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By Angel Adegbesan Despite spending billions of dollars on the rollout of the 5G high-speed network, investors are showing no love to the companies in the wireless communications sector.
By: Keira Wingate The automotive industry hasn’t hit the breaks since the start of the pandemic, defying the roadblocks stacked against them.
The market has soured on shares of electric vehicle startups — Wall Street’s embattled darlings that investors hoped would be the next Tesla — amid a series of federal investigations, corporate restructurings and production delays.
Angela Palumbo E-commerce retailers and companies that rely heavily on online sales are retreating in stock prices as the economy recovers, but analysts and investors think they’ll soon rebound.
Investors believe the restaurant and food retail industry is in-store for prolonged growth, so long as companies continue to keep up the changes they made because of the pandemic.
By Jo Constantz Ridesharing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have seen their stocks stuck in neutral as the S&P 500 motors ahead.
by Aria Velasquez It’s going to be a while before America’s airline stocks can turn the seatbelt sign off.
By Jessica Lerner The movie theater sector continues to grapple with how to recover from the pandemic-induced devastation of the coronavirus as investors continue to think cinemas will be one of the last industries to recover.
Over the past six months, BJ’s (BJ), Costco (COST), Target (TGT) and Dollar General (DG) have all eclipsed the recent high-powered performance of the S&P 500 Index.
By Angel Adegbesan The CEO of Uber Technologies Inc.
When the pandemic hit in March 2020, Rhea Choi, a freelance digital marketer based in New York City, went into survival mode and stocked up on whatever food and toilet paper she could find in large supermarkets.
“Having to choose between supporting the students at my school and supporting my son was very frustrating,” said Jennifer Anderson, 41, a mom from Merrillville, Ind.
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