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Take a look at the stocks making headlines in midday trading.

Options traders are betting Nike can hit new all-time highs after the sportswear giant reports earnings Thursday

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton is testifying in front of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Thursday.

Strategists say they are now paying attention to a more refined set of disease metrics when deciding when to sell.

McDonald's has ended its testing of a burger made with a Beyond Meat patty in Canada.

Movie theater owners may be eager to reopen their screens to the public, but health experts aren't convinced that its time to head back to cinemas.

Retail investors overall are simply not as bullish as their Robinhood counterparts.

Recent data indicates a deeper-than-expected downturn, the International Monetary Fund warned, and the disconnect between this and recent market rallies could lead to a correction.

The Supreme Court sided 7-2 with President Donald Trump on Thursday in an immigration case concerning speedy deportations known as "expedited removal."

Jobless claims totaled 1.48 million last week as unemployment related to the coronavirus pandemic remained stubbornly high. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting 1.35 million claims.

Tanzanian miner Saniniu Laizer has become a millionaire overnight by selling two Tanzanite gemstones — the largest ever found in the country — for 7.7 billion Tanzanian shillings ($3.4 million), according to multiple media reports.

Monday's auction marks the first real test of the global art market since the coronavirus pandemic and is a bold experiment in bidding.

The NFL Hall of Fame game was scheduled for Aug. 6.

The coronavirus pandemic upended CEC Entertainment's business, with same-store sales falling 21.9% during the first quarter.

State travel restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19 aren't 'helpful,' according to Airbus Americas' CEO.

At the end of May, I went out to eat at a restaurant in Ohio for the first time in nearly three months. Here's what it was like.

"They need to look at some selected shut downs of congregate settings like, perhaps, bars," the former FDA director said.

Gold has continued to rise of late as a resurgence of coronavirus cases, particularly in the U.S., has dented some of the investor optimism about the speed of a post-pandemic recovery.

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