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Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) doesn't have any more room to squeeze more advertisements into its news feed without negatively affecting its user engagement. It hit that sticking point over three years ago

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) rose Wednesday morning, up 0.29% by 10:35 a.m. EST. A strong earnings report from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) helped boost the index despite a backdrop of

In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill talks with Fool analyst Jason Moser about some market news. Mostly coronavirus. The guys discuss how the outbreak could affect certain companies like

Wednesday has been a choppy day on Wall Street, as major market benchmarks initially moved significantly higher but saw those gains diminish as the session went on.

News from China on the

There has been an extraordinary leap in understanding the human genome and its role in health and disease in recent years. That knowledge, combined with machine learning, is giving rise to the kind

Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has been one of the biggest winners among growth stocks over the past year. Its share price has increased a staggering 311% since the beginning of 2019. Despite these impressive

Shares of General Electric (NYSE: GE) traded up more than 7% on Wednesday morning after the industry conglomerate reported fourth-quarter earnings that came in above expectations and provided

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) added fewer new subscribers in the U.S. and Canada during the fourth quarter than management originally anticipated. Just 550,000 new members joined the streaming service last

In this week's installment of Industry Focus: Financials, host Jason Moser and Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, discuss the impressive fourth-quarter results from JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)

Shares of Weight Watchers International (NASDAQ: WW) jumped nearly 30% in the opening weeks of the new year, but the stock has since given back these gains and is down 6% as of this writing.

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Many of us feel compelled to work longer hours to get ahead professionally, or to keep pace with our ever-competitive peers. But burning the midnight oil could be harming our health.

An estimated

Swedish furniture giant IKEA decided in late December to end its two-year experiment in selling some of its items through Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). The move comes not long after Nike (NYSE: NKE)

The six stocks discussed all have market caps less than $10 billion and all look like good values -- but that's about all they have in common. Let's take a closer look at what makes these stocks

The cloud computing arena is an emerging battleground among technology stocks, and two of the biggest players in this space are Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Both software

During the fourth quarter, Juniper Networks has shown signs of recovery. The network vendor posted results in the high end of guidance thanks to the strength of its cloud and enterprise segments

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Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd  (NYSE: CHT)Q4 2019 Earnings CallJan. 22, 2020, 2:00 a.m. ET

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2019 tested the mettle of shareholders of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). While the stock rose 23%, it still underperformed the S&P 500 by nearly 6%. Slowing revenue growth and a net income decline to

Connected healthcare company Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) put the final wrap on 2019, reporting a strong finish to the year for the company's daVinci lineup of robotic surgery machines and

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Franklin Financial Network (NYSE: FSB)Q4 2019 Earnings CallJan 21, 2020, 5:00 p.m. ET

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Last year was understandably a great year to own Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHB). The exchange-traded fund that tracks the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index

On the evening of February 10th, j2 Global (NASDAQ: JCOM) will release its 2019 fourth quarter and year-end earnings results. The full year guidance for 2019 provided by the company was:

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The healthcare industry is a great place to invest because it can give investors some safe stocks to buy and hold. Health stocks are normally not very volatile and they can be profitable investments

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Cathay General Bancorp  (NASDAQ: CATY)Q4 2019 Earnings CallJan. 22, 2020, 6:00 p.m. ET

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Famed media investor Leo Hindery has had a distinguished career, and he's not done yet. Last year, Hindery launched a special purpose acquisition company (or SPAC) to buy and operate a business in

Lithium's long-term future is closely tied to the electric vehicle market. On the surface, that sounds like a good thing, as electric cars are increasingly popular. However, there's currently too