Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Tilray — Shares of Tilray surged more than 20% after the cannabis company and peer Aphria reached an agreement to combine
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Americans increasingly see the stock market as a barometer just for the rich, not the whole economy
For nearly 100 years, since the stock market crash of 1929 kicked off the decade-long Great Depression, Americans have been conditioned to think of a falling market as a sign
Continue reading »Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Big Lots, Carvana, Cloudera, DocuSign & more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Big Lots — The retail stock sank 9% after the company declined to give guidance as part of its third-quarter earnings
Continue reading »GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, 87, tests positive for coronavirus
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has tested positive for coronavirus. The lawmaker, who at 87 years old is considered at high risk for severe illness, tweeted Tuesday that he tested positive
Continue reading »Weekly jobless claims fall again in another sign of labor market improvement
Jobless claims totaled 709,000 last week, below the 740,000 Wall Street forecast. That represented a decline from the 757,000 total a week ago. More than 21 million Americans are still
Continue reading »Square stock soars after earnings 'beat by a mile,' analysts applaud growth in Cash App
Square blew past analysts' expectations for third-quarter earnings, sending the stock up double digits on Friday. Citi, Cannacord Genuity, Needham, Mizuho and Susquehanna were among the Wall Street firms who
Continue reading »Supreme Court won't fast track GOP challenge to Pennsylvania ballot deadline
The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it will not fast track Pennsylvania Republicans' challenge to an extended deadline for counting absentee ballots in the state, though the justices left
Continue reading »JPMorgan Chase takes on Square and PayPal with smartphone card reader, faster deposits for merchants
JPMorgan's new QuickAccept service lets businesses take card payments within minutes, either through a mobile app or a contactless card reader, and users will see sales hit their Chase accounts
Continue reading »The Federal Reserve will stay on hold until 2023, according to CNBC survey
A large majority of respondents in the CNBC Fed Survey also believe the Fed will sit tight even if inflation moves above its 2% target. Just over half believe the
Continue reading »Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, Wayfair, Moderna & more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Tesla — Tesla shares whipsawed in midday trading, trading higher by 0.5% after falling as much as 8.5% and into bear-market
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