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Costa Rica raised to nine the tally of people infected with coronavirus in its territory, up from five a day earlier, the government said Sunday.

China's Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd said on Monday that a fire on Sunday at a Shanghai steel mill would have limited impact on its molten iron output this year.

(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is plunging and the safe-haven yen rose sharply against the U.S. dollar on Monday following the negative cues from Wall Street Friday on lingering worries about the rapid spread of the coronavirus outbreak around the world.

(RTTNews) - The Indonesia stock market has finished lower in back-to-back sessions, dropping more than 150 points or 2.8 percent along the way. The Jakarta Composite Index now rests just beneath the 5,500-point plateau and it's expected to open lower again on Monday.

For a short period, Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) reigned as the cannabis producer with the largest market cap. After a huge plunge in its stock price over the past year, the company now ranks only in third place. And you could say that its position should be even lower. Constella

In 2017, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) struck a partnership with wireless carrier T-Mobile to include a Netflix subscription in its mobile plans. The streaming leader has since struck numerous partnerships with carriers, video distributors, and internet service providers throughout the

One of the most successful stocks over the past year, 10 years, and 40 years is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Apple is the rare, beloved brand in the technology industry, and it's been equally pleasing to investors. That's especially true of the Tim Cook era, when the company began retu

Good things may come to those who wait, but more often, they come to those who sweat and put in the effort. Home Depot (NYSE: HD) has always been a industry-leading retailer, but in the company's fiscal third quarter, sales came in lower than expected as the return on key invest

You probably have a retirement age in mind, but how likely are you to actually retire then? A recent TD Ameritrade survey crunched the numbers on this and found that the average chosen retirement age among adults 40 to 79 was 67, but the likelihood of actually retiring at that a

Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) could come out of the fourth quarter stronger than people might suspect, but its guidance may be muted because of the coronavirus outbreak, which is dulling many company forecasts for the year.

Grocery-retailer Albertsons Companies is making another attempt to go public, after shelving an IPO in 2015 due to poor market conditions. Albertsons' draft "S-1" registration statement, filed with the SEC on Friday, reveals an offering of $100 million in common stock and $100

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) holds a sizable advantage over many stocks. Its strong financials and diverse business make it a threat in any industry it moves into, including healthcare. But deciding if it's a better investment than well-known pharmacy retailer CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) inv

Last week wasn't a particularly eventful one for marijuana stocks, save for the inconvenient fact that most of their prices dropped at double-digit percentage rates. This, of course, was due more to general fears of the effect of the coronavirus on the global economy and the fal

Around 44.5 million retired workers receive a monthly benefit check from the Social Security Administration. While the average benefit isn't very big (just $1,503 per month in 2020), Social Security remains a very important source of income for most retirees. In fact, millions o

It's been a rough few years for banking giant Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC). The problems started with a 2016 fraud investigation that revealed employees had opened millions of fake accounts without telling its customers in order to meet sales goals, violating consumer protection law

Most people can look forward to refunds once they've filed their tax returns for the year, but some people get handed a bill instead. This isn't a huge problem if you've been preparing for it, but if it comes as a surprise, or it's larger than you expected, you might not have th

In a world where investors struggle to earn decent returns from fixed-income instruments, dividend stocks have emerged as a strategy for earning higher returns. The average dividend yield for the S&P 500 is just over 1.9%, dramatically higher than the 0.09% in interest peop

Initial public offerings offer public market investors the earliest chance to own a piece of a promising company. Capital-intensive fields like drug development have continued to witness a stream of IPOs -- some more successful than others.

I've owned Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) stock for a while, but I absolutely loaded the boat with more shares last Friday. Here are three reasons why.

Fears around the economic impacts of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak continue to wreak havoc on financial markets, with stocks experiencing extreme volatility for the second consecutive week. Many tech companies in particular have increased risk exposure to the epidemic, especi