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Why Cisco Systems Spent $1.9 Billion on BroadSoft
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) recently announced that it will acquire BroadSoft (NASDAQ: BSFT) -- a cloud-based PBX (private branch exchange), unified communications, team collaboration, and contact center....
Shutterstock Invests for the Future
Digital-image specialist Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) faces the same dilemma that countless other businesses have dealt with in the past: how much of its hard-won sales to reinvest into its business.....
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners Takes a Short-Term Hit for Longer-Term Certainty
I have to imagine that anyone invested in Boardwalk Pipeline Partners (NYSE: BWP) feels like the wait for a distribution increase has been akin to watching paint dry. The company's progress over....
Watch Out, Amazon -- The Mini Is Smarter Than the Dot
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to numerous product enhancements and developments, but one that has significant potential to change how we live is the smart speaker. These....
Will Williams Companies Inc. Keep Its Growth Streak Alive in the Third Quarter?
Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) has been on quite a roll. Despite a turbulent oil market, the energy midstream giant, through its majority stake in master limited partnership Williams Partners....
Exact Sciences' Earnings Hammer Short-Sellers (Again)
Americans have historically done poorly when it comes to sticking to recommended guidelines for colon cancer screening, but a new test launched by Exact Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) may be changing....
Can Trivago Bounce Back After Last Week's 31% Drop?
There have been more outs than "inns" at hotel metasearch specialist Trivago (NASDAQ: TRVG) these days. The stock plunged 31.1% last week, coming undone after posting problematic financial results....
Lasers Heat Up as IPG Photonics Stays in High-Growth Mode
Lasers have become a must-have technology for companies seeking to maximize the efficiency of their manufacturing operations, and IPG Photonics (NASDAQ: IPGP) has worked hard to deliver useful....
GoPro Stock Has a Lot to Prove on Wednesday
If GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) is staging a comeback as an investment, it's going to have to get through this week's biggest hurdle to keep its recent rally going. The top dog in wearable cameras reports....
This Is the Real Reason to Love Universal Display Corp. Stock
Universal Display (NASDAQ: OLED) has been on a tear in recent quarters. Trailing sales have increased by 47% over the past two years. At the same time, share prices nearly tripled and EBITDA....
4 Workplace Benefits You Need if You Have Kids
Though having a good set of workplace benefits is crucial regardless of your situation at home, if you have children, there are certain key benefits you shouldn't overlook. If you're in the market....
Mastercard Kicks Into Overdrive
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is tired of being seen as second fiddle in the payment network industry, and it's striving to become the top dog in payments. With an emphasis on new technology, Mastercard....
Intel Corp. Boosts Research and Development, Slashes Marketing
Chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is one of the most profitable chip companies on the planet. Last quarter, it generated about $5.1 billion in operating income -- a figure that many chipmakers would....
Humans Have the Edge Over Robots in Whole Foods' Hiring Binge
One of the fears expressed when it first became known that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) planned to buy Whole Foods was that the online retailer would replace human workers with robots. That may be....
Falling Income, Revenue Plague RPX
RPX (NASDAQ: RPXC) has followed an interesting trajectory as a company. Initially set up to provide services to manage patent litigation risk, RPX did its best to flesh out that industry to its....
5 Things First Solar’s Management Wants You to Know
Earnings releases can be a great way to get a snapshot of how a business is doing in a quarter, but they don't usually give a lot of insight into operations. The conference call is where investors....
Wages for U.S. Workers Growing, Albeit Slowly
The holiday hiring season has helped drive median base pay for workers in the United States up 1.6% in October to $51,220, according to data from the Glassdoor Local Pay Reports. That's an....
How to Cope With a Slacker Coworker
Working in a team environment poses its challenges. Not only do you have different personalities to contend with, but you'll often find yourself in situations where you and your colleagues rely on....
Cummins Gets Its Energy Back
When your customers are suffering, you suffer with them. Cummins (NYSE: CMI) has had to deal with that dynamic for a long time, as the companies in the energy, mining, trucking, and construction....
Compass Minerals Sags on Bid Weakness, Hurricanes
Operational challenges are a constant threat to companies that rely on producing things, and with its specialty in road salt and plant nutritional products, Compass Minerals International (NYSE:....
3 Value Stocks to Hold for a Decade
With major indexes at record levels and the S&P 500's price-to-earnings ratio sitting nearly 50% higher than its historical average, taking a value-focused approach to investing is a smart way....
A Growing List of Finance Gurus and Investment Firms Can't Stand Bitcoin
The stock market has traditionally been the go-to investment vehicle for those who want to retire rich. With an average return of 7% over the long run, inclusive of dividend reinvestment,....
3 Stocks That Soared More Than 20% in Just 1 Week
Slow and steady typically wins the race in investing. Being the tortoise and not the hare by having a long-term outlook is how investing legends like Buffett and Lynch became, well, legendary.Yet....
Time to Get Greedy With General Electric Stock
Warren Buffett famously said, "Be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy."That advice may not always to lead to wise investments, but it underscores a core truth of....
6 Stocks That Have Been Cut in Half From Their 52-Week Highs
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average have still been hitting new highs regularly. Voices continue to warn about an imminent collapse, but the indices climb higher regardless.And....