| | Wall Street gained ground for the fourth straight session on Friday, extending a rally that pushed all three major U.S. stock indexes to record closing highs as upbeat earnings and signs of economic revival fueled investor risk appetite. | | | Former chief executive officer of Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE.N), George Whitesides, will fly to space on the aerospace company's next test spaceflight, CNBC reported on Friday. | | | Wall Street gained ground for the fourth straight session on Friday, extending a rally that pushed all three major U.S. stock indexes to record closing highs as upbeat earnings and signs of economic revival fueled investor risk appetite. | | | Electric car startup Rivian said on Friday it has closed a $2.5 billion fundraising round led by investors Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Ford Motor Co (F.N) and T. Rowe Price.(TROW.O) | | | Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is likely to set up a factory in India if successful with imported vehicles, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Twitter, after the company wrote to Indian ministries seeking a big reduction in import duties on electric vehicles, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. | | | U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged lawmakers on Friday to increase or suspend the nation's debt limit as soon as possible and warned that if Congress does not act by Aug. 2 the Treasury Department would need to take "extraordinary measures" to prevent a U.S. default. | | | The rally on Wall Street faces a fresh test next week with a flood of earnings reports from major U.S. companies, including the tech and internet behemoths that have recently retaken leadership of the market. | | | Wall Street rallied for the fourth consecutive session on Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq on track for record closing highs as upbeat earnings put investors in a buying mood. | | | A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber attack targeting key South African ports. | | | Fears of increased of regulation from Beijing crushed U.S.-listed Chinese stocks on Friday following a Chinese government crackdown on private educators. | | | | |