Expansion of New Zealand's manufacturing activity dropped during August due to a lockdown in the country's biggest city, Auckland, due to a second wave of coronavirus infections, a survey showed on Friday.
Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) reported blockbuster fiscal fourth-quarter results (ended Jun. 30) after the market close on Thursday, continuing to reap the rewards of the stay-at-home economy. The home fitness specialist reported revenue of $607 million, which soared 172% year over yea
Paris St Germain lost 1-0 at promoted RC Lens in their first Ligue 1 game of the season on Thursday following a bad mistake by goalkeeper Marcin Bulka, as the French champions suffered in the absence of several players who tested positive for COVID-19.
Australian shares are set to open lower on Friday, and are on track to post their fourth consecutive weekly decline as uncertainty regarding easing of coronavirus restrictions along with rising political tensions with China dampened sentiment.
Karen Karniol-Tambour, director of investment research at Bridgewater Associates, has complained to the hedge fund's management after learning she has been paid less than some male counterparts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
"Fortnite" creator Epic Games said on Thursday Apple Inc has given its users an "indefinite extension" to log into the game using an Apple sign-in system.
Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), one of the more reliable dividend payers in the pharmaceutical industry, is getting set to hand out its new distribution. On Thursday, the sprawling company's board of directors declared a new quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share, which will be
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Shares of DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) were up 5.4% by the close of trading on Thursday, just a few hours before the opening game of the National Football League's 2020 season.
(RTTNews) - Business software giant Oracle Corp. (ORCL), Thursday reported a first-quarter profit and revenues that trumped Wall Street estimates, a work-from-home climate has increased demand for cloud services and other softwares.
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Shares of IT consultant Virtusa (NASDAQ: VRTU) are up 23.8% in 9:55 a.m. EDT trading on news that private equity firm Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) will acquire the company in a merger transaction valued at $2 billion.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Thursday it has launched two of the three late-stage clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of different types of blood thinners in treating COVID-19 among adults.
Brazilian daredevil Maya Gabeira has improved her own world record for the biggest wave surfed by a woman, riding a 73.5 foot (22.4m) giant at Portugal's Nazare and overshadowing the top male surfers in the process.
Peloton Interactive Inc beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday as the exercise bike maker benefited from a surge in subscribers and demand for its fitness products during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Shares of movie meister AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) lost 5.2% in Thursday trading and continued to fall in the after-hours. There's been no "new" news today to explain the decline, so I can only presume that it took investors a while to work out the math on yeste
U.S. stocks closed lower after a choppy trading session on Thursday as heavyweight tech-related stocks resumed their decline following a sharp rebound the previous session, while elevated jobless claims reminded investors of a still-difficult recovery ahead.
Brushing off yesterday's small rally, stocks once again fell during a session of volatile trading, as the tech sector pulled back after a one-day respite. The Dow finished the day over 400 points lower, despite earlier trading over 200 points above fair value, as investors por
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said it arrested four men who used a low-flying helicopter to avoid detection of the illegal transport of cannabis from Canada into the U.S.
Four players were tied for the early lead at the ANA Inspiration as the second women's golf major of the year got underway in Rancho Mirage, California on Thursday.
Bayer's Chief Executive Werner Baumann won an extension of his contract until 2024, in a show of support from the drugmaker's new chairman just months after agreeing an $11 billion settlement of U.S. lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller.