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Private Jet Industry Requests Coronavirus Relief Despite Reports of Booming Business
Private Jet Industry Requests Coronavirus Relief Despite Reports of Booming Business

As Congress considers a coronavirus relief funding package for commercial airlines like American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), private jet operators are hoping to get

Coronavirus Stimulus: Where We Stand Right Now
Coronavirus Stimulus: Where We Stand Right Now

Government officials are working hard to try to stem the growing pandemic from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with measures around the world ranging from travel restrictions to outright calls for people to

Why Snap Stock Popped 6.6% Today
Why Snap Stock Popped 6.6% Today

Easy come, easy go. What began as a "green day" on the stock market on Friday turned back into deep, dark red ink. The Nasdaq Composite closed down 3.8% today and the Dow Jones Industrial Average

A Silver Lining Despite Kohl's, Gap, and Bed Bath & Beyond Stock Dropping 10% Friday
A Silver Lining Despite Kohl's, Gap, and Bed Bath & Beyond Stock Dropping 10% Friday

Shares of Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Gap (NYSE: GPS), and Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY), all dropped over 10% at some point during Friday trading as retailers are shutting doors and investors remain

3 U.S. States Have Now Ordered 72 Million People to Stay Home
3 U.S. States Have Now Ordered 72 Million People to Stay Home

Less than one day after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a stay-at-home requirement for California's nearly 40 million residents, New York and Illinois have placed similar orders on their residents. That

Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies' Immune System Partnership Takes on Coronavirus
Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies' Immune System Partnership Takes on Coronavirus

The number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 continues to grow rapidly around the world, and while many companies are working on potential treatments and vaccines, there are still no approved

Trump Administration Offers Temporary Student Loan Relief
Trump Administration Offers Temporary Student Loan Relief

The Trump administration announced an initiative Friday that will provide relief for federal student aid borrowers. For the next 60 days, at least, those with federal student debt will have 0%

Stock Market Wrap-Up: Oil Breaks $20; Bond Yields Plunge as Stocks Swoon
Stock Market Wrap-Up: Oil Breaks $20; Bond Yields Plunge as Stocks Swoon

For a good part of Friday's session, it looked as if the stock market might score a rare two-day streak of gains. Those hopes were dashed late in the day, though, as even the outperforming Nasdaq

Why Travel Stocks Got a Big Bump on Wall Street Friday
Why Travel Stocks Got a Big Bump on Wall Street Friday

Shares of travel stocks recovered some of the losses they've endured over the last few weeks. Marriott International Inc, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Carnival Corp, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, and

Why Shares of Restaurants Spiked Higher Friday Morning
Why Shares of Restaurants Spiked Higher Friday Morning

Shares of restaurants traded up sharply on Friday morning, on hopes for government assistance to help them through the COVID-19 pandemic and a significant decline in consumers eating out. The stocks

PepsiCo Stock Drops Despite Analyst Upgrades
PepsiCo Stock Drops Despite Analyst Upgrades

Shares of PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) have dropped today, down by 7% as of 3 p.m. EDT, amid ongoing market volatility related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decline comes despite recent bullish remarks

Why Lockheed Martin, Harley-Davidson, and 3M Stocks Dropped Today
Why Lockheed Martin, Harley-Davidson, and 3M Stocks Dropped Today

Well, this is disappointing. What began as a green day in the stock markets, presaging the first back-to-back days of positive stock gains in who can remember how long, has faded to black -- or more

Texas Oil Regulator Meets With OPEC Amid a Historic Crash in Crude Prices
Texas Oil Regulator Meets With OPEC Amid a Historic Crash in Crude Prices

The nosedive in the price of oil accelerated this week. WTI, the U.S. oil price benchmark, plunged another 29%, closing below $20 a barrel. Fueling the ferocious sell-off are dual shockwaves to

United Warns of Layoffs if No Bailout by April
United Warns of Layoffs if No Bailout by April

United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: UAL) on Friday afternoon urged workers to lobby lawmakers for an airline industry assistance package, warning that layoffs will begin in April if a government

California Orders Nearly 40 Million People to Stay at Home
California Orders Nearly 40 Million People to Stay at Home

Every one of California's 40 million residents is now required to stay at home indefinitely following an order from Gov. Gavin Newsom that took effect Thursday night at midnight. The order -- one of

Don't Panic. There's Still Plenty of Toilet Paper to Go Around
Don't Panic. There's Still Plenty of Toilet Paper to Go Around

In an interview on CNBC, International Paper (NYSE: IP) CEO Mark Sutton attempted to reassure panicky Americans. While supply may be dwindling on the shelves of your local retail outlet, there's

Teva Donating More Than 10 Million Doses of Hydroxychloroquine as Potential COVID-19 Treatment
Teva Donating More Than 10 Million Doses of Hydroxychloroquine as Potential COVID-19 Treatment

Teva Pharmaceutical (NYSE: TEVA) plans to donate 10 million tablets of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine sulfate as a potential treatment for COVID-19. That news follows a report from earlier this

XPO Logistics Aborts Plans to Sell Businesses Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
XPO Logistics Aborts Plans to Sell Businesses Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

Back in January, XPO Logistics' (NYSE: XPO) announced plans to sell some of its business units. That took the market by surprise, as the shipping and logistics giant has always been known for its

Did These Senators Front-Run the Coronavirus Crash?
Did These Senators Front-Run the Coronavirus Crash?

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the first bear market in stocks in more than a decade, and the jury's still out on how much lower the stock market could fall. Many investors wish that they could

Why Airline Shares Climbed, and Then Fell, on Friday
Why Airline Shares Climbed, and Then Fell, on Friday

Shares of U.S. commercial airlines soared in initial trading Friday morning -- with United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: UAL) briefly up 44% and the rest of the carriers all up double digits -- before

Why Mattel Stock Just Dropped 14%
Why Mattel Stock Just Dropped 14%

Since Feb. 20, the day the stock market really started to fall apart in response to the increasingly clear threat posed by the novel coronavirus, shares of toy maker Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) have shed

Why Disney Stock Was Slumping Today
Why Disney Stock Was Slumping Today

Shares of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) were heading lower today after the company filed a form with the SEC last night warning investors its performance over the near-to-medium term will be impacted by

Facebook's Instagram Is Working on Disappearing Texts
Facebook's Instagram Is Working on Disappearing Texts

Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) Instagram is taking a page from Snap's (NYSE: SNAP) messaging app, gearing up to rollout disappearing texts. 

Jane Manchun Wong, a reverse engineering specialist found the

Amazon Raising Hourly Pay Through the End of April
Amazon Raising Hourly Pay Through the End of April

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has faced arguably the greatest challenge in its existence as it attempts to keep its customers supplied during the coronavirus pandemic. The online retailer was hit with

Target Putting an Additional $300 Million Toward Increased Wages
Target Putting an Additional $300 Million Toward Increased Wages

In a news release today, Target (NYSE: TGT) announced that it is raising all hourly wages paid to its associates by $2 per hour, effective immediately and continuing "at least" through May 2. The