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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) stock has experienced a rough ride over the last year. The loss of a contract with China Mobile, a dividend cut, and a price falloff related to the coronavirus pandemic (that

Wireless network operator T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS) wants to lower the bar on some of the commitments it made in order to close the Sprint merger. Citing "long-term effects" of the COVID-19

Most Social Security beneficiaries this year received a financial windfall in the form of their COVID-19 stimulus check. While these coronavirus payments didn't provide a ton of money, they were

Cash flow is vitally important to a company's existence. With the economy in a recession, cash flow is an especially important metric to watch because many companies are feeling their revenue and

Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google is the biggest ad platform in the world, and the origin of almost all of the company's $1 trillion in market value.

Google has been an unquestionable

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is adding a new asset to its portfolio. The company announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Finicity, a privately held fintech that specializes in data aggregation

Beyond Meat's (NASDAQ: BYND) burgers may be on more backyard grills this summer thanks to the company's effort to offer a lower-priced package during barbecue season. The maker of plant-based meat

More than 4,000 workers have walked off the job at General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) massive Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine after rejecting a new three-year contract. The development is a fresh

It's apparently popular for young traders to take shots at Warren Buffett these days for his recent underperformance -- and even I fell into that trap last month -- but don't buy into that nonsense

Crashing crude oil prices this year have wrecked the finances of most oil and gas companies. Some have experienced such financial hardship that they've had to declare bankruptcy. The longer oil

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for healthcare companies to make sense of all the data at their disposal so they can give better patient care, track resources and supplies, and

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) acquired Beam way back in 2016, a couple years after Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) had scooped up live-streaming leader Twitch in 2014. Beam was subsequently rebranded as Mixer in

In the last three months, the S&P 500 has rebounded by over 36% as hopes of an economic recovery materialized. At the same time, shares of Canadian pot producer Aphria (NASDAQ: APHA) have more than

There are no guarantees in investing, especially when it comes to dividends. Dividends are often among the first things to go when times get tough. However, there are companies that combine vibrant

Millions of Americans have been hurting financially ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit home, and many are desperate to get their hands on any amount of extra income, especially as lawmakers debate

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has seen its stock hit hard this year. Longtime investors may feel a sense of deja vu, as the store closures and high unemployment feel a lot like the Great Recession of

It would have been easy to miss -- the world was in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, and the company didn't make a formal announcement of the move. Regardless, it's worth looking backward for

Shares of T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) were temporarily lower Monday night and Tuesday morning, after the company revealed that it would be facilitating a $21 billion stock sale from large shareholder

The news was mostly lost among all the more pressing headlines, first regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, and then more recently by protests related to racism. But there are reports that several stores

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has never let iOS users choose default apps, instead always directing customers to its own offerings for core functionalities like email or web browsing. What may seem like a

Even if you rarely watch the news, you know all about how the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life and the economy. People have lost their jobs, businesses have closed for good, and

American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) was a huge beneficiary of the "dash for trash" that began about a month ago. Speculators snapped up American Airlines stock along with other stocks that had been

It has been nearly three decades since Universal Display (NASDAQ: OLED) began as a research and development start-up. Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays are now a reality, and they're

Though Gen Xers may not be on the cusp of retirement, older members of that generation may only have a decade or so left in the workforce before calling it quits. And that means they need to take

Last year, large-cap pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) completed its $74 billion acquisition of cancer biotech company Celgene, creating one of the largest biopharma companies