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McKesson Fights Back With Strong Earnings, Revenue Gains
The drug distribution business has gotten fierce recently, with new competitive threats adding to pressure from lawmakers and consumer advocates about the high cost of prescription drugs. McKesson....
How to Invest in E-Commerce Stocks
Many investors prefer stocks that do business in high-growth industries. After all, it's much easier for a company to grow if its sector is expanding by leaps and bounds.As far as favorable....
Costco's Business Today in 3 Charts
It's not easy being a brick-and-mortar retailer today. There are just too many shops competing over a shrinking pool of customer traffic, and this imbalance is forcing many businesses to cut....
JD.com, Tencent, and Wal-Mart Join Forces Against Alibaba
JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), China's second largest business-to-consumer e-commerce marketplace after Alibaba's (NYSE: BABA) Tmall, recently enlisted the help of Tencent (NASDAQOTH: TCEHY) and Wal-Mart....
3 Stocks That Could Put Alibaba's Returns to Shame
It's rather easy to see why Alibaba Group's (NYSE: BABA) has doubled so far in 2017. The company owns 11% of China's massive $5 trillion retail market, and that is only expected to grow as....
3 Stocks to Buy and Hold for 100 Years
Companies that are able to survive for a century or more require certain special attributes. After all, they have to weather not only changing consumer tastes over time but also the ups and downs....
Were Whole Foods' Price Cuts Just an Amazon.com Gimmick?
While Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) purchase of Whole Foods Market looks like it was a picture-perfect wedding, it appears that the price cuts enacted almost immediately after the marriage was....
Why Rite Aid, Hudbay Minerals, and NovoCure Jumped Today
Stocks started the week on a positive note Monday as several major benchmarks pushed further into record territory. The Dow Jones Industrials continued their march toward 23,000, and investors....
Stock Offerings, Buybacks, Shorts, and Another Inexplicable Name Change
On this Market Foolery podcast, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool Asset Management's Bill Barker review the most interesting tidbits from the business world today: Delta (NYSE: DAL) beat on earnings....
These Are the Stores Losing Traffic to Whole Foods
On Aug. 28, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) officially took possession of Whole Foods Market. Then it planted its flag by immediately slashing prices on consumer staples such as bananas, avocados,....
Why Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Stock Popped Today
Shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) climbed 4.5% on Tuesday after the retail giant announced encouraging progress on its strategic initiatives, preliminary guidance for the coming fiscal....
3 Stocks to Own in a Stock Market Crash
With the stock market recently hitting fresh record highs, many investors are worried about a correction or even a full-blown stock market crash. Fortunately, not all stocks react to difficult....
Wal-Mart Aims for Amazon's Achilles Heel
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has done a lot of things exceptionally well over its 22-year history. The company's whopping market value and constant growth are testaments to its strategy of customer....
Top Business Students Are Flocking to Amazon. Here's Why.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) already has a number of advantages over the competition. Its reputation for low prices keeps customers from comparison shopping on the internet, and the convenience it....
Corporate Welfare Is Amazon's Latest Competitive Advantage
You could call it "The Corporate Bachelor" or the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Olympics. The e-commerce giant announced earlier this month that it was opening its search for a second headquarters, dubbed....
Costco Earnings Point to Growth Struggles Ahead
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) recently closed the books on a mixed 2017 fiscal year. On the plus side, the warehouse retailer extended its streak of above-average sales growth even as membership fees....
7 Metrics From Costco Wholesale Corporation's Crushing Quarter
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) is one of the few brick-and-mortar retailers that have seen their growth persist at meaningful rates even as e-commerce continues to gain steam. And Costco's fourth quarter....
Why Rite Aid's Shares Crashed 19% in September
Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) were forced by regulators to reduce the number of stores Rite Aid is selling to Walgreens and that news, plus Rite Aid's lackluster....
5 Personal Finance Tips From Billionaires
Image source: The Motley Fool.You may be looking for an edge in your personal finances -- something that can help you rethink your approach to money and start getting ahead financially. If so, you....
5 Top Stocks for October
Summer is officially in the rearview mirror. That means the air is cooling down, the leaves are starting to change, and Halloween is right around the corner. How do we Fools celebrate the changing....
Better Buy: Amazon.com, Inc. vs. Wal-Mart
Perhaps no two companies have helped to reshape the retail industry more than Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). With its nearly $500 billion in annual revenue, Wal-Mart....
3 Dividend Stocks Should Thrive in a Recession
The market's been booming and things have been going well since the end of the Great Recession, but that doesn't mean things are going to be sunny forever. Another recession is bound to happen and....
2 Incredibly Cheap Healthcare Stocks Right Now
Healthcare stocks have been surging ever since Donald Trump took office last January. As a result, there aren't too many attractive bargains remaining in this high-flying sector. Even so, vaccine....
3 Unknown but Amazing Dividend Stocks
Not all dividend stocks are household names, even for investors. Many companies chug along year after year, paying stable dividends from businesses with durable competitive advantages.We asked....
Better Buy: eBay Inc. vs Amazon.com
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) are two of the biggest names in online commerce. The two combine to sell hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of goods every year. Both stocks....