29min ago - Walmart, the world's largest retailer, is in talks with possible buyers of a stake in its British supermarket Asda, which it failed to combine with Sainsbury's last year.

3h ago - We are making changes in our three MarketScreener portfolios to reduce our exposure to sectors that are likely to suffer more than others from the consequences of the coronavirus epidemic.

16min ago - Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would ban advertisements for products offering any cures or prevention around the coronavirus outbreak, and those that create a sense of urgency around the situation.

2h ago - Bonds are getting hit by the coronavirus panic. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note closed at 1.37% on Monday, just above the all-time closing low of 1.36% in July 16, as this chart from First Trust shows.

4h ago - Stocks are continuing on their downward slope as coronavirus fears grow. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.2% lower, which would mark a fifth straight day of losses. The Dow fell nearly 900 points yesterday to finish at its lowest level since October.

2h ago - The impact of the coronavirus is in every yearly results report. In other news, the transfer of power at Disney, an event not so frequent, makes headlines. There is also a change of management at Salesforce.

8min ago - Apple Inc's shareholders on Wednesday defeated a proposal critical of its removal of apps at the request of the Chinese government, but the proposal drew a much higher proportion of votes than similar proposals in previous years which had gained support only in single-digit percentages.