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It's easy to grasp how Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) got to where it is today. A decade ago, the biotech's market cap hovered around $8 billion. Vertex's lead pipeline candidate was

Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) beat Wall Street's earnings estimate with its fourth-quarter results. But the big biotech's 2020 outlook underwhelmed. Amgen expects to deliver modest earnings growth and return

A community in Vermont was surprised in 2015 when Ronald Read, a retired gas station attendant and janitor, turned out to have been worth nearly $8 million upon his death -- and left about $5

It's been more than a half decade since we first told you about the XS-1 -- a project of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which aims to build an experimental spaceplane to cut the cost

Whether retirement is a few years away or won't happen for decades, it's never too soon to start thinking about ways to improve your long-term financial picture. Here are a few moves you can make in

Ready or not, election season is about to move into full swing in the months ahead. Though there are plenty of hot-button topics bound to get their time in the spotlight in this year's presidential

College is an expensive prospect, whether you attend a public in-state school or opt for a private education. In fact, many students have no choice but to apply for financial aid to swing their

Phillips 66 Partners (NYSE: PSXP) has shifted its strategy over the past few years from acquiring assets from its parent Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) to developing organic expansion projects. That pivot

There's no doubt Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) efforts to speed up delivery cost it a pretty penny. CFO Brian Olsavsky said the company will see the cost of its one-day delivery efforts affect it another

In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill talks with analyst Abi Malin about some market news. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares popped 10% on the company's earnings. How much is short covering, and

In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Fools Nick Sciple and John Rosevear bring in the Autonocast's Ed Niedermeyer for a fascinating talk about autonomous driving -- including the hype

T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Sprint (NYSE: S) are both cellular network providers, coming in as the third- and fourth-largest respectively. In early 2018, the two companies announced a merger that

The mobile business isn't the high-growth industry of times past, but Verizon (NYSE: VZ) continues to chug along as it builds out the next-generation 5G network. Net subscriber additions in the

Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE: PAA) has been in a bit of a rut lately. Units of the master limited partnership (MLP) have tumbled about 27% in the past year, including 8% so far in 2020. As a

Mid-cap stocks, generally defined as stocks with market caps between $2 billion and $10 billion, can offer investors the best of both worlds. They have enough room to deliver serious growth but

Everybody loves Disney's (NYSE: DIS) new streaming service, and for now that's been more than enough for the media giant to beat the market in 2019. The buzz was strong ahead of the mid-November

Over the last five years, shares of Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) have doubled in value, and it could double again over the next five. There are a few reasons why I believe Electronic Arts could

Opening an IRA is a good way to build retirement savings. And there are numerous tax breaks you'll reap for funding one. With a traditional IRA, your contributions are tax-free, and investment gains

Textron (NYSE: TXT) came into earnings season in need of a catalyst to get investors excited about holding its shares. Fourth-quarter results did come in slightly ahead of expectations, but the

Big plans are afoot at Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK) for the coming year, including a China expansion, new food offerings, and a pact with Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB). At the 2020 ICR Conference in January

"Buy what you know."

If there's any advice more familiar to investors than the wit and wisdom of Warren Buffett, it's got to be this single gem from the silver-haired patron saint of individual

Dividend-paying stocks can be a terrific way to fund your retirement. Strong, financially sound companies can grow their cash payouts to investors over time, thereby providing you with a reliable

Almost 60 million people are under lockdown in China, stores and offices have closed, and the U.S. and other countries are evacuating their citizens from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak

For those looking to achieve significant stock price gains, one time-honored strategy is to invest in companies that are on the cutting edge of technology, catching the wave of a broader societal or

Let's face it, February can be a rough month. The holiday cheer has long faded away, and springtime still feels more like a distant dream than a coming reality. But there's a silver lining to