GameStop stock roars back after Robinhood lifts trading freeze
A surge came after Robinhood announced that it would allow "limited buys" of GameStop and other heavily shorted stocks to resume on Friday after the...
Why GameStop shares are on a wild, Reddit-driven run
Short sellers and retail investors have sent the video game company’s stock up more than 2,400 percent since its April lows.
The stock market is ending 2020 in record territory, even as virus surges and millions go hungry
The U.S. stock market ended 2020 at all-time highs, enriching the wealthy and capping off a soaring comeback despite a deadly pandemic that has killed...
Dow soars past the 30,000 mark for the first time
The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded above 30,000 points for the first time as investors were encouraged by the latest progress on developing coronavirus vaccines...
Dow slides more than 900 points as rising coronavirus counts threaten fragile recovery
The three major U.S. indexes plunge 3.4 percent or more, extending a turbulent week.
Dow plunges 650 points as coronavirus cases flare up, stimulus hopes fade
U.S. markets slumped Monday as investors grappled with uncertainty about economic stimulus negotiations and soaring coronavirus cases around the country. The Dow Jones industrial average...
Amazon to hire 100,000 workers as e-commerce swells amid the pandemic
Amazon said Monday it will hire another 100,000 workers to meet surging demand in the COVID-era, bolstering an already dramatic expansion of its workforce this...
U.S. stocks nosedive as tech saps rally; Dow slides more than 800 points
The technology giants were among the hardest hit in Thursday's selling frenzy. Six companies whose dramatic growth has buoyed the broader market — Facebook, Microsoft,...
Wall Street wraps up best August since 1980s
The three major U.S. indexes have erased all of their losses for the year, wiping the devastating plunge in stock prices triggered by the spread...