Headphone maker Koss Corp., whose heavily shorted stock has been among those skyrocketing in recent weeks amid support from investors on Reddit’s WallStreetBets message board, swung to a second-quarter profit thanks to higher sales. Shares of Koss rallied more than 45% in the extended session Thursday, after closing down 28% …
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Social media companies condemned a video posted by President Donald Trump during a withering assault on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, prompting Twitter to lock his account for 12 hours and threaten to permanently ban it, while Facebook imposed a 24-hour block. Facebook and Alphabet excoriated the president but stopped short …
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MARKETWATCH PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/ISTOCKPHOTO|, CROWDSTRIKE CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. shares retreated from 2020’s meteoric rise in the extended session Wednesday after the cloud-based cybersecurity company topped Wall Street estimates, with more businesses seeking to protect their systems as employees work from home. On a conference call, CrowdStrike CRWD, -1.12% co-founder and Chief …
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When companies’ share prices move very high, some consider splitting the shares so that the lower prices will attract more investors. This can be a positive for stock performance over the long term. Tesla Inc. TSLA, +1.83% will split its stock 5-for-1 on Aug. 31 and Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.08% …
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When the tall, bearded sailing ship captain danced into her life late in 2009, Julie McKay was ready to be swept off her feet. McKay, a massage therapist, was living near Baltimore when she flirted with Hugh Covert at a contra dance at an old stone church one evening. Over …
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