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Smoke Rises in Tehran as U.S., Israel Launch Attack
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-28 19:17
Video footage shows smoke plumes in Iran on Saturday. President Trump confirmed major combat operations against the regime. #WSJ #Iran ...
The U.S.-Israel Strikes on Iran, Explained
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-28 17:46
The US and Israel have launched a joint attack on Iran. >> Short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating eminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people.For weeks, American and Iranian officials negotiated over Thran's nuclear program. But President Trump says he has lost patience. To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces, and all of the police, ...
Bill Clinton Testifies in Epstein Probe: ‘I Did Nothing Wrong’
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-27 22:45
Bill Clinton is facing questions from Congress today about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein here in Chapua, New York. The investigation is the first time that a former president has faced questions from a House committee under a subpoena. >> The American people have a lot of questions and our House Oversight Committee is committed to getting answers.We're committed to transparency. >> What we're interested in today is a serious deposition. We have real questions that deserve serious answers from former President ...
Why Eli Lilly is Winning the Weight Loss War
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-27 17:30
There's a clear victor in the weight loss wars and it's Eli Liy. For about a century, Eli Liy and Novo Nordisk have competed in the diabetes market. Both were insulin giants.Neither clearly won. When the GLP1 boom began, investors assumed that a rising tide would lift both boats. Both companies already had blockbuster diabetes drugs.think Ompeic and Mount Jarro. So the thinking was that both companies would do quite well in the weight loss market too. At first, Novo Nordisk pulled ahead.The company won appr ...
What It Actually Takes to Run a Broadway Show Every Night | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-27 17:00
- Whenever there's been war, famine, economic downturns, Broadway has been a place for people to come and to put their fears aside and sit there and be entertained. It's part of our national character. - It's a very New York feeling when you're leading up to that time when a Broadway show is happening, there's more cabs, there's more restaurants bustling, there's all of these people lining up outside every Broadway theater.- When you hear that crowd and that murmur going out there, the musicians feel it, th ...
Tracing Apple’s Race to Move Its Chip Supply Chain to the U.S.
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-27 14:00
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing or TSMC is the world's largest chipmaker. It takes blank silicon wafers and turns them into chips. It's the next stop in Apple's supply chain.Stretching over,00 acres, TSMC's Arizona site is one of the largest construction projects in the US and is projected to cost 165 billion. This facility is crucial to Apple's reshoring efforts, but it's still a work in progress. Only one fabrication plant is currently making chips on this site, while two more fabs are under constructi ...
Hillary Clinton’s Deposition on Epstein Ties: What We Know | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-26 21:13
I'm here in Chapaqua, New York, outside of the Chapua Performing Arts Center. Inside, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is providing a deposition about her family's ties or connections with Jeffrey Epstein. The deposition itself is being led by the House Oversight Committee, which is currently led by Republicans.>> No one's accusing at this moment the Clintons of any wrongdoing. They're going to have due process, but we have a lot of questions. The deposition itself is taking place behind closed doo ...
Mortgage Rates Just Dipped Below 6%–Here's When to Refinance
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-26 17:42
Mortgage rates are dipping below 6% and that's tempting for people who want to refinance, especially those who have mortgage rates in the 7 to 8% [music] range. But before you refi, you need to do the math. Closing costs have surged in recent years, and they typically range from 2 to 6% of your new loan balance.On a $400,000 mortgage, that translates to about $8,000 to $24,000 in fees. To make a refi worthwhile, you need a rate that's at least half a percentage point lower than your current rate, and you'll ...
Why Vail Resorts Is Losing Skiers in a Growing Industry | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-26 17:00
- I am here at Vail where I'm spreading out my legs. I've got a chairlift all to myself. The snow's not great.It's pretty icy. It's exactly the sort of day that makes selling lots of Epic Passes very important. Over the past two decades, decades, Vail has completely reinvented the skiing industry with Epic Pass, a heavily discounted season pass that can be used at any of its resorts.- How we doing. - Great, how are you. - Good, Julie.- Thanks. - All right. - The Pass has become so popular that Vail now coll ...
Will Stocks Crash in 2026?
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-26 14:06
It's the $64 trillion question. Will there be a stock market crash soon. If you're worried about it, know this.The best approach is to build a sturdy financial foundation and accept that crashes are going to happen sometimes. But here's what some smart financial thinkers think about the likelihood of an upcoming crash. Now, a long-running survey by Yale University economist Robert Schiller shows that respondents expect about a 30% chance of a crash in any given year.How do you define a crash. Well, it's a d ...