Text size A balloon floating above the aisles at a Family Dollar store. Photograph by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a public warning on Friday regarding potential...
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Aurora Cannabis stock gains after first beat on pot sales in more than a year
Aurora Cannabis Inc. shares gained in late trading Thursday, after the Canadian pot producer beat sales expectations for the first time in more than a year. Aurora ACB, -1.08% ACB, -1.02% reported a f...
Bears beware. Past corrections for the S&P 500 are only 15% on average, outside of recessions
Even after a rough January for Wall Street, it might take the U.S. economy slipping into a recession before the S&P 500 index risks entering a bear market, according to Oxford Economics. “Equities...
U.S. Stock Futures Poised for Lower Open on Monday
Stocks are poised to open lower on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Text size Here’s what you need to know to navigate the markets today. • U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly down. On Sunday n...
Unilever skids after attempt to snag Glaxo’s consumer-health unit, as FTSE 100 climbs
Unilever shares slumped Monday as the consumer products giant suggested it might increase its offer for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer health unit. Unilever ULVR, -7.02% fell 7% as Glaxo revealed it’s rej...
Moderna and Novavax Stocks Get Whacked by Supreme Court’s Vaccine Decision
Text size A nurse takes a Moderna Covid-19 vaccines ready to be administered at a vaccination site Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images Novavax stock and shares of other vaccine makers fell Friday after the...
Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm Has Another Shot at Success
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Biogen ’s Alzheimer’s disease therapy, Aduhelm, has been a disappointment for the company since its Food and Drug Administration approval last spring, with early ...
Deere Goes Autonomous With Its Farmer-Free Tractor
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size One of the biggest themes at this past week’s CES tech show was electric and autonomous transportation—cars, trucks, bikes, boats. And, it turns out, tractors. Fa...
5 Companies That Began 2022 With Upbeat News on Dividends
Royalty Pharma, Life Storage, and Viatris, among other companies, rang in 2022 by announcing dividend increases this week. Royalty Pharma (ticker: RPRX) declared a quarterly dividend of 19 cents a sha...
Not Even GameStop Stock Can Fight the Fed
Text size A Tesla electric vehicle drives through the Las Vegas Convention Center loop at the CES 2022 show this past week. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images The stock market is supposed to be forwar...
Biotech Stocks Are Due to Bounce Back. This One Stands Out.
Text size Large-cap biotech will offer a smoother ride than small, and Vertex, in particular, looks attractive. Igor Akimov/Dreamstime.com Biotech stocks began the year in much the same way they ended...
Opinion: AT&T and 4 more unloved dividend stocks to buy in a ‘risk-off’ era
With stocks off to one of their worst starts to the year since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, it’s no longer crazy to talk about a sustained period of market volatility or a prolonged “risk off” envi...