Kimberly-Clark takes a majority stake in period underwear company Thinx

Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB, +2.52% said Friday that it has taken a majority stake in Thinx, a company specializing in washable, menstruation underwear. Thinx undergarments are made to absorb wetness and...

SEC proposes new rule requiring short-sellers to disclose their positions monthly

Gary Gensler has been circling short-sellers for months, and now the Securities and Exchange Commission chief is looking to make a big move. Under a new rule proposed by the SEC Friday morning, some i...

All 30 Dow stocks rise, led by J&J and UnitedHealth; 3M set to snap longest losing streak in 10 years

The shares of all 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.51% gained ground in afternoon trading Friday, as the blue chip barometer surged toward its biggest gain in 21 months. Of t...

Mortgage rates fall amid geopolitical uncertainty. How the Russia-Ukraine crisis could impact home buyers — and interest rates

Home buyers are seeing temporary relief from rising interest rates as markets react to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But in the longer term, inflation remains a serious concern. The 30-year fixed-rate...

Dell stock drops as earnings miss offsets new dividend

Dell Technologies Inc. shares dropped in the extended session Thursday after the computer maker’s earnings fell short of Wall Street expectations while the company’s board initiated a dividend. Dell  ...

AMD announces $8 billion stock buyback program

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. inched higher in after-hours trading Thursday after the chip company announced a new $8 billion buyback authorization. The new repurchase authorization is in addi...

Tesla stock extends $100+ bounce after Daiwa analyst says buy, for these reasons

Shares of Tesla Inc. gained Friday, to extend the previous session’s more-than $100 bounce, after Daiwa Capital analyst Jairam Nathan said it’s finally time to start buying again, as supply chain conc...

My mom cosigned student loans for my now-disabled sister. How can we repay them?

How to get out of student loan debt. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: My mom cosigned my sister’s student loan for her online school, but life got in the way for my sister and because of her mental ...

Dow surges nearly 800 points and aims for best day in over a year as Nasdaq, S&P 500 erase weekly losses and angst over Russia-Ukraine clash gives way to buying

U.S. stock benchmarks were trading sharply higher Friday as investors who were cautious about buying at the onset of the military clash in Eastern Europe were turning eager to hunt down bargains. The ...

Foot Locker shares slide 13% premarket as soft 2022 guidance offsets earnings beat

Foot Locker Inc. shares FL, +3.86% slid 13% premarket Friday, after the athletic retailer offered weak guidance for 2022, offsetting a fourth-quarter earnings beat and news of a higher dividend. The c...

3M stock sinks toward longest losing streak in 10 years

Shares of N95 face-mask maker 3M Co. MMM, -0.47% dropped 2.6% in afternoon trading Thursday, to put them on track to suffer the longest losing streak in a decade. The consumer, industrial and health c...

Coinbase stock falls as crypto platform casts doubt on Q1 outlook

Coinbase Global Inc. stock fell nearly 6% in extended trading Thursday after the Silicon Valley crypto platform crushed Wall Street expectations for its fourth quarter but cast doubt on current-quarte...

Russia’s attack on Ukraine: ‘Now is not a time to be buying the dip’ in stocks, cautions Wells Fargo strategist

Investors should probably hold back from putting cash to work in the sinking stock market as geopolitical fears swirl around Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Paul Christopher, hea...

Zscaler stock drops after forecast outlook range dips below Street view

Zscaler Inc. shares dropped in the extended session Thursday after the cybersecurity company forecast an earnings range that dipped below Wall Street expectations following a rally in the regular sess...

UPDATE: South Jersey Industries shares soar 47% premarket on news of $8.1 billion acquisition by Infrastructure Investments Fund

An earlier version of this report said the IIF is owned by JPMorgan. It is a private vehicle. The article has been corrected. South Jersey Industries Inc. SJI, -1.22% said Thursday it has entered an a...

