A statement from Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) released Friday suggests the company's coronavirus vaccine candidate could be ready for distribution throughout the U.S. by the end of November. In the open letter, CEO Albert Bourla laid out the three hurdles the company's coronavirus vaccine
Facing a backlash from Republican senators for blocking a New York Post story potentially damaging to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) announced on Thursday that it was reversing course and would allow the publication of such stories.The social me
W. R. Berkley Corporation WRB is slated to report third-quarter 2020 results on Oct 20, after market close. The company witnessed a negative earnings surprise of 73.91% in the last reported quarter.
Synchrony Financial SYF will release third-quarter 2020 results on Oct 20, before the market opens.The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the to-be-reported quarter’s earnings is pegged at 78 cents per share, suggesting a 36.1% drop from the year-ago reported figure, mainly due to CO
Eli Lilly and Company LLY announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cambridge, MA-based privately held biotech Disarm Therapeutics for an upfront payment of $135 million. The company is looking to expand its pain and neurological diseases portfolio by adding Disa
Sanofi’s SNY global vaccines business unit Sanofi Pasteur and Translate Bio, Inc. TBIO announced promising pre-clinical data on their coronavirus vaccine candidate MRT5500. Pre-clinical data demonstrated a favorable immune response profile against SARS-CoV-2 in mice and non-hum
On Oct 15, the Russell 2000 Index outperformed its peer equity gauges by the widest margin since late April. This was only the sixth time that has happened since 1986, according to Dow Jones Market Data, as quoted on MarketWatch. The last time the Russell 2000 outperformed its pe
What happenedShares of Boeing (NYSE: BA) jumped more than 5% at the open on Friday after the company's 737 MAX jet was deemed safe by European regulators. Getting the MAX airborne is a key part of the bull case for Boeing, and the market is applauding a significant step in that d
What happenedShares of movie theater operator AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) were up 11% as of noon EDT today, after increasing as much as 18% on the day. The jump is in contrast to the stock's performance earlier this week. Shares are still down almost 20% in the last five days,
What happenedGeneral Electric (NYSE: GE) investors have had a tough year. As the S&P 500 surged more than 16% over the past 52 weeks, GE stock went the other way. It's still down 23% -- and lagging the S&P's performance by about 40 percentage points!
Alphabet's Google has tweaked concessions aimed at allaying EU antitrust concerns about its $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit, people familiar with the matter said, putting it on course to secure EU approval for the deal.
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5G took center stage at Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) recent iPhone event. The faster network capability is one of the main selling points for Apple this year, but the feature inherently relies on the carriers' networks. And the carriers are ready to sell 5G.Verizon (NYSE: VZ), AT&T
The $49-billion asset First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQ: FCNCA) is merging with the $61-billion asset CIT Group (NYSE: CIT) in an all-stock deal that will create the 19th largest bank in the U.S., it was announced today.
(RTTNews) - Shares of Vipshop Holdings Limited (VIPS), a China-based online discount retailer, are gaining almost 14 percent or $2.43 in Friday's morning trade at $20.08 despite no company-centric news that could push the stock higher.U.S. stocks are rising on Friday after a repo
(RTTNews) - With an improvement in consumer expectations more than offsetting concerns about current conditions, the University of Michigan released a report on Friday showing a much bigger than expected increase in U.S. consumer sentiment in the month of October.The preliminary