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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE
Stock-index futures slump Friday as investors show disappointment with earnings from big tech companies and President Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on China in retaliation for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. See full story.
Apple shows its investors some love as Amazon tells them to take a seat during coronavirus
Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are taking drastically different approaches toward investors, reflecting the separate challenges each tech giant is facing during the global pandemic. See full story.
McConnell’s threat is a warning for Social Security and Medicare
Repudiating state retirement obligations is just the beginning See full story.
Under Fed’s new criteria, Equifax, Nasdaq and Tiffany & Co. are ‘Main Street’ companies
More than 100 companies from the S&P 500 index now meet the Federal Reserve’s expanded criteria set out Thursday for its main street credit facility to help shore up small and medium-sized businesses hit by the pandemic. See full story.
Gilead expects to spend up to $1 billion on coronavirus drug this year, will donate 1.5 million vials
Gilead Sciences Inc. reported better-than-expected earnings for the first quarter of the year on Thursday and detailed more of its work on remdesivir, an antiviral COVID-19 drug candidate. See full story.
MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE
How to properly vet your prospective employer before you say yes. See full story.
