dogs and sought peace in the middle of New York's Bryant Park nearby Times Square, but many of them didn't notice a change behind ...

When is a bottle of hand lotion more dangerous than a laptop? Below 10,000 feet.

Jersey is the New Wall Street while stock exchanges are 'glorified' TV Studios, says William O'Brien, the CEO of DirectEdge, in a recently released documentary "Ghost Exchange" about the impact ...

Facebook Instagram's foray into video-sharing was clearly aimed matching Twitter's Vine. And Instagram is pitching its video service as a better version of the microblogging site's fast-growing feature. ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling got more than 10 years lopped off his prison sentence, according to the Houston Chronicle. Skilling, previously scheduled to be freed in February ...

Editorial board member Steve Moore on the Senate Gang of Eight’s expensive border security compromise and the GOP defeat of the House’s farm bill. Photo: Associated Press

An effort to extend minimum-wage rules to home-health workers is held up by an administrative backlog.

NY Post editorial page editor Bill McGurn on New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s continuing crusade against business. Plus, Governor Rick Perry’s campaign to convince employers to move to Texas. Photo: Associated ...

Scott Austin highlights the top three tech stories of the week, including Facebook beefing up its video presence and Motorola's play for Nokia. Photo: Getty Images.

Crude-oil futures fall on Friday, extending the previous session’s losses and snapping a two-week win streak.

The dollar gains after a brief bout of consolidation, extending a rally in the wake of signals that the Federal Reserve may trim its stimulus this year.

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said the Fed’s announcement of a plan to step back its asset purchase program was badly timed.