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A Boeing 737 MAX sits outside the hangar during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington. Matt Mills | Reuters Boeing is set to detail another rough quarter before the market opens Wednesday. Here’s what to watch for when the company reports: More losses, sales drop Wall

Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures fell on Tuesday night following a mixed session in which traders weighed a recent uptick in coronavirus infections. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures traded 150 points lower, or 0.5%. S&P 500 slid 0.6% and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped 0.4%. The Dow fell more than 200

Co-director of the intensive care unit at CommonSpirit’s Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, 35, who is seven months pregnant, attends to a COVID-19 patient in the hospital where she works, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 18, 2020. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters The average number

The Ant Group Co. logo is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Ant Group will close its Hong Kong institutional book building process a day earlier than expected due to strong demand for its record initial public offering

A Regal Cinemas movie theater stands at night on 42nd Street in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Amir Hamja | Bloomberg | Getty Images When movie theaters were asked to close this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, many cinema operators were under the impression that their venues would be reopened by

Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Dunkin’ Brands — Shares of the restaurant chain spiked more than 15% after the company said it held preliminary talks regarding its potential acquisition by Inspire Brands, although the company said there’s “no certainty that any agreement will be reached.” The New York Times reported that the

A patient recovering from COVID-19 at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton, Illinois, on September 30, 2020. Terrence Antonio James | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The United States reported more than 71,600 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, approaching a record number of daily infections set in late July as the outbreak takes root across

People wearing masks pass by portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping and late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, on a street in Shanghai, China February 10, 2020. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping is about to deepen his mark on

Boston Beer shares soared over 18% to a new all-time high Friday, one day after the maker of Samuel Adams and Truly hard seltzer reported third-quarter earnings and raised guidance. The stock closed Friday’s session at $1,091 apiece, adding to its major run so far in 2020. Shares of Boston Beer are up almost 190%

Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — China’s foreign exchange regulator told businesses Friday to prepare for more volatility in the yuan. The Chinese currency, also known as the renminbi, strengthened roughly 1% this week against the U.S. dollar to levels not seen since July 2018. Less than five months ago, the yuan was at its

A customer pulls into a McDonald’s restaurant. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s on Friday asked a judge to dismiss the racial discrimination lawsuit filed by former franchisees, arguing that it wants every operator in its system to thrive. The company also said that the complaint from 52 Black plaintiffs relies on “vague

Anxiety around money is spiking in the pandemic. mapodile | E+ | Getty Images Amanda Collins describes the experience of being out of work for seven months in one word: “Maddening.” She was furloughed in March from her job in the I.T. department at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,

(L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci arrive for a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images President Donald Trump hasn’t attended a coronavirus task force meeting

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Virgin Galactic — Shares of the space tourism stock slipped more than 5% after Goldman initiated coverage on the company with a neutral rating. The firm is the only one on the Street to have less than a buy-equivalent rating on the stock. Goldman said the

A Dunkin’ worker hands a coffee out of a drive-thru window wearing gloves and a mask as the Coronavirus continues to spread on March 17, 2020 in Norwell, Massachusetts. MediaNews Group | Boston Herald | Getty Images While the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted daily commutes and morning runs for coffee, Dunkin’ Brands Group says a

A logo of of Lufax website Lu.com, is seen at the company’s headquaters on May 28, 2020 in Shanghai, China. Wu Jun | Visual China Group | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Chinese lending and wealth management firm Lufax is seeking up to $2.36 billion from a U.S. initial public offering (IPO). Earlier this month,

Shares of General Motors closed Thursday at their highest price so far this year following the successful debut Tuesday of the new GMC Hummer EV as well as the automaker’s announcement earlier in the week of more than $2 billion in new U.S. investments to support electric vehicles. The stock settled at $37.41 a share,