The WHO is convening a meeting Tuesday in Geneva to give researchers and medical practitioners a chance to share information about the coronavirus outbreak. That will help battle the disease, but could more have…
Gasoline prices continue dropping all across the United States. A gallon of regular gas has hit an average price not seen since the end of February 2019.
Russia continues to resist moving up a March meeting of OPEC+ oil ministers to deal with the falling demand for crude caused by the coronavirus outbreak. There are several reasons for that.
The cannabis industry got another shock when Aurora Cannabis announced that its founder and chief executive, Terry Booth, would retire. He is the third high-profile CEO of a cannabis company to lose the job…
Investors of Aurora Cannabis, like investors everywhere, are an impatient lot. Wall Street expects profits, and none of these marijuana companies is anywhere near profitability.
Nine in 10 Americans reports being satisfied with their personal lives, a 40-year record high according to Gallup. But satisfaction is not spread evenly throughout different groups.
Norway's state-controlled oil giant, Equinor, announced Thursday that it plans to cut its carbon intensity by 50% over the next 30 years. Success depends on lowering the company's dependence on oil and natural gas.
In less than three months, the Disney+ streaming video service has received nearly as many subscribers as it expected in five years. Not only that, the new service is causing Americans to drop subscriptions…
The International Monetary Fund has a new study on the impact of declining demand for oil on the economies of six Persian Gulf nations. Continuing to depend on revenue from oil sales threatens the…
CSX stock performed the most poorly of all the big U.S. railroad stocks last year, for a few reasons. Has anything changed in 2020 to give investors hope?
Ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. (NASDAQ: LYFT | LYFT Price Prediction) has been publicly traded for less than a year. From the late March initial public offering to the closing bell on October 4, the…
Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas announced Thursday that employers announced 67,735 job cuts in January, the highest total in 11 months.
Ammo and outdoor products maker Vista Outdoor reported better than expected profits Thursday morning, but revenues were light. The CEO also said that ammunition sales rose for the first time in 11 quarters.
Chipmaker Qualcomm beat first-quarter estimates on both the top and bottom lines, but the second-quarter outlook is a little soft and investors are keeping their powder dry.
Peabody Energy reported quarterly and full-year results Wednesday morning, but the stock price is soaring following a deal with an activist investor that squelches the threat of a proxy fight.
The impact of the six-week strike on GM's quarterly and full-year results was significant though not crippling. The current year is going to be tough as well, though for different reasons.
Last year was a good one for semiconductor stocks. Demand will continue to be driven by manufacturers focused on putting intelligence into every imaginable device. That requires processing power and memory chips, which is…
The weekly Morning Consult survey indicates the U.S. consumer sentiment fell slightly in the week ended February 2. Americans are more concerned about the coronavirus outbreak's effect on the global and national economies than…
Ford posted lower-than-expected profits and sales in the fourth quarter and for the full 2019 fiscal year. The company's net loss (unadjusted) totaled $1.7 billion. What about that big dividend yield?
U.S. home prices rose by 4.0% year over year in December, according to the latest data from CoreLogic. Average full-year price appreciation was 3.6%, and prices are forecast to rise by 5.2% in 2020…
