Here are the stocks making headlines on Wall Street at midday. Electronic Arts, Glu Mobile – The video game stocks rose on Tuesday after EA announced that it had agreed to acquire Glu for $12.50 per share, giving the company a larger foothold in the mobile gaming space. Shares of EA rose more than 3%, while those for Glu surged […]

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. London (CNN Business)Tesla’s decision to invest in Bitcoin has sent prices to a record high. But it’s not the only catalyst driving the cryptocurrency’s rapid ascent. What’s happening: Bitcoin leaped above $48,000 for the first time ever […]

The futures traded lower Tuesday morning after a big start to the trading week on Monday, with all three major indexes and the Russell 2000 closing at all-time highs. Investors are cheering the possibility for a big stimulus package becoming a reality, and fourth-quarter earnings have been coming in very strong. Top analysts on Wall Street are still pointing to […]

Here's a look at some of the companies making headlines after the bell. Take-Two Interactive — The video game stock slipped 3% in extended trading even after the company reported higher-than-expected revenue for its fiscal third quarter. Take-Two posted $814 million in sales for the period, while analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting revenue of $747 million. Take-Two's earnings-per-share number […]

(Reuters) – Elon Musk launched a pair of potential gamechanging shifts for bitcoin on Monday, promising Tesla Inc would take payment for its electric vehicles in the currency soon and revealing it had already bought $1.5 billion worth of it.FILE PHOTO: The Tesla logo is seen on a car in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 9, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson The […]

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military leader said on Monday his junta would hold a new election and hand power to the winner as tens of thousands of people took to the streets for a third day to protest against the coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was speaking in a televised address, his […]

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – CanSino Biologics Inc’s (CanSinoBIO) COVID-19 vaccine showed 65.7% efficacy in preventing symptomatic cases, and a 90.98% success rate in stopping severe disease in an interim analysis of global trials, Pakistan’s health minister said on Monday.FILE PHOTO: A logo of China’s vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc is pictured in Tianjin, China August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File PhotoThe positive […]