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‘Two brothers never called our dad while he was alive or even asked me, “How’s Dad?” One brother complained about how much he spent on Dad’s meals.’

Jeff Reeves says he was wrong about COVID-19’s impact on the S&P 500, about marijuana stocks, about bitcoin and more.

Carl XVI Gustaf spoke of the difficult year Swedes have faced as a result of COVID-19.

One week after authorizing the first COVID-19 vaccine for Americans, the Food and Drug Administration has granted a second emergency authorization, to Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine.

Lawmakers voted Friday to give negotiators another two days to reach agreement on a massive economic stimulus to offset the pandemic and annual funding for the government, hours before the government was slated to shut down.

Security-software stocks soared Friday, as investors bet that the fallout from one of the most devastating hacks in U.S. history will lead to increased security spending by companies and government agencies.

Federal prosecutors charged a China-based executive at U.S. company Zoom Video Communications Inc.  with conspiring to disrupt videoconference commemorations of the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests.

Google has come up with a new perk for Silicon Valley’s famously pampered workforce: Free, weekly, at-home COVID-19 testing.

Congressional Democrats called on regulators to enact stricter oversight of commission-free trading apps in interviews with MarketWatch, in the wake of online brokerage Robinhood’s $65 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading customers about how it makes money from customer’s trades.

Businesses still don’t know if their PPP loan really will be forgiven, and that is putting the broader economy at risk.

Nike Inc. shares moved toward fresh record highs in after-hours trading Friday, after the athletic-apparel giant reported a return to revenue growth.

The U.S. current-account deficit, a measure of the nation’s debt to other countries, rose 10.6% in the third quarter largely because of an increase in the trade gap on goods.

VIce President Mike Pence received the COVID-19 vaccine in a television event on Friday,

Oil futures were little changed Friday, but were on track for a seventh straight weekly rise as traders remained optimistic about vaccine rollouts and prospects for U.S. lawmakers to reach a deal on an economic relief package.

Analysts said the combination of Brexit and stimulus talks building into a potentially newsy weekend may see investors stick to the sidelines or take risk off the table on Friday.