AT&T's (NYSE: T) stock has declined about 15% over the past five years, woefully underperforming the S&P 500's 50% gain over the same time frame. The telecom giant struggled with an ongoing loss of pay TV subscribers, tough competition in the wireless market, and a massi
(RTTNews) - Pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. will buy a nearly 30 percent stake in primary care services provider VillageMD and open VillageMD physician-led primary care clinics in up to 700 of its stores, the companies said Wednesday.
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (DTD) shows an impressive 20.3% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
Valero Energy Corp (Symbol: VLO), which makes up 0.19% of the Wis
With the Tuesday morning announcement of a $1.6 billion dollar investment from the White House's Operation Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccine accelerator, Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) stock skyrocketed more than 30%. Under the terms of the investment by the U.S. Department of Health and Hum
(RTTNews) - Walgreens Boots Alliance said Wednesday VillageMD will open its clinics in about 500 to 700 Walgreens stores in more than 30 U.S. markets over the next five years.
The cloud-based identity specialist Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) is poised to profit from the secular shift to cloud computing. But with its stock price close to its all-time highs after having more than doubled from its March lows, is it still a good time for investors to get involved?
EU antitrust authorities have extended their investigation into Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica's 7.2-billion-euro ($8.1 billion) bid for Dutch opticians group GrandVision by a week to Aug. 20.
There's a lot of debate right now over whether to grant Americans a second stimulus check to follow the first round of payments that went out starting in April. But that's not the only relief measure up for discussion. Since the CARES Act was passed in late March, out-of-work Am
The biotech industry has been red-hot lately, especially among those companies that are frantically searching for products to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO) have vaulted higher as investors hope that the company wi
A safe and effective vaccine would be a shot in the arm for a world that's grown weary of the COVID-19 pandemic. The good news is that there's a lot of work going on to produce just such a vaccine. At least 19 novel-coronavirus vaccine candidates are now in clinical testing, acc
While the market has recovered sharply since the March lows, it's important for investors to realize that we're not out of the woods just yet. COVID-19 cases are spiking in several key areas of the United States, and it's entirely possible that further measures will need to be t
A COVID-19 vaccine will be worth billions and billions of dollars. It will likely be the most valuable drug on the planet. There are many pharmaceutical companies are pursuing a vaccine, and the market has already started rewarding some of them. Right now the big winners are sma
Retail cannabis sales in Canada have rebounded from a brief dip in February, but Organigram (NASDAQ: OGI) stock hasn't followed. Shares of the licensed cannabis producer have lost about 30% of their value this year.
2020 has been a rough year for many stock investors. For those who've concentrated on the Nasdaq 100 index of top stocks trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, though, returns have been strong. As of July 6, the index was up 21% on the year and sitting at a new record.
Coronavirus vaccines have been making headlines recently, but so far, they all remain merely candidates in various stages of development. Nearly 130 investigational vaccines are in preclinical studies, while 18 have entered testing in humans, according to the World Health Organi
Scandel-hit Steinhoff International agreed to sell its shares in furniture retailer Conforama France to Mobilux Sàrl, the parent company of retailer BUT, for a nominal amount, the company said on Wednesday.
(RTTNews) - KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR) has agreed to acquire Global Atlantic Financial Group Limited, a retirement and life insurance company. Global Atlantic serves more than two million policyholders through its retirement and life insurance products. KKR will pay Global Atlanti
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - British consumers could end up paying for the government’s Huawei Technologies red card. If Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposes a total ban on the Chinese company’s equipment from superfast 5G networks, mobile operators BT and Vodafo
When is the best time to claim Social Security retirement benefits? This is a hot topic among financial experts and pre-retirees. Claiming benefits early could reduce them by as much as 30%, while waiting to file could lead to a big benefits increase -- around 8% annually betwee