August 13, 2020
“What happened Coronavirus-related stocks declined sharply on Wednesday, extending their losses following Russia’s announcement on Tuesday that it had developed the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine. As of 11:55 a.m. EDT, shares of Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX), Heat Biologics (NASDAQ:HTBX), Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRNE), Vaxart (NASDAQ:VXRT), and iBio (NYSEMKT:IBIO) were down 20%, 17%, 15%, 14%,… Continue Reading…
May 4, 2020
“Nineteen S&P 500 companies upped their dividends during April, including materials company Newmont (NEM), consumer staples firm Costco Wholesale (COST) and information technology giant Apple (AAPL), says S&P Dow Jones Indices. The average dividend hike by these companies is 8.4%. Boosting a dividend might be the… Continue Reading…
April 20, 2020
“Paper checks will be issued at a rate of about 5 million per week, meaning it could take up to 20 weeks to issue all the checks expected to be mailed. The checks will be issued in reverse “adjusted gross… Continue Reading…
April 1, 2020
“Twenty-eight percent of those surveyed said they’d already “lost wages or other personal income.” Another 16 percent said they were laid off or furloughed from work, and an additional 28 percent said they lost what they considered a “substantial amount” from… Continue Reading…
March 20, 2020
“Across the United States, thousands of waiters, cooks, hotel staff, actors, bartenders and workers in other sectors have suddenly found themselves unemployed as the coronavirus pandemic has scythed through the world’s biggest economy… While some ponder returning home to their… Continue Reading…
March 19, 2020
“JPMorgan Chase is closing about a fifth of its bank branches to help contain the spread of COVID-19. The finance giant will shutter about 1,000 Chase bank locations temporarily, according to a memo sent to employees Wednesday. The roughly 4,000 other branches will… Continue Reading…
February 24, 2020
“The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by more than 950 points at the open, erasing all gains for the blue-chip index for the year. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were both down by around 4 percent, marking the biggest daily… Continue Reading…
January 30, 2020
“Stocks pared losses, with strong corporate earnings bolstering confidence in the U.S. economy even as investors remain concerned that the spread of the coronavirus will derail the global recovery. The S&P 500 retreated for a second day, trimming its January… Continue Reading…
January 28, 2020
“The Dow lost 453 points, wiping out the average’s gains for the year. The 30-stock average also notched its biggest one-day fall since October, along with its longest losing streak since August. The S&P 500 dropped 1.6%, snapping a 74-session… Continue Reading…
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