Just one day after the U.S. surpassed 100,000 new cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 in a singe day, it set a fresh record that was 20% higher, straining hospitals in areas of the Midwest and South as they struggle to cope with an influx of patients.
At last, we are learning more about what happened in the early days of 2020, when New Yorkers were oblivious to the highly infectious virus that was just beginning to take hold
By driving down bond yields, quantitative easing has driven a large chunk of stock-market gains since 2009, but the impact varies widely across U.S. indexes, say analysts at Société Générale.
The U.S. presidential election is still too close to call. Here’s what we know about the remaining states that have yet to be called for either former Vice President Joe Biden or President Donald Trump, with vote tallies from the Associated Press.
U.S. stock-index futures point lower Friday, with equities threatening to end a torrid election week rally as investors await October jobs data, monitor election results and weigh a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Zillow Group Inc. reported its largest quarterly profit on record Thursday, as the real-estate market continues to sustain through online services, and shares shot toward record highs in late trading.
Peloton Interactive Inc.’s pandemic surge continued through the summer, and the company expects that the holidays will bring its first-ever billion-dollar quarter.
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. produced no revenue for a second consecutive quarter Thursday, but said it expects to resume selling tickets to outer space next year after its long-awaited virgin voyage.
Jim Smigiel, chief investment officer of non-traditional strategies at SEI Investments, gives his take on how the election has impacted financial markets.
Exact numbers varied, from 116,255 recorded by the COVID Tracking Project, to the New York Times’ count of more than 117,000 new cases, and Johns Hopkins University reporting 121,054 daily cases.
Back-office software company Bill.com Inc. delivered better-than-expected results Thursday as more small businesses saw their operations start to normalize.
With incumbent Sen. David Perdue’s vote falling just a fraction below 50% in Georgia, the scene is set for not one but two Senate runoff races in January that could potentially determine whether a Joe Biden White House deals with a split Congress or a unified Democratic one.