Stock futures open higher ahead of heavy week of earnings
Stock futures opened higher Sunday evening as investors looked ahead to a packed week of earnings, stimulus talks and congressional testimony from Covid-19 vaccine developers. Stocks closed out last week with a choppy session, though both the S&P 500…
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Dow, S&P close out 3rd straight week of gains; Netflix suffers after earnings
Stocks closed out Friday’s session mixed, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posting modest gains while the Dow fell. The S&P 500 health-care sector ETF (XLV) rose to a record high. The S&P 500 and Dow each posted weekly advances for a third…
British holidaymakers offered reassurance over cancelled trips
beach in spain – Getty Britons who are issued refund credit notes for cancelled package holidays will get their money back even if a travel firm collapses, transport secretary Grant Shapps confirmed today. The Government will underwrite credit…
A tech CEO was found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan condo. Now his personal assistant has been arrested in connection with his killing, report says.
Fahim Saleh. Temilade Adelaja/Reuters The body of 33-year-old tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh was found Tuesday in his Manhattan home. His head and limbs had been removed, the New York Police Department told Business Insider, and an electric saw was found…
Health Tech Firm Draws Zoom Comparison After 270% Jump Since IPO
(Bloomberg) — Livongo Health Inc. may focus on chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure, but it’s really “a tech company in healthcare clothing,” according to RBC Capital Markets. One year since its public debut, Livongo is fetching…
Why international students may have Big Tech to thank for the US’s visa reversal
Sometimes, it helps to have friends in high places. A coalition of powerful U.S. technology companies and trade organizations threw their support behind a legal challenge — launched by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — to…
Star Critic of Big Tech Has Side Gig Working for Amazon, Apple
(Bloomberg) — Fiona Scott Morton is widely recognized as a top antitrust expert, known for her warnings that American tech giants are stifling competition and innovation. Yet Scott Morton, a Yale University economist and former Justice Department…
Tech Profit Juggernaut Gets First Big Test in Week of Reversals
(Bloomberg) — The stay-at-home trade just got kicked to the curb. At least for a week, anyway. Down 5.5%, the Fang bloc — Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc. and Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. — suffered its worst drop since…
Stock market news live updates:Dow, S&P close out 3rd straight week of gains; Netflix suffers after earnings
Stocks closed out Friday’s session mixed, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posting modest gains while the Dow fell. The S&P 500 health-care sector ETF (XLV) rose to a record high. The S&P 500 and Dow each posted weekly advances for a third…