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Branches of State Bank Of India, Syndicate Bank and Canara Bank in New Delhi, India. Pradeep Gaur | Mint | Getty Images India’s economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis could be delayed if banks stop lending to borrowers with low credit scores, or charge them a much higher interest on loans. The financial sector faces

Dan Rosensweig, CEO, Chegg Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Shake Shack — The burger chain’s stock whipsawed in extended trading after the company provided its first-quarter earnings. Shake Shack said it had earnings of 2 cents per share excluding some items on revenue of $143.2 million, while

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Tyson Foods (TSN) – The beef and poultry producer reported quarterly earnings of 77 cents per share, compared to a consensus estimate of $1.04 a share. Revenue also came in below forecasts, with Tyson saying it faced multiple challenges due to the Covid-19

A mark of 999.9 fine sits on hallmarked one kilogram gold bullion bars at the Valcambi SA precious metal refinery in Lugano, Switzerland, on April 24, 2018. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gold prices could “break the highs” seen earlier this year, after declining in March along with assets across the board, according

A person wearing a face mask walks along Wall Street after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York City, New York, March 6, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Stock futures fell on Sunday night as traders weighed the reopening of the economy along with brewing tensions between China and the U.S. Dow Jones

Warren Buffett Gerry Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett said Saturday he is optimistic that the U.S. economy will re-emerge even after being dealt a body blow by the coronavirus pandemic.  “Nothing can basically stop America,” said Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, from the conglomerate’s first virtual shareholder’s meeting from Omaha, Nebraska. “The American

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Exxon Mobil (XOM) – Exxon posted a GAAP loss of 14 cents per share, and a non-GAAP profit of 53 cents per share. The consensus estimate was for a breakeven quarter. The company announced a 30% cut in capital spending and will also

9:04 am: Chevron CEO says oil demand has bottomed Chevron CEO Michael Wirth said that the drop-off in demand wrought by the coronavirus pandemic has likely reached a bottom. “This quarter looks like in our industry we’re seeing a bottom … first quarter we were on a bit of a downward trajectory through the quarter, certainly

RBS’ standalone digital bank Bo. RBS British state-backed bank RBS has dropped its standalone digital bank Bo following a tumultuous launch and a global pandemic that has forced the lender to refocus its investment strategy. RBS launched Bo, an app-based account accompanied by a yellow payment card, back in November on Google and Apple’s app

A man cleans up on the trading floor, following traders testing positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 19, 2020. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Traders have had to rapidly adjust their day-to-day routine as the corornavirus pandemic has forced many around the world to work

Western Digital hard drives are shown for sale at an Office Depot Inc store in Encinitas, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Amazon — The e-commerce giant’s stock tumbled 5% in extended trading after the company posted its first-quarter financial results. The company reported first-quarter earnings of

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Twitter (TWTR) – Twitter reported quarterly profit of 11 cents per share, a penny a share above estimates. Revenue and the number of monetizable daily active users beating forecasts as well. Twitter is not giving any guidance for the current quarter or the

Market researcher James Bianco warns April’s big run will collapse. His reason: Investors are too bullish. “I understand the market has been up a lot since the March low. But what I see in the market is a retracement rally that looks very similar to the first type of rallies that you get in protracted

The Federal Reserve painted a dour picture of current conditions and pledged Wednesday to continue its historically aggressive policy stance until it is comfortable that the U.S. economy is back on its feet. Following this week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the central bank said it would maintain its current interest rate target between 0%

This is Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement after the latest Fed meeting. Given the unprecedented circumstances brought on by the coronavirus crisis, as well as the Fed’s extensive actions to mitigate the pandemic, the central bank has issued statements with more frequency and variance than typical. The Fed issued three statements in March alone.

[The stream is slated to start at 2:30 pm ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was scheduled to meet with the press via teleconference Wednesday afternoon following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The Fed just kept its benchmark interest

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said more stimulus is needed to ensure a robust economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis. “It may well be the case that the economy will need more support from all of us if the recovery is to be a robust one,” Powell said in a virtual press conference on Wednesday following the

An employee assembles an excavator at the Caterpillar Inc. manufacturing facility in Victoria, Texas. Callaghan O’Hare | Bloomberg | Getty Images Caterpillar experienced a sales drop in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted demand for construction and mining. The industrial giant on Tuesday reported revenues of $10.6 billion in the first quarter, a 21%

HSBC building in the Canary Wharf district of London, U.K. Leon Neal | AFP | Getty Images HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, is expected to release its first-quarter financial report card today — and some investors said they’re anticipating a “dramatic” fall in earnings due to the coronavirus pandemic. The London-headquartered bank derives the bulk of its

Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine, said on Monday the stock market could sell off again to retest the low in March as he believes investors are too optimistic about the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m certainly in the camp that we are not out of the woods. I think a retest of the