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Gilead Sciences Inc.’s stock rose 2% in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the biotech blew past third-quarter earnings estimates and raised its guidance, boosted by demand for its HIV and COVID-19 treatments.

Elf also gained market share and saw international sales nearly double.

The president-elect has pledged to lower prices, cut taxes and slap huge tariffs on imports. But don’t plan on a quick fix for inflation, experts say.

Qualcomm is upping its buyback program by $15 billion after repurchasing more than $4 billion in stock last fiscal year.

Lyft reported third-quarter sales that beat expectations while offering an upbeat demand forecast, after the ride-hailing platform earlier in the day announced an autonomous-vehicle partnership with Mobileye Global Inc.

Older voters have always been influential and dependable voters and that was no different this election season.

Many on Wall Street expected Tuesday’s election would be the final obstacle standing in the way of a stock-market melt-up heading into the end of the year. But rising Treasury yields are increasingly a concern.

The question for investors is what happens once the postelection euphoria wears off.

Donald Trump’s most consistent policy commitment is to tariffs, or taxes paid by U.S. importers of foreign goods.

The Russell 2000 index jumped 5.5% on Wednesday after former President Donald Trump’s electoral win.

Even before Donald Trump was called the winner of Tuesday’s election, names had been circulating about who the Republican nominee would appoint to key posts in his second term. Now that he’s won, here’s a fresh look at some of them.

Shares of private-education companies rallied Wednesday, on expectations some of the regulatory pressure on the group will be eased once newly elected President Trump begins his term in January.