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The Latest: Azar says vaccine is not a race, doubts Russia
| August 12th, 2020  4:18 AM
The Latest: Azar says vaccine is not a race, doubts Russia
TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar says the push to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is “not a race to be first.” Azar’s comments during a visit to Taiwan on Wednesday follow Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his country was the first to approve a coronavirus vaccine, prompting doubts about the science and safety behind that purported achievement. Azar says the U.S.
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The Latest: Azar says vaccine is not a race, doubts Russia
The Latest: Azar says vaccine is not a race, doubts Russia
| August 12th | 2020  4:18AM
The Latest: Azar says vaccine is not a race, doubts Russia
TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar says the push to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is “not a race to be first.” Azar’s comments during a visit to Taiwan on Wednesday follow Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his country was the first to approve a coronavirus vaccine, prompting doubts about the science and safety behind that purported achievement. Azar says the U.S.
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UK economy in recession after 20.4% second quarter slump
UK economy in recession after 20.4% second quarter slump
| August 12th | 2020  4:00AM
UK economy in recession after 20.4% second quarter slump
LONDON (AP) — The British economy has fallen into recession after official figures Wednesday showed it contracting by a record 20.4% in the second quarter as a result of lockdown measures put in place to counter the coronavirus pandemic. The slump recorded by the Office for National Statistics follows a 2.2% quarter-on-quarter contraction in the first three months of the year.
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UK economy officially in recession after 20.4% Q2 slump
UK economy officially in recession after 20.4% Q2 slump
| August 12th | 2020  3:13AM
UK economy officially in recession after 20.4% Q2 slump
LONDON (AP) — The British economy has fallen into recession after official figures Wednesday showed it contracting by a record 20.4% in the second quarter as a result of lockdown measures put in place to counter the coronavirus pandemic. The slump recorded by the Office for National Statistics follows a 2.2% quarter-on-quarter contraction in the first three months of the year.
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Shares mostly lower in Asia after retreat on Wall Street
Shares mostly lower in Asia after retreat on Wall Street
| August 12th | 2020  1:50AM
Shares mostly lower in Asia after retreat on Wall Street
Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday after Wall Street pumped the brakes on its recent rally. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index edged higher, while the Shanghai Composite sank 1.6%. Overnight, a late slide in big technology companies left indexes broadly lower, breaking a seven-day winning streak for the S&P 500. A discouraging lack of progress on talks over more economic aid for the U.S.
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Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19
Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19
| August 12th | 2020  1:09AM
Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19
With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing: drugs that deliver antibodies to fight the virus right away, without having to train the immune system to make them. Antibodies are proteins the body makes when an infection occurs; they attach to a virus and help it be eliminated.
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Appeals court tosses antitrust ruling against Qualcomm
Appeals court tosses antitrust ruling against Qualcomm
| August 11th | 2020  9:22PM
Appeals court tosses antitrust ruling against Qualcomm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned an antitrust ruling against Qualcomm, dismissing arguments that it unlawfully squeezed out cellphone chip rivals and charged excessive royalties to manufacturers such as Apple. The 3-judge panel unanimously sided with the San Diego chipmaker in tossing out a district court's earlier ruling on a lawsuit brought by the U.S.
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Tesla boosts turbocharged stock with plan for 5-for-1 split
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| August 11th | 2020  7:42PM
Tesla boosts turbocharged stock with plan for 5-for-1 split
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Tesla will split its stock for the first time in its history so more investors can afford to buy a stake in the electric car pioneer following a meteoric rise in its market value. The five-for-one stock split announced Tuesday won't change how much Tesla's business is worth, but will automatically reduce the price of its shares by 80% when it's completed on Aug.
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Buy Pinterest Stock Even At All Time Highs
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| August 11th | 2020  6:15AM
Buy Pinterest Stock Even At All Time Highs
Like many other tech companies that fall into the internet / social media/e-commerce industry buckets, Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) has done well out of the coronavirus. It wasn’t always like this though and the company had a shaky start. They only IPO’d in April of last year but by March of this year, shares were already down 70% from their…
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Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) a Lagging Buy in the Semiconductor Group
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| August 11th | 2020  6:00AM
Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) a Lagging Buy in the Semiconductor Group
Memory and storage semiconductor maker Micron Technology (NYSE: MU) shares haven’t been participating with the benchmark S&P 500 index (NYSEARCA: SPY) recovery nor the recent rise in the chip stocks tracked by the Market Vectors Semiconductors ETF (NASDAQ: SMH). The momentum was broken by the negative earnings reaction and subsequent analyst downgrade on shares of storage sector peer Western Digital (NYSE: WDC).
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3 Transportation Stocks to Buy That Are On the Move
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| August 11th | 2020  5:00AM
3 Transportation Stocks to Buy That Are On the Move
Things are constantly changing in the stock market, including which sectors are showing relative strength and helping the market tick upwards. While technology stocks have been roaring up higher for months, new economic data such as falling jobless claims and a slowdown in the number of COVID-19 cases in many states are adding optimism to the areas of the market that have been lagging behind.
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Wynn Working Hard To Get Back To Winning Ways
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| August 11th | 2020  1:00AM
Wynn Working Hard To Get Back To Winning Ways
News of a coronavirus vaccine from Russia this morning was enough to send the S&P 500 index to all-time highs in pre-market trading and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) up more than 4%. Shares of the high-end hotel and casino company have had a strong start to August and this looks set to continue. They closed Monday’s session up 10% and will be up more than 20% on the month if today’s strength continues.
