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Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE), which has lost 76% of its market cap over the past year, said on Monday that it has adopted a so-called poison pill to block any unsolicited attempts to take it over.

Entertainment has never been as important as it is right now, and this should (in theory at least) be a prime time for Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) to shine. Disney is the global

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) had been investing heavily in delivery well before the coronavirus temporarily changed how Americans live. That timing was fortuitous as the restaurant chain has the capacity

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) doesn't think the coronavirus is a laughing matter, so its Google division is cancelling its annual April Fools' pratfalls "out of respect for all those

Dollar General (NYSE: DG) is offering a 10% discount to healthcare workers, first responders and National Guardsmen at all of its approximately 16,300 locations in the U.S. The discount is available

The retail world has gotten hit by the coronavirus storm, and lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) hasn't been immune from its effects. With the COVID-19 outbreak spreading around the world, Lululemon

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is drawing a line in the sand when it comes to facial recognition technology. On Friday, the company announced it was divesting its stake in a facial recognition start-up

As if the retail apocalypse weren't a big enough headwind for mall owners like Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG), we now have social distancing and mandatory shutdowns in response to the COVID-19

American Outdoor Brands (NASDAQ: AOBC) is taking a huge, non-cash impairment charge against the goodwill it carries for its outdoor segment as the coronavirus pandemic caused major retail customers

Americans have been losing their jobs left and right due to COVID-19, with unemployment claims coming in so fast they're crashing online systems and leaving filers scrambling and frustrating. And

As of Friday, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has caused the S&P 500 index to plunge nearly 25% since reaching its all-time high on February 19. Investors are naturally concerned that the fallout

Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE: SQM) is down roughly 33% from its highs in 2020, while ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is off by roughly 50% at the time of this writing. The market is in the middle of a

The financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to mount for cruise line powerhouse Carnival (NYSE: CCL). The company's Cunard subsidiary said on Monday that it is extending the suspension

Recent intervention by the Federal Reserve is now triggering a wave of margin calls by broker-dealers who sold hedges to mortgage bankers, according to a letter the Mortgage Bankers Association

On Monday, Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) announced new efforts aimed at supporting its employees during the COVID-19 containment efforts now gripping the U.S. economy.

The restaurant chain, which operates

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced Monday that it expects to begin clinical testing in humans evaluating its lead coronavirus vaccine candidate by September 2020 at the latest. It stated

Carvana Co. (NYSE: CVNA), a well known e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars, announced a registered direct offering of 13.3 million shares of Class A Common Stock. Shares are being

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has struggled to keep up with increased demand on its grocery delivery services due to coronavirus keeping many people confined to their homes. The retailer offers same-day

Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ: CAKE) has furloughed 41,000 hourly workers due to the impact of the coronavirus. The furloughed workers will keep their benefits through June 1. They will also be

The emerging coronavirus pandemic highlights the world's dependence on pharmaceutical and biotech companies to produce drugs and vaccines to help overcome all types of illness. This outbreak may

Marijuana stocks rose at the end of last week, beating most top-share market indexes, quite dramatically in certain cases. Why the sudden and sharp rise? It seems to be down to two major factors.

Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) is offering 30 days of free access to a collection of over 20 premium channels on its platform through its Home Together initiative it launched last Friday.

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Some industries are getting hit harder than others during the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the worst is the vacation and tourism space. Revenue for resorts, hotels, and theme parks is in stall mode

Online infrastructure is under strain as more people work from home and practice social distancing. One industry that is benefiting from this is cloud services. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is seeing a

Yields may be falling on fixed income investments, but cascading share prices find stock yields going the other way. There are now plenty of stocks yielding more than 4% that could deliver capital