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Tuesday morning brought a big move up for the stock market, adding onto Monday's modest gains. Some strong economic data created a more positive mood on Wall Street, with evidence supporting the

Hertz (NYSE: HTZ), a vehicle rental company now in the middle of the bankruptcy process, continued to mystify market onlookers as its share price jumped 21% Tuesday morning before quickly reversing

Shares of General Electric (NYSE: GE) stock popped nearly 7% in early trading Tuesday before giving back some of its gains. At 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, GE stock retained a healthy 3.2% gain -- about

Shares of Infinera Corp. (NASDAQ: INFN) were rising today after economic data was published showing that retail sales rose in May. Shares of Infinera were up as much as 15.6% before the afternoon.

Privately-held Epic Games, maker of the uber-popular Fortnite video game, is rapidly catching up to the big publicly traded videogame companies -- at least in terms of valuation.

Within the

Shares of Chinese streaming video champ iQiyi (NASDAQ: IQ) soared more than 20% on Tuesday on word that rival Tencent Holdings (OTC: TCEHY) is looking to buy a stake in the company -- its biggest

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is deploying cameras to ensure employees maintain social distancing while at work. 

In a blog post, the tech stock said the technology, dubbed "Distance Assistant" will give

Shares of Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), the company called the "Chinese Google," are easily outperforming shares of Google's parent today. As of 11:20 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Alphabet stock was up 1.5% while

This has been a good month for Carnival (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK) investors. The stock has risen 24% through Monday's close, but an important date is coming later this month that could send this ship

Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) efforts to monetize WhatsApp -- the messaging app it paid $19 billion for in 2014 -- have been delayed and rethought several times over by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his

Two years ago, Elon Musk's Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) made a big splash on the world stage with his plan to link 50,000 solar-panel-equipped homes in South Australia to create a 250-megawatt "virtual

A tightly packed movie theater is the last place most people want to be with a highly contagious disease spreading around the world. That's partly why shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE:

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) published a press release on Monday detailing milestone performance for its App Store in 2019. The announcement cited an independent study conducted by Analysis Group, which

Competition in the online gambling industry is heating up. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way to allow legal sports gambling, and many states have already changed their local laws to

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) announced Monday that it will acquire the assets of Spanugo. Based in Santa Clara, Calfornia, Spanugo gives clients the capability to run workloads in the

North American models of the Model S Long Range Plus are going farther than any electric vehicle has gone before -- and for less money, too. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) revealed in a blog post on its

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) are teaming up to give select Shopify sellers the ability to list items on Walmart.com. Walmart's online marketplace is growing quickly -- faster than

Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AAXN) is in capital-raising mode. The law enforcement equipment supplier announced that it has launched a public offering of 3 million shares of its common stock. In its

Shares of onshore U.S. exploration and production company Centennial Resource Development (NASDAQ: CDEV) shot higher at the open Tuesday, gaining nearly 20% in the first few minutes of the trading

Customers are desperate to get back to spending. That became obvious when the U.S. Department of Commerce released May retail sales numbers Tuesday morning, showing a 17.7% surge in retail sales.

United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: UAL) said Tuesday it would ban passengers who refuse to wear face masks on flights, part of a broader effort by major airlines to crack down on travelers not taking

One of this year's more compelling comeback stories is Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). The leading premium streaming video service saw its shares come under pressure last year when rival platforms entered

Shares of electric-truck start-up Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) were trading lower on Tuesday, after the company notified regulators that a whole lot of stock held by insiders could hit the market before

Shares of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings (NYSE: CCO) were going up on Tuesday, a day after the company announced it amended its credit agreement. By itself, that news probably isn't enough for the

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