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The one-year anniversary of the protests and riots that rocked Chile in 2019, leaving more than 30 dead, brings mixed emotions to demonstrator Diego Leppez, who lost his eye when a tear gas bomb exploded by his side.

What happenedShares of Aldeyra Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ALDX) soared 18.1% higher on Friday. The big jump came after BTIG analyst Julian Harrison initiated coverage on the stock with a buy recommendation and a price target of $29 -- more than four times Aldeyra's closing price on Th

The S&P 500 posted a nominal gain on Friday as further clarity regarding the timeline for the development of a coronavirus vaccine and much better-than-expected retail sales data brought buyers back to the market.

(RTTNews) - After moving sharply higher early in the session, stocks remained mostly positive throughout the trading day on Friday before coming under pressure going into the close. The major averages pulled back sharply in the final hour of trading, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq sl

Speculators' net bearish bets on the U.S. dollar shrank in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.

Investors seem to be spooked by the resurgence in coronavirus cases as they fear that another round of business restrictions and lockdown measures might derail the economic recovery achieved so far. According to a CNN report, the United States is close to recording 8 million coro

It's been a turbulent week for the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), which posted strong gains on Monday and spent the rest of the week fighting to hang onto them. In the end, market participants managed to defend their weekly gains, albeit failing to claw back much of the g

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

The S&P 500 advanced on Friday as further clarity regarding the timeline for the development of a coronavirus vaccine and much better-than-expected retail sales data and brought buyers back to the market.

Mexican low-cost airline Volaris expects to consolidate much of the market it has gained during the coronavirus pandemic, though annual revenues are unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels before 2022, the company's chief executive said.

Supported by shelter-in-place directives enforced earlier this year, video game equities and the related exchange traded funds are among this year's best-performing assets.

A surprising surge in U.S. retail spending in September helped push the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) higher on Friday. Total retail sales rose 1.9% in September compared to August, well ahead of the 0.8% gain expected by economists. The strongest categories incl

Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Russell said in an interview that the company doesn't need its partnership with General Motors (NYSE: GM), which continues to be negotiated, according to a Bloomberg report.

What happenedShares of embattled electric-truck start-up Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) were trading lower on Friday after its CEO downplayed the need to build an electric-pickup truck as negotiations with General Motors (NYSE: GM) remain unresolved.

U.S. stocks advanced on Friday as further clarity regarding the timeline for the development of a coronavirus vaccine and upbeat retail sales data and brought buyers back to the market.

What happenedThe stock market was in a positive mood Friday with the major U.S. indexes up fractionally as of mid-afternoon. But that didn't stop edge-computing platform operator Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) from getting crushed for a second consecutive day. After shedding 27% of its valu

The union of supervisors at BHP´s Escondida mine in Chile on Friday said it had reached an agreement on a labor deal, averting the threat of a strike at the world´s largest copper deposit.

Veteran television executive Peter Roth will leave his job as chairman of Warner Bros. Television Group in 2021, the AT&T Inc-owned studio said in a statement on Friday.

The U.S. government has signed agreements with pharmacy chains CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boot Alliance to administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents of long-term care facilities whenever a safe and effective vaccine is authorized, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Friday.

What happenedShares of Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX) are rising today, up by 12% as of 1:34 p.m. EDT, after getting positive commentary from Wall Street. RBC Capital and J.P. Morgan both upgraded their respective views on the consumer electronics contract manufacturer.