Off-price retailer Stein Mart Inc. announced bankruptcy on Tuesday amid rising off-price pressures, a retail category that grew for COVID-19. To be sure, Stein Mart SMRT, -37.89% , like many other retailers that have submitted Chapter 11, face challenges even before the coronavirus pandemic. Fiscal losses for 2019 totaled 22 …
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The rally in shares in Moderna Inc. jumped through news late Tuesday that the U.S. government ordered 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate on Wednesday as analysts waited for what the order meant for prices. Modern MRNA, + 1.94% is widely regarded as a front-runner in the race …
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Corporate profits have so far surpassed low expectations so far this winning season, but there are still a lot of wild cards left in the deck. Consensus S&P 500 SPX, + 0.06% income taxes rose only 3% for the third quarter and are not budgeted at all in the fourth …
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Investors had braced themselves for the bad news for Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., and their fears were confirmed on Friday when both power companies reported second-quarter results that showed sharp declining sales and losses amid economic destruction caused by the coronavirus. Exxon XOM, -0.58% reported an adjusted loss …
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Text size Mladen Antonov / AFP via Getty Images Apple’s 4-for-1 stock split will greatly diminish its influence on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, where the iPhone maker now has the highest weight and the biggest positive influence this year. Apple (ticker: AAPL), whose shares ended Thursday at $ 384.76, …
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