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Nautilus (NYSE: NLS) Set to Surge On Impressive Q2 Revenue
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| August 11th | 2020  1:00AM
Nautilus (NYSE: NLS) Set to Surge On Impressive Q2 Revenue
Nautilus (NYSE: NLS) shares are set to open more than 11% higher after its Q2 earnings release blew away expectations. The home fitness equipment maker reported $114.2 million in revenue, up 94% yoy. When Nautilus released its Q1 2020 numbers, it raised its Q2 revenue guidance to $94 million. Even that number was well above consensus estimates of a little under $70 million.
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Canada Goose (NYSE:GOOS) Down On Earnings, But The Time To Buy Is Now
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| August 11th | 2020  1:00AM
Canada Goose (NYSE:GOOS) Down On Earnings, But The Time To Buy Is Now
It Was A Bad Quarter, But That Was Expected Canada Goose (NYSE:GOOS) did not report a great quarter, but that was expected. The company saw its revenue fall -63.3% from the previous year as demand for high-end, luxury outerwear virtually dried up. The salient point for investors is that, although demand dried up, results were much better than expected.
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It’s Time To Buy Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT)
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| August 11th | 2020  1:00AM
It’s Time To Buy Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT)
Haverty Furniture Companies Is Emerging Stronger Than Before Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) has been on my perma-watchlist for the last couple of years because of two things. The first was its outlook for growth, the second was its position as a dividend-payer with high probability for future dividend increases. Admittedly, that thesis didn’t play out quite like I thought it would because of two things.
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Tempted by Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:INO)?
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| August 11th | 2020  1:00AM
Tempted by Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:INO)?
It would be easy to be tempted by Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:INO) , a little biotech company out of Pennsylvania that's part of the seemingly endless fray to produce a coronavirus vaccine. Some of the newest reports out of the company even suggest that it's close. As good as that news may be, there's a lot else weighing on Inovio Pharmaceuticals…
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L Brands (NYSE: LB) News Alters Its Outlook: Chart Offering Entry Point
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| August 11th | 2020  1:00AM
L Brands (NYSE: LB) News Alters Its Outlook: Chart Offering Entry Point
L Brands (NYSE: LB) stock surged more than 35% on July 29 on news that the company will resume efforts to spin off Victoria’s Secret. In the announcement, LB added that: It would cut headcount at its corporate headquarters by 15%. The company is trying to reverse overseas operating losses through lease negotiations and other tactics. In…
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Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), Up But Still Not A Buy
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| August 11th | 2020  1:00AM
Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), Up But Still Not A Buy
Sysco Corporation Is Not Exactly Pandemic Proof When it comes to the best sectors for today’s investors the food-services and restaurant sector does not spring to mind. If anything, F&B and the companies that supply them are going to be under pressure for quite some time. Even with a vaccine, it will be years before the public is comfortable going out like it was before the pandemic struck.
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Medical Marijuana Makes Tilray a Buy-on-the-Dip Pot Stock
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| August 11th | 2020  1:00AM
Medical Marijuana Makes Tilray a Buy-on-the-Dip Pot Stock
Shares of Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY) stock are likely to start trading sharply lower after an earnings report that showed continued weakness in cannabis demand. Prior to the market open, TLRY stock is down over 10%. That puts its yearly decline at nearly 56% for the year. The S&P 500 Index, SPX, is up nearly 5%. For the quarter ending on June 30, 2020,…
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Park Hotels and Resorts (NYSE: PK) Stock is a Pre-Vaccine Value Play
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| August 11th | 2020  1:00AM
Park Hotels and Resorts (NYSE: PK) Stock is a Pre-Vaccine Value Play
The nation’s second-largest domestic lodging real estate investment trust (REIT) Park Hotels and Resorts (NYSE: PK) shares have been severely depressed. The stock collapsed with the benchmark S&P 500 index (NYSEARCA: SPY)but has failed to rally back to pre-pandemic levels. The REIT owns 60 high-end domestic hotel properties placing it in the COVID-19 epicenter industry stock group.
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R. Kipp Deveer Sells 400 Shares of Ares Management Corp (NYSE:ARES) Stock
Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) Director William H. Neukom Purchases 150 Shares
Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN) Chairman Joseph D. Mansueto Sells 123 Shares
Patricia Carr Sells 158 Shares of Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (NASDAQ:JAZZ) Stock
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCCI) VP Buys $24,960.00 in Stock
Arista Networks Inc (NYSE:ANET) CEO Sells $34,102.55 in Stock
Keith Harvey Sells 500 Shares of Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (NASDAQ:KALU) Stock
McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) VP Sells $57,284.03 in Stock
Christopher M. Mathieu Buys 5,000 Shares of Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp (NYSE:TPVG) Stock
Natera Inc (NASDAQ:NTRA) Director Sells $69,511.00 in Stock
Keith Geeslin Sells 826 Shares of Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) Stock
Cronos Group Inc (NASDAQ:CRON) Insider Acquires $86,700.00 in Stock
George C. Moore Sells 3,000 Shares of Rexnord Corp (NYSE:RXN) Stock
Andy Mcdonald Sells 3,073 Shares of Columbia Banking System Inc (NASDAQ:COLB) Stock
Trupanion Inc (NASDAQ:TRUP) Insider Gavin Friedman Sells 1,400 Shares
Insider Buying: Del Taco Restaurants Inc (NASDAQ:TACO) Director Acquires 13,100 Shares of Stock
Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY) Director Margaret Mary Smyth Sells 735 Shares
Kyle D. Vann Buys 40,000 Shares of EnLink Midstream LLC (NYSE:ENLC) Stock
Cerus Co. (NASDAQ:CERS) Insider Sells $167,000.47 in Stock
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