Dow futures sink over 700 points as Putin authorizes invasion, explosions heard near Ukraine’s Kyiv

U.S. stock-index futures were tumbling Wednesday night, extending an earlier decline on Wall Street, as Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a “special military operation” in Ukraine. CNN on We...

It’s time to get rid of Social Security’s not-so-hidden tax

End the Social Security double tax Now comes the news that about half of Social Security beneficiaries expect to be taxed on their benefits this year. So reports The Senior Citizens League, a group th...

Alibaba earnings to come amid macro pressures on Chinese e-commerce

As Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. works through a flurry of challenges, it will once again look to restore investor confidence in its long-term vision when it reports earnings Thursday. The Chinese e-comm...

The next shoe to drop? The 125-year old Dow industrials are on brink of correction. Here’s what history says happens next in the U.S. stock market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was on the verge of entering correction territory after closing sharply lower on Wednesday as the Pentagon said that Russian troops were poised to launch a full-blown ...

FuboTV stock drops after earnings on mixed outlook

Shares of fuboTV Inc. were off 1% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the streaming company delivered revenue ahead of what it had been expecting when it delivered preliminary results a month earli...

3M stock sinks toward longest losing streak in nearly 4 years

Shares of 3M Co. MMM, -1.54% fell 0.8% in midday trading Wednesday, to put them in danger of suffering the longest losing streak in nearly four years, and on track for a 21-month closing low. The cons...

Home Depot leads the list of 20 worst performers in the S&P 500 on Tuesday

Slightly positive isn’t good enough for this stock market. While market jitters on Feb. 22 were driven by Russia’s movement of troops into Ukraine, the U.S. stock market was also adjusting to the idea...

Meritor shares headed toward 24-year high after Cummins buys axle, braking and powertrain maker for $3.7 billion

Shares of Meritor Inc., a maker of axle, braking and electric powertrain components, were headed toward a 24-year high Tuesday, after the company announced a deal to be acquired by diesel truck engine...

S&P 500 logs first correction in 2 years as Russia-Ukraine conflict escalates. Here’s what history says happens next to U.S. stock-market benchmark

The S&P 500 on Tuesday fell into a correction for the first time in two years, joining the Nasdaq Composite, as Russia sent troops into pro-Russian regions in Ukraine. The S&P 500 index SPX, -...

Teladoc stock drops after another quarterly loss for telemedicine company

Shares of Teladoc Health Inc. TDOC, +0.46% fell more than 6% in the extended session Tuesday after investors looked past a narrower quarterly loss and sales that were above expectations. Teladoc said ...

Fertilizer producer Mosaic says demand strong, but stock falls on Q4 earnings miss

Shares of Mosaic Co. MOS, -1.80% dropped more than 6% in the extended session Tuesday after the fertilizer and feed producer missed fourth-quarter expectations and said rising agricultural commodity p...

Virgin Galactic stock rises after narrower Q4 loss, first sales

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. shares rose more than 3% late Tuesday after the space-tourism company reported a narrower quarterly loss and said that demand for its “one of a kind” space flights remain...

Home Depot’s stock tumble cutting more than 220 points off the Dow’s price

Shares of Home Depot Inc. HD, -9.72% tumbled 9.8% in afternoon trading Tuesday, to pace the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s decliners, after the home improvement retailer reported fiscal fourth-q...

Dow futures sink about 500 points as Putin orders deployment of troops to eastern Ukraine

U.S. stock-index futures were headed sharply lower Monday evening as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to separatist areas within Ukraine, after recognizing their indep...

European stocks and U.S. equity futures wobble as Kremlin says U.S-Russia summit not a done deal

European stocks fell Monday, as investors clung to hopes that diplomacy will prevali over an increasingly tense Russia-Ukraine crisis. Technology stocks led the downside on the heels of sharp losses f...

U.S. stock futures fall, oil prices jump as U.S. says Russia has decided to invade Ukraine

U.S stock-index futures fell Sunday, amid even more urgent warnings from U.S. officials that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could come soon. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.35%, S&P 5...