Japan is considering a fresh stimulus package worth over $929 billion that will consist mostly of financial aid programmes for companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the Nikkei newspaper said on Monday.
British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has authorised a bailout plan to rescue companies that are seen as strategically important, with the Treasury saying it may step in to support crucial businesses on a "last resort" basis after other options run out.
Although you may be retired, chances are that you will still have a long term future ahead of you. That means you'll want to keep part of your money in stocks in order to benefit from their long-term growth potential. Their opportunity to grow is a key tool that you can use to g
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been stepping up its data center game for a while now. Last quarter's results indicate the effort has been worth it. Gaming is still the company's single biggest source of revenue, but data center sales saw a big year-over-year jump -- so big, in fact,
Down 28% from its February peak, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) stock is performing significantly worse than the rest of the stock market, which has rallied off its March lows and cut its total decline to about 15%.
Beleaguered Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ: PLAY) stock has dropped over 70% year to date, down in the dumps and seemingly banished there for good as the entertainment venue, sports bar, and restaurant concept remains temporarily closed. The lockdowns intended to slow
The answer is yes. There's no need to build any suspense. Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) is definitely a great stock to buy right now, in my view.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday hailed supporters rallying in the country's capital to back his administration as an unfolding political scandal adds to the public health crisis driven by the coronavirus outbreak.
Clinical trial results from an experimental coronavirus vaccine AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) licensed from Oxford University might not be ready this September as hoped. In an interview with The Telegraph, the director of Oxford's Jenner Institute, Professor Adrian Hill, said the ch
Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) recently announced sales growth that blew past management's outlook. The video game giant's NBA 2K20, Grand Theft Auto, and Borderland brands were just a few of the standouts that allowed net bookings to jump 49% in the fiscal 2020 fourth quar
2020 has been a rough year for a lot of stocks. From the market peak in late February to the market trough in late March, the arrival of COVID-19 subtracted 35% from the value of the S&P 500. Few stocks were hit as hard as online furniture store Wayfair (NYSE: W), which lost
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson backed his senior adviser Dominic Cummings on Sunday, despite calls from within his own Conservative Party for the aide to resign for driving 250 miles during the coronavirus lockdown.
When you think "clean energy," you probably picture rows and rows of solar panels, or maybe a wind farm or hydroelectric dam. But none of those energy sources (yet) can easily create vehicle fuel, especially not for heavy-duty vehicles like trucks or buses.
Developing novel drugs for unmet medical needs remains the mission for many emerging drug developers. These pharma companies tackle a range of diseases but have one common attribute. Healthcare investors can look past the development risk. Two companies have approved drugs recen
A decade is a long time. In a world where everything is changing in a matter of weeks, talking about what could happen in the next 10-year stretch, when both the novel coronavirus and the economic lockdown meant to bring it to heel are still wreaking havoc, may seem premature.
Airlines have been among the hardest-hit businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. For much of the spring, nearly all states were requiring people to stay home except for essential activities. In any case, with conventions canceled, businesses moving to remote work, theme parks c
Tens of millions of Americans rely on Social Security for a huge portion of their monthly income, and many more expect to take advantage of their Social Security benefits in the future. Yet Social Security has faced the prospect of future financial problems for years, and Washin