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Supporters listen as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff speaks at a news conference in Grant Park after the election in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. November 6, 2020. Dustin Chambers | Reuters Wall Street and Washington are operating these days on the assumption that Republicans will retain control of the Senate after at least one Republican

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that investors should not overreact to the new strain of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom, criticizing that country’s response to the pandemic and pointing to positive news about U.S. companies as a reason for optimism. “I am not willing to give up on this market because of a 70% number

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., arrives at the Axel Springer Award ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla‘s S&P 500 inclusion will be officially completed at the open of trading Monday. The electric car maker will have a

Signage stands on the building of a Public Storage facility in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, April 21, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elliott Associates sees a runway beneath Public Storage, and is pushing the self-storage company to boost investment and catch up to industry peers’ growth. The company is

During its third quarter earnings results on Thursday Apple said that the company’s shareholders approved a four-for-one stock split. Stock splits are cosmetic, meaning they do not change anything about a company’s underlying fundamentals. They can lead to renewed interest from smaller investors by making the shares — which are now cheaper — more accessible.

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said President Donald Trump’s Thursday morning tweet that suggested delaying the November election could cause problems for equity investors.  “It sows chaos, and chaos is bad for the stock market,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.”  Dow futures extended their fall slightly in the wake of Trump’s tweet. They then made

Virgin Galactic is giving its customers a first look inside the cabin that will carry them to the edge of space and back, as the space tourism company gets closer to finishing development of its spacecraft. “Every seat is a window seat,” Virgin Galactic design director Jeremy Brown told CNBC about the interior. The cabin’s design

A smart phone with the icons for the J.P. Morgan apps. Christopher Wong | S3studio | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase is ditching plastic for some of its credit cards.  The Wall Street giant’s commercial cards team is partnering with Bay Area start-up Marqeta to launch digital-only credit cards. The new function will allow JPMorgan corporate cards

CNBC’s Jim Cramer urged investors Monday to remain cautious about the length of time it takes to develop a successful coronavirus vaccine, saying that Massachusetts-based biotech firm Moderna may be painting too rosy of a picture.  “It’s not a simple case. You don’t just say, ‘Hey, look at this. These people didn’t get Covid over a couple weeks.’

The Wall Street Bull (The Charging Bull) is seen during Covid-19 pandemic in New York, on May 26, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The stock-market debate lately has taken place largely from the extremes. The believers are calling the powerful rebound from the Covid-shock lows a brand-new bull market, with a