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Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is making an effort to align its business with a no-contact world. The company announced in a press release Friday that it is rolling out a set of "frictionless" transaction

China's CanSino Biologics is currently lobbying regulators abroad to grant its vaccine candidate the equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's emergency use authorization (EUA). The

The S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gained another 23 points, or 0.67%, on Friday, closing the last week of August 3.2% higher than it started. That was the best week of the month, and barring a

Bullish investors have taken over the stock market, and even with lingering concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, they aren't letting that uncertainty get in the way of big gains. The S&P 500 and

California moved to join Massachusetts on Friday, and is perhaps only days away from becoming the second state to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, most notably menthol-flavored cigarettes

Shares of Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings (NASDAQ: OLLI) got crushed on Friday after the company reported earnings for the second quarter of 2020. The stock dropped 9% for the day, but the company's

In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill chats with analyst Emily Flippen about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They discuss three companies: a customer

On Aug. 26, the Food and Drug Administration authorized a new coronavirus test from Abbott Laboratories that is quicker and cheaper than anything else so far. And investors believe that's good news

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Just Energy Group Inc (NYSE: JE)Q1 2021 Earnings CallAug 28, 2020, 11:00 a.m. ET

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The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) has been a force to be reckoned with lately. The index has finished at all-time record levels in six out of the past seven trading sessions, including

DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) is down 6% today, as of 3:15 p.m. EDT, after Morgan Stanley analyst Thomas Allen downgraded the stock to equal weight and offered six negative catalysts that might be

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PagSeguro Digital Ltd. (NYSE: PAGS)Q2 2020 Earnings CallAug 27, 2020, 5:30 p.m. ET

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Shares of Gannett (NYSE: GCI) were racing 15% higher in afternoon trading Friday after Citigroup (NYSE: C) raised its price target on the media company even though it maintained its sell rating on

Shares of GrowGeneration (NASDAQ: GRWG) were jumping 9.6% higher as of 3:41 p.m. EDT on Friday, with the stock rising as much as 15.4% earlier in the day. The big gain came after Oppenheimer analyst

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is accusing Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) of effectively censoring a notice it tried to impart to its users. On Friday, the social media giant claimed that Apple rejected the inclusion

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) are two of the leading renewable energy stocks in the world despite their vastly different sizes. Tesla is the industry's leader in electric vehicles

Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) is in talks with Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to sell 40 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine mRNA-1273. If the sides can come to terms -- and the

MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) announced this morning that it has just laid off 18,000 employees because of a lack of business during the ongoing pandemic, which is bad news for those workers losing their

For the second day in a row, Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) stock is on the rise, gaining 6.1% through 2:15 p.m. EDT Friday.

And for the second day in a row, I think investors are reacting to founder Trevor

Shares of Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) fell on Friday, after the company reported results for the second quarter of 2020. The quarterly results were actually among the best in company history. But with the

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Hibbett Sports Inc (NASDAQ: HIBB)Q2 2021 Earnings CallAug 28, 2020, 10:00 a.m. ET

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Walmart (NYSE: WMT) became the surprise frontrunner in the race to acquire TikTok after partnering with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), but it actually had plans to be the lead buyer of the online

The stock market continued to rally on Friday, the second-to-last trading day of August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has surged more than 8% this month, despite a lack of new

Before the coronavirus spread throughout the U.S., things were looking up for L Brands (NYSE: LB). Private equity firm Sycamore Partners had agreed to take on a majority stake in the company's

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Big Lots Inc (NYSE: BIG)Q2 2020 Earnings CallAug 28, 2020, 8:00 a.m. ET

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