How one vaccine maker responded to a question about RFK Jr. as health secretary
Bavarian Nordic, a maker of the mpox vaccine, on Friday said the incoming Trump administration may present opportunities even ...
Trump may again seek cuts to Medicaid. Here’s who would be affected.
Experts say real spending reform will have to come in the form of cuts to Social Security and government health-insurance ...
Fed's Collins says December interest-rate cut isn't a done deal
Boston Fed President Susan Collins said Friday that she doesn't think a December rate cut is a "done deal." Collins made the comment in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. In a subsequent ...
Alignment Healthcare Shares Drop After Private Senior Notes Transaction
Alignment Healthcare shares were down 14% at $11.10 after the company said it has entered into privately negotiated subscription agreements with certain investors to which it will issue $330 million ...
Healthcare stocks head for worst stretch since 2022 as put volumes soar
Healthcare stocks in the S&P 500 were headed for their worst five-day stretch since 2022 on Friday as President-elect Donald Trump's decision to nominate vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. to lead the Department ...
Canadian Tire Sells Unneeded Industrial Property in Greater Toronto Area for C$258M
Canadian Tire said Friday that it will sell its industrial property that serves the Greater Toronto Area for 258 million Canadian dollars ($183.5 million). The Canadian retailer said that it has a ...
Oil moves lower, with U.S. prices down by over 3% for the week
Oil prices have fallen against a backdrop of a “looming surplus, even as the U.S. appears headed for a soft landing,” said Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research. He pointed ...
Palantir's stock leads the S&P 500's gainers as it leaps toward another record
Palantir's stock was surging 6.3% in recent trading, enough to lead the S&P 500's winners, after the AI-play said it plans to change its listing exchange to the Nasdaq from the N ...
Nasdaq heads for fourth day in the red as tech stocks slump
The Nasdaq Composite was headed for a fourth day in the red on Friday, according to Dow Jones Market Data. A pullback in shares of Big Tech giants has contributed to the weakness in the tech-heavy ...
Good news for the economy is looking like bad news for stocks
The “growth scares” that helped spark steep but short-lived losses for stocks in early August — and then again in early September — are looking like distant memories. Instead, investors appear to be p ...
ESCO Technologies Shares Hit 52-Week High After 4Q EPS, Sales Beats
ESCO Technologies shares were up 7% to $150 after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings per share and sales that beat analysts' expectations. The St. Louis company's shares hit their 52-week ...
Traders pull back on 2025 rate-cut expectations
Fed-funds futures traders were in the process of lowering their expectations for rate cuts by the Federal Reserve next year, after indications that policy makers are in no rush to keep reducing ...