Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, losing just 2.8%. Within that group, Eversource Energy (Symbol: ES) and American Electric Power Co Inc (Symbol: AEP) are two large stocks leading the way, sh
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One day after Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) stock dropped 7% in an apparent bout of investor profit-taking, shares of the motorcycle manufacturer are down again -- and again, down 7% -- in Friday trading as of 1 p.m. EDT.
Uber (NYSE: UBER) is teaming up with Ro, a telehealth company, to provide drivers, delivery people, and freight carriers with access to a free COVID-19 health assessment tool.
In trading on Friday, shares of Regions Financial Corp's 6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (Symbol: RF.PRB) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.5938), with shares changing hands as lo
Defense giant Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will produce an unspecified number of Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target (PATRIOT) Advanced Capability-3 missiles, in the company's "missile segment enhancement configuration," along with associated ground support equipme
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Sellers are driving stocks on May 1 as the earnings numbers start to roll in. At this writing, the SPDR S&P ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY) is down 2.9%, with restaurant stocks, particularly casual sit-down chains, taking a heavy beating.
Molina Healthcare, Inc.’s MOH first-quarter 2020 adjusted earnings of $3.02 per share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.3% due to escalating expenses. Moreover, the bottom line slid 0.7% year over year.
In this episode of Market Foolery, Chris Hill and Motley Fool analyst Bill Barker go through a couple of earnings reports. They look at the results of two tech behemoths, a consumer-goods company, and a fashion retailer. They discuss acquisition opportunities, stock buybacks, cl
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Investors of Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ: PENN) got a dose of reality today, as Macao's results for April came in. Revenue was down 97% year over year for the casino city, and Penn National's stock is down with that news. As of 11:45 a.m. EDT, shares were down 13
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) was down 2.1% at 11:35 a.m. EDT Friday, starting the month of May on a sour note. After an epic April rally that pushed the Dow up 11% for the month, the economic realities of the novel coronavirus pandemic may be putting renewe
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Oil prices were a bit weaker today. WTI, the main U.S. oil benchmark, was marginally lower at 10:45 a.m. EDT while Brent, the global benchmark, slumped more than 1%. This weakness in the oil market, as well as an overall down day in the stock market, weighed on mos