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Shares of arts and crafts retailer The Michaels Companies (NASDAQ: MIK) surged higher on Friday due to a sudden shakeup in the executive suite. The stock was trading 24% higher at 1:55 p.m. EST.

Already one of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) most bullish Street analysts, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives put out a research note to investors this week suggesting that Apple's market cap could soon be nearly

Whether you're a skittish newcomer to the stock market or an investing veteran, you're still eventually going to run into situations where you need advice from a more experienced expert. Fortunately

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a long history of mysteriously touting accomplishments but without providing more context. As frustrating as that can be, at least investors know that the company is

The restaurant industry looked like it turned in a relatively strong performance in November, with same-store sales rising over last year, but that was only because of the calendar shift in the

In this special year-in-review episode of Industry Focus, all the hosts get together for a look back at 2019, and a look at what lies in the decade ahead. Topics discussed include:

...plus many

In this special episode of Industry Focus, all the hosts -- plus Emily Flippen, soon to be host of the Consumer Goods show -- gather around the microphone fire and look back on the year. Some topics

There's plenty of excitement surrounding the gene editing space right now, and for good reason. If you're looking to pick a company in this sector to invest in, both Editas Medicine (NASDAQ: EDIT)

Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) and Micron (NASDAQ: MU) both provide crucial components of PCs and data centers. Seagate is the world's largest manufacturer of traditional platter-based HDDs (hard disk

Mark Parker had plenty of good news for investors in his last earnings call before transitioning out of the CEO role he's held for the last 14 years at Nike (NYSE: NKE). The company notched

Companies that pay and regularly increase their dividends can provide an incredible benefit to investors with the ability to focus on the long term. They're among the few asset classes with the

As has become a day-after-Christmas tradition, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) released a roundup of the highlights from its holiday season. While the press release may seem like just a victory lap for the

Travis Kalanick has ridden as far as he's going to go. The co-founder and former CEO of Uber (NYSE: UBER) was an active seller of Uber's stock in November and December, unloading 100% of his

The stock market continued to tread water during the holiday week, as investors seemed content to leave popular market benchmarks at or near all-time highs. Most companies aren't announcing much in

Shares of Flexion Therapeutics (NASDAQ: FLXN) were flying 11.4% higher as of 11:22 a.m. EST on Friday. The big jump came after the biopharmaceutical company announced after the market closed on

Electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is finishing off 2019 with one last impressive milestone. The company will begin delivering its Shanghai-built Model 3 on Monday, Tesla reported today. It's

On Dec. 4, hybrid electric truckmaker and electric "last-mile" package-delivery-by-drone company Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS) got a big boost when the company suggested it was getting a cash

Scorpio Tankers (NYSE: STNG) is a product tanker company that focuses on delivering refinery products from refineries to railcars, trucks, and pipelines. Several factors, including sanctions on

Investors were hoping for good news from Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) when the ski resort giant issued its fiscal first-quarter earnings report. That period includes some of its slowest sales months

Zillow (NASDAQ: Z) has become the place where most people start their homebuying journeys, with over 195 million unique visitors visiting the site on a monthly basis. For real estate agents

Marc Andreessen, software industry veteran and founder of the venture capital (VC) firm Andreessen Horowitz (also known as "a16z"), wrote a now-famous article in 2011 titled, Why Software Is Eating

Many industries use radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to track objects. Retailers use RFID tags to track inventories and consumer shopping trends, companies use them in security passes, and

Another quarter and another lowering of full-year 2020 earnings guidance from FedEx (NYSE: FDX). It's becoming a familiar, and disappointing, refrain from the company. That said, it usually pays off

Putting it bluntly, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) isn't what it used to be. At one point it was a powerhouse in the business computing arena. But the advent of cloud computing made it much

BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) is a play on the health and wellness trend that's overtaking most consumer products segments. From prepared foods to dining out, soft drinks to adult beverages, consumers