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.
The Federal Reserve on Friday loosened its ban on share buybacks for the largest banks that were put in place earlier this year to ensure the sector had enough capital to continue to function during the coronavirus pandemic.