Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Wingstop — Shares of the chicken wing chain jumped about 13% on an upbeat outlook . Wingstop said it sees flat to low-single-digit domestic same-store sales growth for fiscal 2026. In the fourth quarter, the company’s same-store sales declined 5.8% on a year-over-year basis, coming in…
A researcher works in the lab at the Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Moderna said on Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review its experimental mRNA flu shot, reversing the agency’s earlier decision to refuse to accept the…
Early renderings released by Ford Motor of its next-generation, electric pickup truck, based on its upcoming universal electric vehicle platform. Courtesy Ford DETROIT — Ford Motor‘s $5 billion “bet” on its next generation of all-electric vehicles will feature a budding technology that Tesla commercialized in the U.S. on its Cybertruck, the Detroit automaker said Tuesday….
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary told CNBC that he believes “everything should be over-the-counter” unless a drug is unsafe, addictive or requires monitoring – doubling down on a push that some in the pharmaceutical industry have questioned. In an interview on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Makary said the FDA’s aims to make changes…
Walmart CEO John Furner, left, and Target CEO Michael Fiddelke. Walmart (L) | Getty Images (R) When Walmart and Target report holiday earnings this quarter, investors may quickly brush off those results. Instead, they will likely focus more on the two big-box retailers’ futures under new CEOs and the outlook for U.S. consumers in 2026….
Iran has 15 gold mines, with the largest being the Zarshouran mine located in the country’s northwest. PHOTO: PIXABAY KARACHI: Gold and silver prices increased in both international and local markets on Wednesday after a two-day pause. In the international bullion market, the price of gold rose by $13 per ounce to $4,933. In the local…
Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday said it will reopen deal talks with Paramount Skydance under a seven-day waiver from Netflix to explore “deficiencies” in Paramount’s offer to buy the entirety of WBD. The legacy media company has a pending transaction with Netflix for its streaming and studio businesses. Paramount launched a hostile tender offer straight…
Iesco stood on top in the wake of its plausible performance to curb losses, improve recoveries and act in line with the time frame for new connections. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday held a public hearing on the second quarterly adjustment for the current fiscal year, where power…
Michael Selig, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman, testifies in a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on his nomination on Capitol Hill, Nov. 19, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed an amicus brief in federal court on Tuesday to assert the agency’s right to enforce…
Close up image of a tablet screen displaying a portrait of Jeffrey Epstein beside the official U.S. Department of Justice website page titled Epstein Library in Washington District of Columbia United States on February 11, 2026. Veronique Tournier | Afp | Getty Images The recent release by the Department of Justice of millions of pages…