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Millions of people with a progressive liver condition will have to wait longer for a treatment for it to become available. The FDA has refused to approve an application for obeticholic acid (OCA)

Intercept Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ICPT) is starting the week on a sour note. The drugmaker's shares dropped by as much as 38% in pre-market trading Monday morning in response to the Food and Drug

Square's (NYSE: SQ) stock recently hit an all-time high as smaller businesses, which generated nearly half its transactions last quarter, gradually reopened amid slowing COVID-19 infection rates and

The early pandemic results are in from both lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) and Nike (NYSE: NKE), and there's a clear winner when it comes to big-picture operating trends.

The yoga-inspired

Shares of U.S. exploration and production company Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) fell about 10% out of the gate on June 29. The stock has been on a volatile ride over the past month, driven largely

Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX) investors probably want to forget the first half of 2020 as quickly as possible. The cloud-based hyper-convergence specialist was facing growth challenges even before the

In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser about the latest headlines on Wall Street. They discuss a possible large spinoff, and there are talks of

Investors who were lucky enough to get in on the Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) IPO have seen more than a ten-fold return since the company went public in 2017. For investors who think they've missed the boat

Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) has launched a national delivery-only chicken wings chain "virtually overnight" as it confronts the challenges to eat-in dining due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The

In uncertain times, lenders tend to focus on the types of loans that have the lowest risk of loss, and trim back on issuing types more liable to wind up delinquent -- or be defaulted on -- if the

Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) and Acreage Holdings (OTC: ACRGF) are amending the terms of a merger deal agreed to last year, effectively reducing its value significantly.

As with the previous

Investors often see high-flying stocks such as AMD or NVIDIA and assume that all semiconductor stocks have become overpriced. However, AMD stock traded at $10 per share as recently as 2018. About

This year has been brutal for the refining industry. The COVID-19 outbreak has hammered demand for gasoline and jet fuel, taking refining margins and stock prices down with it. Giants Marathon

Cosmetics company Coty (NYSE: COTY) today announced a new strategic partnership with Kim Kardashian West. The company will take a 20% stake in Kardashian West's beauty business for $200 million

I took a look at three stocks to avoid last week, and that basket of short-term calls went fairly well. The three stocks declined by an average of 11%, as a modest 4% gain in one of the three calls

Reviving an unsuccessful effort from early in its term, the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). It did so in an 82-page

Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) no longer wants to acquire a strong majority in fellow retail real estate investment trust (REIT) Taubman Centers (NYSE: TCO), but the latter continues to push the

Electronically filing your tax forms is both faster and easier than submitting a paper return via mail. But up until now, one particular group of people hasn't had that option: Those who need to

Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE: CNQ) doesn't have anywhere near the name recognition of leading big oil giants such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), BP (NYSE: BP), and Royal Dutch S

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store hosts over 2 million apps, making it the world's second-largest app store after Alphabet's Google Play. Apple doesn't regularly disclose its App Store revenue, but

Last week, the top-performing biotech stocks had something in common and by now you can probably guess exactly what that was.

You got it. They both delivered positive press releases regarding their

Oil giant BP (NYSE: BP) has agreed to sell its global petrochemicals business to leading chemicals company INEOS for $5 billion. The sale caps the company's plan to monetize $15 billion in assets,

Because Social Security will only provide enough income, if you're an average earner, to replace about 40% of your paycheck, and most seniors need around twice that amount to live comfortably

It may be a tad bit hyperbolic for Patrick Brown, the CEO of plant-based meat alternative company Impossible Foods, to declare the real meat industry will disappear within 15 years, but new buying

In a widely anticipated move, Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to complete a comprehensive balance-sheet restructuring. The energy company hopes to both strengthen