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Video game play during the coronavirus pandemic is already at a fever pitch, and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) looks like it wants to raise temperatures even further. It just unveiled a raft of new game

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) has called on Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to help in its efforts to deliver Internet of Things (IoT) functionality to the world.

In a press release issued Thursday

IBM's (NYSE: IBM) stock recently popped after the tech giant posted its second-quarter earnings. The rally likely surprised some investors, since its headline numbers were weak. IBM's revenue fell

It's been a highly unusual year for the railroads. On the one hand, the COVID-19 pandemic has obviously hit their end markets very hard. On the other hand, there's evidence that the long-term

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Kinder Morgan operate sizable infrastructure portfolios that generate gobs of reasonably resilient cash flow. That gives them the money to pay attractive

As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, it's unclear how long it will be before life can return to normal. And for those nearing retirement, that uncertainty can be troubling.

The U.S. officially

Proto Labs (NYSE: PRLB), a quick-turn contract manufacturer, is slated to report its second-quarter 2020 results before the market open on Tuesday, July 28.

The company -- which offers both

Despite a staggering 42% sales slowdown in the second quarter,  Skechers (NYSE: SKX) beat analyst estimates and posted a 428% increase in company-owned e-commerce sales.

Net sales in the shoe

The turnaround story is certainly compelling on the surface. After its clunky-but-comfortable shoes were all the rage in 2007, by 2009 the prospect of bankruptcy loomed large for footwear name Crocs

The coronavirus pandemic has made it clear that we're living in a unique era of market concentration.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Microsoft

Speculation has been swirling all month that Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) might jump on the subscription bandwagon, following many of its tech peers into the realm of high-margin, recurring revenue. A job

As problems continue to mount for troubled industrial conglomerate General Electric (NYSE: GE), some investors feel as though the company would be better off if it was broken up. 

That was true

Healthcare is a massive expense for working Americans, as well as retirees, so it pays to do what you can to make it as affordable as possible. But new data from HSA Bank reveals that 42% of

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First Merchants Corp (NASDAQ: FRME)Q2 2020 Earnings CallJul 23, 2020, 2:30 p.m. ET

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For the past few years, the clear star of the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) empire has been its cloud segment, with its Azure infrastructure-as-a-service segment growing extremely fast, and its

Early in 2020, the stock market fell into bear territory, and investors were able to find plenty of bargain dividend stocks. But that opportunity didn't last long, with the stock market quickly

There's been quite a bit of attention this year on "blank check" IPOs. DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) used one to go public. More recently, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has been in the headlines as his

Video game stocks are a hot commodity this year amid all the shelter-in-place orders, but Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is leading the pack with a 60% gain so far in 2020.

The game producer kicked off the

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Equifax Inc (NYSE: EFX)Q2 2020 Earnings CallJul 23, 2020, 9:30 a.m. ET

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Pentair PLC (NYSE: PNR)Q2 2020 Earnings CallJul 23, 2020, 9:00 a.m. ET

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Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) surprised investors on Wednesday afternoon with better-than-expected profitability, marking the company's fourth-consecutive quarter with a positive bottom line. Tesla posted

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) isn't the same company that it was five years ago. For one, it no longer looks to its iPhone device sales as the main driver of its future. Some investors have taken Apple's

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the wake of COVID-19, and while the jobless rate declined in June, we're still nowhere close to reaching pre-pandemic unemployment levels. Thankfully

The coronavirus pandemic has devastated retail and restaurant businesses of late, but many other companies that depend on those industries have felt the crunch, too. Payment technology company

Equinor ASA (NYSE: EQNR) changed its name from Statoil in May 2018 because it wanted to become a broad-based energy company. But Equinor isn't simply "greenwashing" -- it means business.

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