European equities and U.S. stock futures traded higher on Friday, as investors kept hopes for an American stimulus deal alive, at the end of a positive week for markets.
President Trump tweeted Thursday night about the “terrible job” that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is doing leading Michigan, the same day that a plot by a militia group to kidnap the Democratic leader and attack the state capitol building was stopped and the alleged perpetrators arrested.
Thomas Hayes of Great Hill Capital was asked this week whether he’s been putting his clients’ money to work even all the volatility and uncertainty that pandemic has created in the stock market. His answer: Yes. “Aggressively.”
Online news site Deadline mistakenly published a draft story that erroneously reported Vice President Mike Pence had tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday night.
The NFL’s “Thursday Night Football” game this week between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Chicago Bears will be broadcasting on Fox, NFL Network and for the first time this season, Amazon Prime.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against Yale University, alleging the school violated federal civil-rights law by discriminating against Asian-American and white applicants in undergraduate admissions.
One in five working adults said the reason they stopped working “was because COVID-19 disrupted their childcare arrangements,” according to the Census Bureau.
Electronic trading giant Citadel Securities will bolster its already huge presence at the New York Stock Exchange by buying the NYSE market-making business of smaller rival IMC Financial Markets, the companies said.
Thomas Hayes of Great Hill Capital was asked this week whether he’s been putting his clients’ money to work even all the volatility and uncertainty that pandemic has created in the stock market. His answer: Yes. “Aggressively.”
U.S. stocks finish higher Thursday, even after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected the idea of a standalone bill to aid the airline industry, saying such a measure would need to be part of a broader fiscal stimulus package.
Shares of FuelCell Energy Inc. charged higher on heavy volume Thursday, after a bullish call from J.P. Morgan analyst Paul Coster said the company seems “poised to pivot into profitability” after years of investment.
Shares of cannabis companies enjoyed a broad rally Thursday, amid growing hopes of federal decriminalization following comments from vice-presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris.
As the Nov. 3 election sparks record spending, here’s how the CEOs of S&P 500 companies are helping to fund the war chests of President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden, while also contributing to other Republican and Democratic politicians.