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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), along with number of state attorneys general, is planning to take antitrust action against Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) search giant Google

Video gaming veteran Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) just announced the first Mario game of 2020. Paper Mario: The Origami King will be launched for the Nintendo Switch console on July 17, in keeping with the

As the coronavirus outbreak spread throughout the U.S., shoppers flocked to Target (NYSE: TGT) to stock up on essentials. That sounds good, but at the same time, they bought fewer high-margin items

Occidental Petroleum's (NYSE: OXY) ambitious plan to pay off the debt it took on to acquire Anadarko Petroleum has encountered many obstacles. Not only has it been unable to close some asset sales,

Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) e-commerce business may be about to see its sales growth rate explode even higher. Here's why.

Starting in early March, Amazon began to see a surge in demand in its

With so many in the U.S. forced to stay at home because of the coronavirus crisis, more people have been sizing up their surroundings and noticing improvements are needed. The beneficiaries of that

Consumer demand went through a once-in-a-generation shock in recent weeks, and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) was in the perfect position to observe the shift. That's just one reason investors are looking

Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) stock recently rallied after the networking giant posted its third-quarter numbers. Will its high yield and low valuation make Cisco a safe-haven stock for a turbulent market

Gold is a volatile commodity prone to swift and dramatic price swings, but it often does well when other investment options are souring. Because of this fact, investors often like to have a small

The oil industry is usually a pretty boring place to invest. Not lately, though.

Oil prices have been swinging wildly for the past few weeks, but they haven't swung anywhere close to the $60/barrel

Airlines have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, sending stocks crashing down and causing Warren Buffett to run for the emergency exits. Airlines today are trading at valuations that suggest

The coronavirus pandemic continues to have a huge impact on the entire world. In the U.S. alone, more than 86,000 people have died, tens of millions of people have lost their jobs, and many more are

Nike's (NYSE: NKE) share price still remains 10% below January and early February's low-$100 range even after sharply recovering from the coronavirus market crash that caused the stock to plummet to

Just two months ago, the stock market was in free fall due to fear about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The S&P 500 index plunged 35% between mid-February and late March. That represented the

In March, legislators passed the CARES Act, a massive stimulus package designed to help American households pay their bills through the coronavirus-fueled economic crisis. The CARES Act will

On Friday, Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ: CLVS) gained Food and Drug Administration approval of Rubraca for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate tumors that have BRCA mutations.

Rubraca

We all know that the coronavirus, as well as the lockdowns associated with its spread, wreaked havoc on both stocks and the overall market. At the peak of the stock decline in February and March

The rumor makes sense: E-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has shown interest in the movie industry in the past, and as long as the audience for Amazon Studios' productions is limited to Prime

People who want to invest like billionaire investor Warren Buffett often follow in his footsteps and take note of the moves that his company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B), makes

Yesterday, social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) announced that it had acquired GIPHY, one of the leading online repositories for GIFs, which are short looping videos that social media users use

Adobe Systems Inc.'s (NASDAQ: ADBE) stock has climbed an incredible 358% over the last five years and has delivered a 10-bagger for investors who've held the stock for the last decade.

These gains

Lung cancer patients in advanced stages of the disease received a new first-line treatment option on Friday. The FDA has approved the combination of Opdivo plus Yervoy from Bristol-Myers Squibb

More than 60% of Americans are worried about money, thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to a recent survey by our sister site, TheAscent.com. Part of the reason is that many have spent

Aerospace giant Boeing (NYSE: BA) and industrial conglomerate General Electric (NYSE: GE) have both seen their stocks fall sharply. Although they each have iconic names, you need to understand a

COVID-19 has been battering the U.S. economy since domestic cases first started increasing in March. Since then, unemployment has reached record levels and countless small businesses have closed