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Shares of upscale retailer Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) were down sharply on Monday morning as a steep drop in oil prices and growing concerns about a virus pandemic drove a broad-based market sell-off. 

Institutional investors rushed to acquire shares of cancer drug developer Epizyme (NASDAQ: EPZM) in advance of a catalyst-rich 2020. Those who acted were not disappointed. In January, the Food and

The revolutionary cashier-free technology Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has developed for its Amazon Go convenience stores is about to become available to any retailer. Reuters reports that the e-commerce

The stock market is taking a beating on Monday, with the S&P 500 down by about 6% as of 11:25 a.m. EDT. The banking industry is doing even worse, with the Financial Select Sector ETF (NYSEMKT: XLF)

Less than a decade ago, Repligen (NASDAQ: RGEN) was toiling away in clinical trials in an attempt to bring experimental drugs to market. Today, the company's former drug pipeline is a distant

Shares of Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (NYSE: PAC) fell more than 10% on Monday, outpacing the broader market sell-off, on fears that the COVID-19 coronavirus would eat into vacation travel

Shares of 2U (NASDAQ: TWOU) slumped on Monday along with the broader market. The education-focused software-as-a-service provider has been dragged up and down by a tumultuous stock market in recent

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that it sent warning letters to seven companies for selling unapproved drugs. The FDA says these products "pose significant risks to

The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak hit China's smartphone market hard in February: Device shipments there fell nearly 55% for the month. But few smartphone manufacturers fared worse than Apple

Shares of HealthEquity (NASDAQ: HQY), a leading provider of managed healthcare accounts, fell as much as 12% on Monday. The stock was down about 11% as of 11:03 a.m. EDT.

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Agile Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AGRX), like almost all small-cap biotech stocks, is having a really bad Monday. Shares of the early commercial-stage company are down 11.7% as of 10:46 a.m. EDT. 

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As obesity rates continue to increase in the U.S., the race is on to find drugs that can treat the metabolic issues contributing to the epidemic, including conditions caused by fat accumulating in

The cannabis industry in Canada isn't coming off a terribly strong year in 2019. It generated sales of 1.2 billion Canadian dollars during the year, well short of expectations. In 2018, Deloitte

What's the most shorted stock on the market? 

By one metric, it's Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). The total dollar value of short interest in Tesla stock currently sits at about $13.5 billion.

Tesla CEO Elon

The stock market got off to a bad start Monday morning, falling as much as 7% before trading curbs kicked in to cause a 15-minute halt shortly after the market opened. Following the pause, investors

The once-strong economy has faltered due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus. People have cut their travel, mass gatherings are being canceled, and companies have held off on filling some

Last week, a federal judge approved a class action settlement between Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and owners of defective Fiesta and Focus models. Ford will repurchase thousands of defective vehicles

SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ: SIVB), the holding company behind the fast-growing Silicon Valley Bank, is taking a beating today. As of 10:50 a.m. EDT on Monday, the stock is down more than 10% on the

Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AAXN). AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV). iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT). Small, fast-growing industrial companies such as these, bringing disruptive technologies to market, are some of

The stock market was in full-blown panic mode on Monday, with steep declines in all the major indexes triggering a brief halt to trading after circuit breaker rules were activated. The Dow Jones

Utility Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) reported 2019 earnings not too long ago. They were solid, coming in a bit above the midpoint of its guidance range. Operationally it was a good year, too, with both

March has been a challenging month for retail. What usually marks the end of the winter season has been hit hard by fears over the coronavirus. That has been good for some retailers -- especially

Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) stock tumbled 18.9% in February, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Sysco, a food company that sells, markets, and distributes food products

Shares of top Canadian marijuana stocks were sinking Monday morning in the wake of a massive overall stock market sell-off fueled by continued coronavirus worries and plunging oil prices. Aurora

The stock market has been increasingly volatile in recent weeks, and the moves to the downside have gotten steeper as worries about the coronavirus and other market disruptions have gotten worse. On