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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE
An upbeat Monday has become something of a collector’s item in recent months, but a wave of positivity has indeed swept across stocks to start the week. See full story.
Dud stock picks, bad industry bets, vast underperformance — it’s the end of the Warren Buffett era
The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway seems to prefer the S&P 500 to his own company’s stock. See full story.
Mark Cuban says families should get $1,000 in stimulus checks every two weeks — with one big catch
Billionaire Mark Cuban says it’s time for the government to push “trickle-up economics” to save small businesses, because the Paycheck Protection Program isn’t cutting it. See full story.
Alibaba, Walmart and Target are about to show retailers’ view of the pandemic
U.S. retail companies will be eagerly watching Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Friday morning report, when the Chinese e-commerce giant will show what it was like to operate in the heart of the COVID-19 outbreak and emerge on the other side. See full story.
Work-from-home productivity pickup has tech CEOs predicting many employees will never come back to the office
If you rebuild the workplace after COVID-19, will the workers ever come back? In Silicon Valley, the answer from many tech companies is that many won’t, and maybe that is a good thing. See full story.
MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE
One dentist has spent nearly $35,000 on disinfectant equipment, including oral high-speed aerosol evacuation units, ozone generators and ultraviolet lights. See full story.