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Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is planning to challenge Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) with its own paid membership model that would compete with Amazon Prime, Vox reported Thursday. The company will introduce it as

Though the market is currently in turmoil, the stock of global telecom CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has been in the doldrums for a while. After its 2017 merger with Level 3 Communications, CenturyLink

B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS) has a huge 14% dividend yield, which might at first sound enticing when you consider that the company operates in the fairly boring packaged food business. But there's a lot

Following in Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) footsteps, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) lowered its revenue target for the current quarter as a result of concerns over adverse effects from the novel coronavirus

The scary thing about retirement is adjusting to life on what could very well end up being a lot less income than you're used to. This especially holds true if you haven't accumulated a lot of

Last week, the stock market set a number of records, albeit not the type that investors are going to be thrilled with.

On Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 24 and 25, the history-rich Dow Jones Industrial

Home-improvement giant Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) sold off following the company's fourth-quarter earnings announcement. The home-improvement chain beat on earnings but missed on revenue. This sent Lowe's

As the novel coronavirus outbreak enters its third month, Wall Street has finally succumbed to fears that the disease may continue to spread.

For investors looking at the major stock market indices

Following a stunning first quarter of 2019, which saw more than a dozen popular cannabis stocks rally by at least 70%, the past 11 months have been nothing short of a train wreck for the green rush

America's military-industrial complex is shrinking. To some (defense policy doves), that may sound like good news. But it's not so much the amount of total defense spending that's shrinking, but

Retiring rich is a dream many people share, but few are able to achieve. Close to half of baby boomers (45%) have no savings at all, according to a report from the Insured Retirement Institute, and

Trading for as much as $6.05 in late February, shares of Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) had reached highs unseen in more than five years. And this performance wasn't a flash in the pan, as the stock was

While the rest of the stock market tumbled in response to spreading coronavirus concerns, shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO), Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX), and Co-Diagnostics (NASDAQ: CODX)

Last month, investors received a not-so-subtle reminder that the stock market can (and does) move in both directions. In a span of two days, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average, tech-heavy

Social Security is a program all of us should be grateful for. Without it, millions of seniors would risk plunging into poverty, and many current workers would have a lot less retirement income to

One benefit of taking out federal student loans for college is being privy to a host of protections in the event you're unable to make your monthly loan payments. For example, federal loans offer

Recessions happen. The economy may stumble for any number of reasons, the important thing is that eventually it will falter.

Recession fears currently revolve around the coronavirus. A number of

As a retiree, Social Security will probably provide a lot of your income. It's also an income source experts have classified as ideal because it's guaranteed for life, and checks increase

The coronavirus outbreak in China is turning out to be a challenge for a wide swathe of companies. Several big names in the tech sector have blamed the outbreak for negatively affecting their

With the coronavirus epidemic continuing to spread, financial markets have seen significant declines. While major indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average have seen double-digit percentage

Unlike many other apparel companies that were affected by the United States' escalating trade war with China, Wrangler jeans parent Kontoor Brands (NYSE: KTB) cast a worried eye about the fallout of

Financial markets around the world have plunged in recent days in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The potential for widespread disease to disrupt the global economy has caused pervasive

It's easy to see why AT&T (NYSE: T) wants to expand its streaming video business. Cable subscriptions are down -- streaming subscriptions are up. Content is king, but the most profitable streaming

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime turns 15 years old this year, and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has some catching up to do if it wants to compete. While it's tried to match Amazon's offer of unlimited two-day

The oil market has hit another rough patch this year. Crude prices have tumbled more than 20% in recent weeks on fears that the coronavirus will negatively affect global oil demand. Those concerns