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Shares of some upscale retail and apparel chains were rising on Friday, as news about a potential treatment for the COVID-19 virus set off a broad-based market rally.

Here's where things stood as of

On March 16, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) started a phase 1 clinical trial involving Moderna's (NASDAQ: MRNA) investigational SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, mRNA-1273. The trial is testing the

Shares of companies whose business is centered on large groups of people coming together -- including a concert organizer, theater owners, and a fitness-center operator -- are powering ahead in the

Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have pulled back today, down by 4% as of 2 p.m. EDT, after some Wall Street analysts suggested that the stock may have gotten ahead of itself. Other analysts had

Kroger (NYSE: KR) told Business Insider today it plans to extend the $2 per hour "hero" bonus to its employees until May 2, rather than allowing it to expire tomorrow, April 18, as originally

Shares of several brick-and-mortar retail chains were rising on Friday, after news about a potential treatment for COVID-19 drove a broad-based market rally. 

Here's where things stood for these

In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner shares five stocks he has handpicked for you to put on your watchlist for this present environment. He shares his

Shares of Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) jumped on Friday after the company reached an agreement with Lion Point Capital regarding independent board members. Lion Point owns a 9.4% stake in the

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Shares of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) have popped today, up by 7% as of 1:30 p.m. EDT, after Chief Technology Officer Jean-Michel Lemieux disclosed on social media that the e-commerce platform was seeing a

Markets jumped on Friday on news of progress treating COVID-19 and talk of soon reopening the economy, and airline stocks joined the surge higher. Airlines have been hit hard by the pandemic, and

The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world, and the health impacts have been severe. Financial consequences of the outbreak have also taken a big toll, and although much of the

"They stick these swabs up your nose. When I say up your nose, I'm talking way further up your nose than I knew the nose ever goes. I have a new understanding of my face now," said personal finance

German auto giant Volkswagen AG (OTC: VWAGY) withdrew its guidance for 2020 amid uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic that led to factory shutdowns and caused its operating profit to fall

The toll COVID-19 has taken on human health is staggering. Viewed in that context, the contagion's effects on individual travel plans pale in comparison. But on an individual level, many more

Ford Motor (NYSE: F) said that its sales in Europe fell 33% in the first quarter, after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered many of its factories and dealers in the region. 

Ford sold just over

Shares of Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE: WAL) climbed more than 10% on Friday following the regional lender's first-quarter earnings announcement. Western Alliance, as expected, is feeling

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) was up 2% at 1:05 p.m. EDT Friday, rallying as investors anticipate the relaxing of social distancing measures in some states in the coming weeks

Shares of General Motors (NYSE: GM) were up on Friday amid a broad-based market rally on optimism about a potential treatment for the COVID-19 virus -- and after rival Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F)

Shares of mobile Internet of Things company CalAmp (NASDAQ: CAMP) are hopping this morning, up 16.7% as of 12:50 p.m. EDT -- and for more reasons than just generalized market enthusiasm over Gilead

Shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) were moving higher on Friday, after the company warned that it lost about $2 billion in the first quarter and said it may tap the bond market to raise

Southwest (NYSE: LUV) has extended benefits earned by frequent flyers. That's an important move to keep the airline's most loyal customers happy so they come back to fly with the company once

Retail titan Walmart (NYSE: WMT) rolled out an early bird pickup hour for people over 60 and other customers particularly at risk of serious consequences from coronavirus infections, according to a

With the pharmaceutical sector abuzz amid the scramble for a marketable drug to treat COVID-19, Gilead Sciences' (NASDAQ: GILD) stock tumbled on Tuesday and Wednesday amid news of two of the

General Motors (NYSE: GM) has delivered its first ventilators to Chicago-area hospitals -- and it has many more on the way. 

The automaker said that its joint venture with Ventec Life Systems