Stock Market News for Jul 20, 2020
Wall Street closed mixed on Friday buoyed by mixed economic data and a spike in new cases of coronavirus infections. Moreover, disappointing earnings results and weak guidance of Netflix also dented investors’ sentiment. The S&P 500 and the…
Is the Fisker Deal Good or Bad News for Nikola Stock?
On July 13, Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:SPAQ) announced that it would acquire Fisker, a Los Angeles-based startup electric vehicle maker, in a reverse merger that values the merged entity at $2.9 billion. Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) also went…
Morning News Call – India, July 1
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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…
Stock Market News for Jul 17, 2020
Benchmarks closed lower on Thursday, mostly dragged down by decline in tech stocks. Mixed earnings as well as economic reports further dampened investors’ sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) fell135.39 points or 0.5%,to close at…
News from around our 50 states
Alabama Montgomery: The state’s elections chief said Friday that he is telling local officials they cannot require voters to wear masks at polling places during this week’s election. The direction conflicts with local mandates, approved in several cities…
Stock Market News for Jul 10, 2020
Wall Street closed mixed on Thursday growing concerns about the second wave of the coronavirus dented investors’ confidence. However, the technology sector continued its rally. The Dow and the S&P 500 ended in red while the Nasdaq Composite…
Reuters Sports News Summary
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Australian PM says no evidence coronavirus originated in China laboratory, urges inquiry Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who has angered Beijing by calling for a global inquiry into the…
The anatomy of a fake news headline
As confrontations between Black Lives Matter protesters and police erupted across the country earlier this month, some Oregonians, mostly older people, saw a Facebook ad pushing a headline about how a Republican politician “Wants Martial Law To Control…
Iraqi groups paying Facebook millions to churn out fake news
Facebook is receiving millions of dollars from Iraqi “electronic armies” which boost the profile of fake news stories, The Telegraph has learnt. These mostly political groups are setting up large networks of thousands of fake accounts and pages and using…