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Shares of HEXO (NYSE: HEXO) (TSX: HEXO) closed 10.7% higher on Friday. The Canadian cannabis stock received a nice boost from MKM Partners analyst Bill Kirk, who initiated a buy recommendation with

Major benchmarks fell Friday on fears that the U.S. and China are not moving closer to a trade deal. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) were in

Altria (NYSE: MO) is taking fire from all sides as its bet on electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs looks to be going sideways. Shares of the tobacco giant have plunged 20% over the past month as the

Shares of independent oil and gas company California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) are up 11% as of 3:45 p.m. EDT today and were up as high as 22.8%. The stock moves came after management issued

Shares of Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) were slammed on Friday. At the close of trading, the stock was down about 19%. Roku's decline comes after Pivotal Research analyst Jeffrey Wlodarzak initiated coverage

Wall Street finished the week on a down note, with major benchmarks losing ground on Friday. Following a period of optimism that took markets close to new highs, the trade-tension pendulum seemed to

Shares of Fitbit (NYSE: FIT) climbed as much as 23% on Friday before closing up 11.9% after Reuters reported that the maker of wearable fitness devices is considering a sale.

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Friday saw modest losses for the stock market, largely in response to some troubling news on the trade front between the U.S. and China. Chinese trade officials canceled a planned visit to Montana

If its fiscal first-quarter report is any indication, Federal Express (NYSE: FDX) may have a difficult time reinventing itself in a brave new post-Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) world. Last week, FedEx

The We Company (more commonly known as WeWork) recently made a decision to delay its IPO due to a lack of investor interest. This has resulted in a 78% drop in WeWork's private valuation in the past

Friday is the one-year anniversary of Eventbrite's (NYSE: EB) IPO, and like many of the events that the online ticketing specialist helps book, there have been highs and lows. Eventbrite went public

Not every high-yield stock is worth owning, a fact that income-focused investors often learn the hard way, via a dividend cut, when they first start their investing journey. You have to balance a

Square's (NYSE: SQ) shareholders have endured a barrage of bad news in recent weeks. Even putting aside geo-political risks that keep threatening equity markets, the firm lowered its guidance for

Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking one

Unmanned flying vehicles, better known as drones, have been a technology on the cusp of being used for retail delivery for a number of years. Amazon has tested them, and Chipotle used them to

There is nothing more exciting than finding a stock that has been mispriced by the market. The vast majority of cheap companies are cheap for a reason. Occasionally, however, you will be surprised

After months of mutually unacceptable negotiations, UAW launched a strike against GM (NYSE: GM). Most auto strikes are resolved in a few days, but this one shows no signs of stopping.

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T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Sprint (NYSE: S) had to give up quite a bit to gain merger approval from the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice. The merger is still facing

Shares of Steelcase (NYSE: SCS) jumped 10% on Friday after the office furniture maker reported quarterly results that came in ahead of expectations. The results marked a reversal after Steelcase

Shares of J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) were surging Friday on news that the department-store chain was planning to hold talks with creditors ahead of the holiday season. The market unsurprisingly saw the

The stock market was a mixed bag on Friday afternoon. There wasn't any specific news pushing the major indices up or down, but investors remained concerned about trade relations and a possible

When most of us think of General Mills (NYSE: GIS), we think cereals -- from Cheerios to Lucky Charms, it's one of the two powerhouses that dominate that supermarket aisle. But sales of those

In a bid to curb teen use of electronic cigarettes, the Food and Drug Administration is moving to ban the sale of all e-cig flavors from the market, including menthol and mint, allowing only tobacco

Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) delivered its first earnings report as a public company Wednesday, and given that it featured a smaller-than-expected adjusted loss along with a guidance boost, one might have

FedEx's (NYSE: FDX) operations are deeply entwined with much of the U.S. economy, which is why its performance is viewed as a bellwether by investors. Well, if it really is the proverbial canary in