Year: 2020

The 11th CEO in Ford’s 117-year history officially took the wheel Thursday. Ford’s Plan for Growth: New Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) CEO Jim Farley plans on turning Ford around. The plan outlined by the company is:”Turn around automotive operations; allocate capital to Ford’s strongest franchises and high-growth opportunities; produce compelling, uniquely Ford electric vehicles at scale; and stand up new AV-enabled businesses.”The operational metrics outlined during a virtual town hall with employees include top-line growth, operational excellence, high quality customer satisfaction, sustained adjusted EBIT margins of 8% and strong automotive adjusted free cash flow.Farley put an emphasis on improving …read more […]

As President Trump tests positive for coronavirus, investors and health officials worry over the state of the vaccine race and testing. Dr. Isaac Bogach, an Infectious Diseases Specialist, joins The Final Round to discuss his thoughts on the latest developments with the coronavirus and the vaccine race. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump is in “good spirits” after his Covid-19 diagnosis on Friday and has been treated with a Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. “antibody cocktail,” the White House physician said.“Following PCR-confirmation of the president’s diagnosis, as a precautionary measure he received a single 8 gram dose of Regenerons’s polyclonal antibody cocktail,” the physician, Sean Conley, said in a statement released by White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.“In addition to the polyclonal antibodies, the president has been taking zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin and a daily aspirin.”Trump “remains fatigued but is in good spirits,” Conley said. First lady Melania Trump, …read more […]

On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked airlines to hold off on laying off more workers as stimulus was ‘being advanced’ to the industry. This comes as the Democrats saw their $2.2 trillion dollar package under the Heroes Act pass the House and President Trump tests positive for coronavirus. Yahoo Finance’s Jess Smith joins The Final Round to discuss the latest from Washington D.C. …read more […]

When you think about sluggers and their batboys, you might envision Hank Aaron or Ted Williams. (Or, if you’re a DC Comics fan, Batman and Robin.)
But I’m referring to a different slugger, one even more paunchy than Babe Ruth: Warren Buffett.
Over the last three decades, I’ve learned a lot from the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B), the most successful value investor of all time.
When I was a young man starting out in the money management business in 1985, he didn’t just educate me about financial markets. He taught me a lot about life.

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11 months ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shut down Solid Biosciences’ (SLDB) “IGNITE DMD” Phase I/II clinical trial after one of the young patients involved in the trial suffered a “serious adverse event.” Despite the patient in question recovering, no new patients suffering such serious adverse events, and the company providing the FDA with “information and measures intended to improve patient safety” and “data related to manufacturing process improvements,” the FDA declined to allow trials to resume in July, and asked Solid Biosciences to provide even more information on its trials, and on the safety measures it …read more […]

Tesla revealed it delivered 139,300 vehicles in the third quarter. Yahoo Finance’s Emily McCormick joins Kristin Myers to discuss. …read more […]

Jared Holz, Healthcare Equity Strategy at Jefferies, joins Yahoo Finance’s Zack Guzman to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine race as trial participants report day-long exhaustion, fever and headaches. …read more […]

Serious about supercharging your investment portfolio? If so, you’ve probably wondered what exactly is options trading. The short answer is options are a powerful financial instrument… And one of the fastest ways to put your investing capital to work and generate big short-term gains.
Nonetheless, for the uninitiated they can be intimidating… if not downright scary. But even if you’ve never traded an option before, by the time you finish reading this you’ll know exactly how to get started.

Options allow investors to make larger and faster returns that traditional stocks. And all for a fraction of the starting cost. But don’t …read more […]

Thomas Lee wrote in a note that Trump’s positive test is a “positive development” for coronavirus compliance in the U.S. and “good for markets.” …read more […]

While it may not be enough for some shareholders, we think it is good to see the Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) share… …read more […]

ATW, a subsidiary of Canadian ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc, was on the brink of liquidation due to a slump in orders, German media reported in September. ATS on Sept. 25 announced that certain assets and employees at one of its Germany-based units would be sold and transferred to a third party, without disclosing the name of the company. ATS and ATW on Friday did not immediately respond to a request for comment. …read more […]

Stocks are falling today on President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and jobs data. Stanford University’s Hoover Institute Research Fellow and Former Mitt Romney 2012 Policy Adviser Lanhee Chen and The Wealth Consulting Group CEO Jimmy Lee join the On the Move panel to discuss. …read more […]

Few industries have been hit by COVID-19 as hard as the cruise industry, but the situation may be turning around. The industry is starting to reopen, partly on customer perceptions that corona is beginning to recede, and partly on business recognition that companies cannot live on credit forever. The cruise line companies are taking precautions, and measures to improve health and prevent the spread of disease in the close quarters of a cruise ship include better ventilation systems with upgraded air filtration, simplified itineraries, and – where possible – a move toward smaller vessels. For passengers, this will likely mean …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Adam Shapiro and Julie Hyman break down the biggest news stories of the day. …read more […]