By Jon D. Markman On October 28, 202001:35 PM Eastern
Stocks are down sharply midday Wednesday as tumbling oil prices weighed on energy shares and worries mounted about rising COVID-19 cases and possible national lockdowns around the world.
The Dow...
Strange as it may seem, the cryptocurrency markets couldn’t care less who wins the White House. Or the Senate. Or the U.S. House of Representatives.
Why? Because both sides have sworn to print...
The renewed spike in COVID-19 cases …
The expectation that it could lead to drastic government action, including fresh economic lockdowns in parts of Europe or the United States …
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By Jon D. Markman On October 28, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks were mostly lower Tuesday as investors were encouraged by a big merger in the tech sector and discouraged that talks over a new round of fiscal stimulus ended with a callous whimper.
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By David Dittman On October 27, 202005:04 PM Eastern
The headline numbers for Monday were bad.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 800 points. The S&P 500 Index shed more than 2%. And the average number of new daily cases of coronavirus in the...
By Jon D. Markman On October 27, 202003:05 PM Eastern
Stocks are fluttering in all directions today, with a $35 billion merger deal helping to guide technology shares higher after the previous session’s selloff, while Caterpillar (CAT) put pressure...
By Sean Brodrick On October 27, 202011:37 AM Eastern
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By Jon D. Markman On October 27, 202011:15 AM Eastern
There is a gold rush to connect customers, data and sales marketing, and Twilio Inc. (NYSE: TWLO) is making the best-in-class tools application developers need.
The San Francisco-based company...
By Sean Brodrick On October 27, 202010:17 AM Eastern
The broad market was very disappointed on Monday at the lack of a stimulus package in Washington. The major indices careened lower. The dollar went higher on expectations of LESS money printing at...
By Jon D. Markman On October 27, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks sold off hard and fast on Monday — investors freaked over a sharp rise in U.S. and eurozone COVID-19 cases and gave up on the Congress and White House to agree on new fiscal stimulus.
The...