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A view of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen at Wall Street on June 29, 2020 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures moved higher in early trading and pointed to gains at the open on Tuesday, as investors eye earnings reports from some of the

Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet as he arrives for the 43rd “Golden Steering Wheel” awards on November 12, 2019 in Berlin. Tobias Schwarz | AFP via Getty Images Shares of Tesla hit a new all-time high on Monday, extending the stock’s record run, as investors continue to pile into the Elon

Wilmington Trust’s Meghan Shue sees a battle is underway on Wall Street as coronavirus cases surge and companies get ready to report second quarter earnings. According to the firm’s head of investment strategy, there’s a tug-of-war between market skepticism and fear of missing out. “We are definitely seeing a tremendous amount of skepticism about this

A pedestrian passes in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures rose in overnight trading on Sunday as investors looked past a record spike in coronavirus cases in Florida. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Gerard Miller | CNBC Amid historically aggressive policy moves from the U.S. central bank and Congress, Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said the most important thing for the economy now is wearing protective face coverings. Masks in public, Kaplan said, are key to stopping the coronavirus spread, which is increasing in record numbers and

A customer leaves an ATM at a Wells Fargo branch in Denver. Rick Wilking | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading:  Gilead Sciences — Gilead gained 2.1% after saying its coronavirus treatment candidate drug, remdesivir, was associated with an improvement in clinical recovery and a 62% reduction in the risk of mortality compared

Carlos McArthur, a resident of Syracuse, New York, lost his job with a medical transportation company in March. He lived in his car for more than two months while waiting for his unemployment benefits to arrive. Carlos McArthur is one of millions of Americans who lost a job during the coronavirus pandemic.   But his plight

A file photo of American Airlines Boeing 737 Max planes. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Airlines executives have told Boeing they will not take delivery of 17 737 Max airplanes unless the carrier can secure financing to pay for the aircraft, people familiar with the discussions told CNBC. The 17 Max

FAANG stocks displayed at the Nasdaq. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Investors and traders have historically turned to less-risky assets such as U.S. Treasurys to weather market volatility and uncertainty. During the coronavirus pandemic, however, they have turned to unlikely place: tech and software stocks. Shares of Apple, Netflix, Microsoft, and Amazon are all trading at,

A pedestrian walks past Tencent Holdings’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese tech giant Tencent is in exclusive talks to acquire Leyou Technologies, the Hong Kong-listed games developer announced on Friday. Leyou has a number of subsidiaries which make video games. It is most well-known for “Warframe,” a title created by

Investors are bailing on a popular trade due to the coronavirus surge. Allianz Global Investors’ Mona Mahajan finds a rush of money is flowing back into stay-at-home plays. “The cyclical story is on hold for now,” the firm’s U.S. investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Thursday. “The trade is moving out of that reopening,

People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 18, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures rose slightly on Thursday night following a mixed session in which coronavirus concerns pushed investors further into tech shares. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 60 points, or 0.2%. S&P

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Thursday: Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) — The pharmacy operator fell more than 3% in the premarket on weaker-than-expected results for its fiscal third quarter. Walgreens reported earnings per share of 83 cents, well below a FactSet estimate of $1.19 per share. The company’s fiscal-year earnings guidance

The Wirecard logo is seen at the payment company’s headquarters in Aschheim near Munich, southern Germany, on June 24, 2020. Christof Stache | AFP via Getty Images Despite its spectacular descent into insolvency last month, Wirecard‘s share price has not yet hit zero. Last week, Munich prosecutors raided the offices of the German payments giant,

A major financial institution is starting to lose enthusiasm for U.S. stocks. Invesco’s Kristina Hooper is worried the latest coronavirus spike will push states to close their economies again. “Up until now the U.S. has been rewarded because of expectations that we wouldn’t see any kind of significant lockdowns even if infection rates grew,” the

A view of the charging Bull with a woman in New York City USA during coronavirus pandemic on April 25, 2020. John Nacion | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Intersect ENT (XENT), Medtronic (MDT) — Shares of Intersect ENT popped 35% after Bloomberg News reported Medtronic has made an

U.S. stock futures were flat in overnight trading, following weakness in equities in the previous session.  Dow futures rose 40 points, indicating a gain of 0.16%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 also were set to open higher, with gains of 0.08% and 0.12%, respectively.  On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 397 points, or

A person dressed as Minnie Mouse walks in front of the Disney store in Times Square as New York City moves into Phase 2 of re-opening during the coronavirus pandemic on June 28, 2020. Noam Galai | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Levi Strauss – The clothing company’s stock dropped

krisanapong detraphiphat Americans have lost more than $77 million in fraud related to Covid-19, according to the Federal Trade Commission. But that tally is likely a severe undercount amid an “unprecedented” scope of scams connected to the coronavirus, according to John Breyault, vice president of public policy, telecommunications and fraud at the National Consumers League,

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is pictures on May 26, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Stock futures held steady in overnight trading on Monday after a solid rally on Wall Street to start the week. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the