(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in four straight sessions, tumbling more than 145 points or 4.8 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,010-point plateau and it may stop the bleeding on Tuesday.
Nearly 300 million people have gone back to work in China since the Lunar New Year break as more companies restart business and coronavirus travel restrictions ease, although many small firms are still struggling to find enough workers to run plants.
(RTTNews) - The Malaysia stock market has finished lower in two straight sessions, surrendering almost 40 points or 2.9 percent along the way. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now rests just above the 1,465-point plateau and it figures to stop the bleeding on Tuesday.
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Shares of AnaptysBio (NASDAQ: ANAB) closed up 15% on Monday after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings and updated investors on its pipeline.
The stock market rout last week over fears the coronavirus could trigger a recession was the worst since the 2008 financial crisis, but market experts said on Monday trade was mostly orderly thanks to a robust market infrastructure.
Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY) announced its 2019 fourth-quarter and full-year results after the market closed on Monday. The Canadian cannabis producer also reported that it had signed and closed a senior credit facility for $60 million on Feb. 28, 2020, to shore up its financial positi
Newell Brands Inc said on Monday it received a subpoena from U.S. regulators primarily relating to some of its sales and accounting practices and that its first-half 2020 revenues would be hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
Public health authorities in Minnesota are calling for the state to establish a central regulator for the marijuana business. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, officials from four state agencies are lobbying the government for this regulator because the quickly growing
The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Iran's nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it, several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday.
Trillium Asset Management LLC has called for the separation of Johnson & Johnson's chairman and chief executive officer roles, currently held by Alex Gorsky, according to a regulatory filing by the healthcare conglomerate on Monday.
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Investors in Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Target (NYSE: TGT), CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) are having a pleasant start to the trading week. Shares of Walmart, Target, and CVS Health closed Monday's trading session up 8%, 6%, and 8%, respectively, f
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared victory on Tuesday in Israel's third election in less than a year, after television exit polls showed him just a seat short of a governing majority in parliament.
(RTTNews) - The Canadian stock market ended on a strong note on Monday, snapping a six-session losing streak, as shares rebounded amid hopes global central banks will cut interest rates to revive sagging economies.
(RTTNews) - The South Korea stock market on Monday ended the three-day slide in which it had tumbled almost 120 points or 5.8 percent. The KOSPI now rests just above the 2,000-point plateau and it's expected to see some major acceleration on Tuesday.
Outsized returns in India, besting local lenders for the first time in a decade, are emboldening banks such as Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and HSBC to invest more in a market that has long held promise but tended to under-deliver.
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Shares of Mobile Mini (NASDAQ: MINI), a provider of portable storage containers, jumped to close the day 5.2% higher on Monday. The move came after the company announced plans to merge with rival WillScot (NASDAQ: WSC) to create "an industry leading specialty leasi
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Shares of JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) were surging after the Chinese e-commerce specialist turned in a better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings report and gave guidance that showed the company weathering the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak well.
The new coronavirus now appears to be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within but can still be contained, and stigma is more dangerous than the disease itself, the World Health Organization said on Monday.