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Watching the markets with an eye to the main chance, Raymond James strategist Tavis McCourt sees both risk...

Markets ended 2020 on a high note, and have started 2021 on a bullish trajectory. All three major...

With the Georgia election behind us, and the Trump Administration on the way out, the near- to mid-term...

Step back, take a look at the bigger picture. The markets are up this week, with gains in...

It’s been up, up, and away for the markets since the end of September. Both the NASDAQ and...

The big picture is looking up as we head toward the Christmas and New Year holiday season. Despite...

Eli Lilly & Co. and insurer UnitedHealth Group have teamed up to conduct a pragmatic study of the...

Big Lots shares plummeted 11.1% on Dec. 4 even as the retailer delivered better-than-anticipated results for the third...

Shares of Smith & Wesson Brands jumped 5.2% on Friday after the firearms manufacturer reported that sales more...

PNM Resources (PNM) has ramped up its quarterly dividend by 6.5% to $0.3275 per share from $0.3075. The...

Shares of Kroger fell 4.4% on Thursday after the food retailer reported 3Q revenues of $29.7 billion, falling...

Discovery Inc. is rolling out a new streaming service in partnership with Verizon Communications to distribute it to...

France’s Orange SA said it is considering a takeover bid of the shares it doesn’t already own in...

Amazon Inc. is in exclusive talks to snap up podcast startup Wondery, as the e-commerce giant pushes further...

Eli Lilly has struck an $812.5 million agreement with the US government to supply an additional 650,000 vials of...

Costco Wholesale reported double-digit sales growth for November but that number lagged analysts’ expectations and also indicated a...

Merck & Co. said it divested its direct equity investment in Moderna in the first half of the...

Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech will start to supply the UK with their mRNA vaccine from...

Shares of BlackBerry spiked another 5.7% in Tuesday’s extended market session after closing 19% higher on the day,...

Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech have filed a formal application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA)...

ExxonMobil will record impairment charges of $17 billion-$20 billion in the fourth quarter related to certain natural gas...

Amazon’s cloud computing business announced that it will run Apple’s macOS workloads on its platform for the first...

BAE Systems has secured a £2.4 billion ($3.20 billion) contract to supply munitions and engineering support to the...

2020 has been quite a roller coaster ride for the stock markets. The recent positive developments regarding two...

Dividend stocks are the Swiss army knives of the stock market. When dividend stocks go up, you make...

Tesla Inc. has been given the go-ahead to start selling its Shanghai-made Model Y sports utility vehicle in...

Apple has been fined €10 million ($12 million) for “deceptive” and “aggressive” trade practices regarding its iPhones by...

General Motors is seeking to apply for a banking charter to revive its lending facilities, in a move...

Energy giant ExxonMobil has called off the sale of its oil and gas assets in the Bass Strait...

Frontline shares plunged 8.6% on Wednesday as the oil tanker company lagged analysts’ earnings expectations for the third...

Tesla Inc. plans to launch the production of electric vehicle (EV) chargers in China in 2021, as the...

ExxonMobil plans to axe up to 300 jobs in Canada by the end of 2021 as the oil...

Online and home goods retailers are experiencing a boost from the current health crisis. However, department stores and...

L Brands announced leadership changes for its Victoria’s Secret brand as part of its efforts to revive the...

Shares of agriculture equipment maker Deere dropped 1.9% on Wednesday even after it issued strong guidance as the...

There are few companies that thrive even amid challenging conditions because of the strength of their business models...

Facebook has been fined by Korea’s personal information agency 6.7 billion won ($6.06 million) for providing users’ personal...

Nestle has agreed to sell its Yinlu peanut milk and canned rice porridge businesses in China to Food...

Shares of apparel retailer Gap tanked 11.6% in pre-market trading on Wednesday as the company missed analysts’ earnings...

Dollar Tree delivered robust sales growth across both of its banners – Family Dollar and Dollar Tree, in...

Best Buy shares fell 7% on Tuesday even as the consumer electronics retailer reported strong 3Q results. The...

Hewlett Packard Inc. bumped up its cash dividend by 10% after the computing giant posted better-than-expected quarterly results,...

The pandemic has triggered rapid adoption of cashless payments and digital transactions by consumers and merchants as well....

McCormick has signed a definitive agreement to snap up hot-sauce maker Cholula, in an $800 million all-cash deal,...

Hormel Foods shares were down 3.6% in pre-market trading on Tuesday as the packaged foods company lagged analysts’...

Generally, companies in the healthcare sector show resilience amid challenging macro conditions. However, certain healthcare stocks have been...

Blackstone Group Inc. is planning to raise at least $5 billion for its second private equity fund focused...

Spices and condiments maker McCormick announced a 10% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.68 per share, payable...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will review Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech’s request for emergency use authoriziation...

Nasdaq Inc. has inked an agreement to buy Verafin for $2.75 billion in cash, in a move to...