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What happened Shares of several brick-and-mortar retail chains were moving up on Wednesday afternoon, as Congress and the Trump administration neared agreement on a $2 trillion deal intended to support the U.S. economy through the coronavirus pandemic.

In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, host Emily Flippen chats with Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall about the impact of coronavirus on dividend-paying companies, particularly Dividend Aristocrats, and what makes them so resilient. They also share some tips and so

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In this episode of MarketFoolery, Mac Greer and Motley Fool contributor Dan Kline discuss the recent uptick on Wall Street and Congress closing in on a stimulus package and how it could impact various industries. Learn how the private sector is working together to manufacture f

UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s UNH UnitedHealthcare business updated its existing fully-insured and level-funded customers about the initiation of a special enrollment period. It gives the customers an opportunity to come under the company’s health coverage schemes amid the COVID

CME Group CME declared the launch of a gold futures contract with expanded delivery options. The options for the new contract sizes include 100-troy ounce, 400-troy ounce and 1-kilo gold bars. The new contract, following the fulfillment of regulatory approval, is projected to b

Shares of Novavax, Inc. NVAX gained 18.7% yesterday after the company announced positive top-line data from a pivotal phase III study on its nanoparticle seasonal influenza vaccine candidate, NanoFlu, for adult patients aged 65 years and above.

It's been 10 days since retail clothing chain The Gap (NYSE: GPS) announced a "temporary reduction" in store hours in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a week since Gap temporarily closed down all of its Old Navy, Athleta, Banana Republic, Gap, Janie and Jack, and Intermix

Aetna, which is now owned by CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), is waiving cost-sharing and co-pays for members who are admitted to the hospital for treatment of COVID-19 or health complications associated with it. However, they will have to go to in-network facilities to get that benefit.

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Micron Technology Inc. (Symbol: MU), where a total of 169,360 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 16.9 million underlying shares. That amounts to a

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What happened Shares of CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) have dropped today, down by 6% as of 12:10 p.m. EDT, after the company received a downgrade from Wall Street. The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to hurt the regional telecom's business, which is already fragile.

What happened Shares of The TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX), a leading off-price retailer of apparel, home furnishings, and other consumer products, jumped over 13% higher Wednesday morning after an analyst rating continued a recent trend.

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The coronavirus pandemic may have confined techies worldwide to their homes but new initiatives are being taken to ensure that appropriate software are developed to undertake challenges that might pop up amid this lockdown. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) partnered

Humana Inc. HUM recently expanded the availability of telehealth services to reduce exposure to risks from the coronavirus outbreak. The World Health Organization-declared global pandemic already infected 375498 people to date across 196 countries or territories and took lives o