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JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), America's largest bank, blew past analysts' earnings expectations for the third quarter in what is a promising start to bank earnings season.

The bank today reported net

It's now been about two months since Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) kicked Fortnite out of the iOS App Store, which was triggered by Epic Games turning on a direct payment system that allowed users to bypass

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has taken the investing world by storm this year. Shares of the top electric-vehicle maker have jumped more than 400%, at one point becoming the seventh most valuable American

The coronavirus pandemic is having mixed effects for Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG). The company is home to some of the most popular consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands globally, including Tide

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) reported today that it lost $6.9 billion in the third quarter, worse than what analysts expected, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll on the aviation

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is ready to debut its new 5G iPhone today, but one analyst thinks public reception to the newest model will be underwhelming.

Harsh Kumar, an analyst at Piper Sandler, says a

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is turning heads this week with its dramatic shift to consumer-direct content distribution, but a less publicized nugget out of CEO Bob Chapek on Monday afternoon was the

It's tough to ignore the fact that healthy lifestyles are very much in vogue these days. This movement started a couple of years ago but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend as

Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) made a name for itself in the 1990s and early 2000s by growing rapidly and offering low-fare, no-frills service. One of its standard strategies for keeping costs low

Seniors on Social Security will see their benefits increase by 1.3% come 2021. News of an official cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, was announced this morning by the Social Security

Carnival (NYSE: CCL)(NYSE: CUK) tried to dip its feet into the chilly November waters, but it's now joining its smaller rivals in hoping for a December relaunch. Things could get worse. If the

Nike (NYSE: NKE) is among the most iconic brands in the world. The ubiquitous swoosh is regarded as the most valuable apparel brand globally with a price tag of $34.8 billion, according to a 2020

Shares of the developmental stage biotech Altimmune (NASDAQ: ALT) jumped by as much as 17.8% in pre-market trading Tuesday morning. The biotech's shares are perking up this morning in response to

Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) investors would like to forget September 2020, as the optical networking specialist's shares lost nearly a third of their value during the month, triggered by a mixed set of

Warren Buffett built a fortune over the past few decades. Hailed as the greatest contemporary investor, the "Oracle of Omaha" now, at the age of 90, has billions of dollars at his disposal to invest

Shares of the clinical-stage gene therapy company Voyager Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VYGR) dropped by as much as 11% in pre-market trading Tuesday morning. The biotech's shares are responding negatively

The COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed a secular shift to remote work, and all those employees need computers to stay productive. PC volumes surged in the third quarter due to that trend, according to

Women tend to live longer than men, and also tend to have less money to live on in their later years. There are lots of reasons for that, including the impact of the gender wage gap on retirement

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The Nasdaq Composite has logged an impressive performance since its late September lull, up 12% from the low point of last month's sell-off, led by the likes of biotech companies Veracyte and Fate

Less than a week after hedge fund manager Dan Loeb called on Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) to put more money into streaming, the entertainment giant is doing just that.

Disney announced after hours on

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) set sales records in the fourth quarter of 2019, reporting a 21% year-over-year jump in revenue. Total revenue during the period was about $87.4 billion, beating analysts'

Polaris Industries (NYSE: PII) will make an electric motorcycle after all: just not yet. 

The powersports vehicle manufacturer has entered into a 10-year partnership with EV bike maker Zero

The energy sector has been the worst-performing sector of the stock market so far this year, down 49%. Given that global demand for oil and refined products has fallen and oil and gas prices have

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) surprised investors last week with a mid-quarter sales update that packed a few pieces of good news into one announcement. The fast-food giant is back to growing revenue at