While movie theaters are hoping for big business as they reopen after months-long closures due to coronavirus restrictions, giving “Black Widow” a streaming option signals that Disney DIS is hedging its bets in case moviegoers don’t flock back to theaters right away. Disney movies — and especially Marvel releases — are traditionally movie theaters’ most bankable bets.
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Zoom Video Communications Inc. will play an “integral” role in a post-COVID world, but Deutsche Bank analyst Matthew Niknam said the stock has already rallied too much to recommend buying at current levels.
Special-purpose acquisition companies have raised $94.4 billion this year through IPOs — already more than the record annual total of $83.4 billion last year.
From a cookie maker to an upscale car lounge, it’s been one year since MarketWatch first profiled four small-business owners who were staring down the corona-crisis. We checked in one last time.
‘It would be sad and painful to see people end up losing this money that was designed to prop up the economy and get us out of COVID-induced recession.’
‘My father-in-law is extremely attached emotionally to the car, because it belonged to his mother. That said, my wife and I are expecting our first child in roughly 3 months.’
‘His wife has been vindictive, mean and petty, refusing to pay for an ambulance to the hospice, refusing to provide funeral information to the hospice center.’
‘Although we both care greatly for each other, our relationship started as and remains a mutually beneficial one: money for me, companionship for him.’