S&P 500 Industrials led the stock market higher through mid-August, and recent history of U.S. stock index performance suggests the run in the sector including UPS and Fedex will continue.
Republicans will make their case this week that the United States' economic and political future depends on the re-election of Donald Trump at a party convention designed to highlight his pre-pandemic record as president and sow doubt about opponent Joe Biden.
A majority of stock market strategists polled by CNBC expect Democratic candidate Joe Biden to win the U.S. presidential race — but they're significantly split on what the election would mean for stocks.
China's e-commerce and food delivery giants are reaping the benefits of an increasing number of consumers shopping online and businesses trying to digitize, a move accelerated by the coronavirus outbreak.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce on Monday it will issue an emergency exemption to the state of Texas permitting it to allow American Airlines to use a new surface coating that kills coronaviruses for up to seven days, sources briefed on the matter said.
The U.S. economic recovery is in question, given its weak coronavirus response. The dollar had also reacted to the country's surging deficit and the prospect of U.S. interest rates remaining lower for longer.
The National Hurricane Center warned of potentially life-threatening storm surge and high winds along the U.S. Gulf Coast as Hurricane Marco approaches.
President Donald Trump's older sister Maryanne Trump Barry described him as a "cruel" man with "no principles" in tapes that were secretly recorded in 2018 and 2019 by his niece, Mary Trump.