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Sturm Ruger & Co. is staffing up in order to meet the “historic surge” in gun demand that has depleted its inventory.

The GameStop hearing is hosted by the House Committee on Financial Services.

Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev said in prepared testimony that "any allegation" that his trading app sought to help hedge funds by limiting trades on certain volatile stocks last month "is absolutely false."

Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone provides insight into the GameStop short squeeze and congressional hearing.

A stock-market pullback is coming, strategists warn.

Walmart Inc. reported a disappointing fourth-quarter profit and warned that sales growth would slow in the current fiscal year. 

Lawmakers are expected to grill the chief executive of trading app Robinhood, along with several hedge fund big wigs, about a massive disruption to the stock market led by retail investors earlier this year.

Traders are digesting Walmart earnings and a basket of economic data.

U.S. equity markets ended mixed as investors kept a watchful eye on the bond market.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said on Wednesday that he believes retail investors can't trust Robinood and its CEO Vlad Tenev following the GameStop trading saga.

Executives and directors at the same 13 companies sold about $132 million of stock in 2019, according to insider transaction data from research firm Kaleidoscope. More than 8.5 million shares were sold last year by insiders at these companies, compared with 4.7 million shares in 2019.

Reports on retail sales and wholesale inflation will be closely watched

Fortnite creator Epic Games has taken its fight against Apple to European Union antitrust regulators, ramping up its dispute with the iPhone maker over its App Store payment system and control over app downloads.

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed suit against Amazon on Tuesday, accusing the e-commerce giant of failing to adequately protect its frontline employees during the coronavirus pandemic.

According to a regulatory filing, Berkshire Hathaway also now holds 147.6 million shares of Verizon, and an additional 48.4 million shares of Chevron and 23.07 million shares of E.W. Scripps. The company also trimmed its stake in its largest stock holding, Apple, by 5.4%  

The frenzy around GameStop’s stock may have quieted down, but the outsized influence small investors had in the saga is likely to stick around.

Rising bond yields are taking the steam out of stocks.

MicroStrategy Inc. is raising cash to fund its purchase of more bitcoin, the company said Tuesday.

Nestle announced in June that it was considering selling its bottled water brands in North America

The virtual hearing will take place Thursday Feb. 18