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Wall Street dropped sharply on Thursday as investors fled market-leading tech shares due to mixed earnings reports and growing signs of a worsening coronavirus pandemic, which could exacerbate a deep economic recession.

The dollar slipped to an almost two-year low and gold rose further on Thursday as a gauge of global equities retreated on concerns about a potential probe of Apple Inc, which knocked the wind out of the high-flying tech sector.

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What happened Shares of Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) were pulling back today on a broader sell-off in the market as investors seemed to get jittery after a disappointing jobs report, moving to a "risk-off" mentality and taking profits in growth stocks that have soared this year.

The dollar slipped to an almost two-year low and gold rose further on Thursday as a gauge of global equities retreated on concerns about a potential probe of Apple Inc took the wind out of the high-flying tech sector.

Wall Street retreated on Thursday as mixed earnings, a surprise increase in U.S. jobless claims and Washington's tug-of-war over stimulus measures fed risk aversion among investors.

The S&P 500 backed off a five-month peak in a choppy trading on Thursday as investors held out for a new coronavirus relief package, with latest data showing signs that a recovery in the labor market was stalling.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Microsoft Corporation (Symbol: MSFT), where a total volume of 611,507 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of app

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) was lower by lunchtime Thursday, down about 0.3% at 11:55 a.m. EDT. Congress is inching its way toward another stimulus package to support the economy amid the pandemic, but the recent surge in cases of COVID-19 is starting to s

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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday following the S&P 500's four straight days of gains as investors held out for a new coronavirus relief package, with latest data showing signs that a recovery in the labor market was stalling.

Shareholders of Microsoft Corporation (Symbol: MSFT) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1% annualized dividend yield can sell the September 2022 covered call at the $250 strike and collect the premium based on the $23.40 bid, which annualizes to an additional 5.2

Earnings season is just starting to heat up and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is sure to be one of the most closely watched stocks in the coming weeks. Since we last heard from the tech giant at the end of April, the stock has surged 27%, adding more than $300 billion in market value

The S&P 500 struggled for direction on Thursday, following four straight days of gains as investors held out for a new coronavirus relief package, with latest data showing signs that a recovery in the labor market was stalling.

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Bundling can be remarkably powerful strategy, maybe even too powerful in some cases. That strategy is at the heart of a formal antitrust complaint filed in the European Union by Slack (NYSE: WORK), alleging that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is violating competition laws by including

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Wall Street's main indexes were set to open slightly higher on Thursday, as investors held out for a new coronavirus relief package with data signaling that a recovery in the labor market was stalling.

Google is the undisputed king of the internet. Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) breadwinner not only fields 90% of the world's web searches, according to GlobalStats statcounter, its Android operating system powers about three-fourths of the world's smartphones. Android

China warned the U.S. to “think carefully" about where the relationship is heading and that it will be forced to respond after the U.S. ordered the shutdown of its Houston consulate.