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The stock market reflects the strength of the U.S. economy, and for years now, the employment picture in the U.S. has been improving. Friday's latest report on January employment numbers continued

Coronavirus infections continue to grow. From last night to this morning, Johns Hopkins University's coronavirus tracking website recorded 3,173 new cases of the disease -- a 10% increase. Compared

In this edition of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill and Abi Malin talk about Disney (NYSE: DIS), Snap (NYSE: SNAP), and Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) results. Disney is budgeting $175 million for park shutdowns in

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) just closed the books on a sparkling fiscal 2019. After boosting its outlook on two consecutive occasions, the beverage giant beat its upgraded forecast to finish the year on a

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) Pizza Hut has struggled to find the right mix of product, convenience, and prize. The pizza chain saw same-store sales drop 4% in the fourth quarter for its U.S. stores.

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In his best-selling book One Up on Wall Street, famed mutual fund manager Peter Lynch wrote, "cyclicals are the most misunderstood of all the types of stocks." As North America's most diversified

In a much-anticipated move, Iridium Communications (NASDAQ: IRDM) newest service, CloudConnect, expanded its coverage in late January on a global scale. Iridium, a leading provider in the satellite

Did you establish a new set of career goals for yourself this year? If you did, you're probably in good company.

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In today's episode of Industry Focus: Wild Card Wednesday, Jason Moser and Shannon Jones give their take on the coronavirus. Later, they do a deep dive into three biotech companies.

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Just days after the informal negotiations were revealed, Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the parent of the NYSE, has said it is no longer interested in pursuing an acquisition of eBay

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported impressive fourth-quarter results last week, showing strong revenue growth, better-than-expected margins, and strong current-quarter guidance from management. The

In this edition of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Emily Flippen and Dan Kline provide their insights into some of the commercials that were on display during the Super Bowl. They break down the

Shares of social media phenomenon Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) are marching higher -- up 11.8% as of 9:55 a.m. EST -- after the image-posting website announced powerful sales and earnings growth

ViacomCBS (NASDAQ: VIAC) (NASDAQ: VIACA), the product of a recent merge of television powerhouses Viacom and CBS, are planning to launch a new streaming video service, according to a Thursday report

Crude oil prices plunged in January due to worries about how the fast-spreading 2019-nCoV coronavirus would impact demand for fuel in China. The global oil benchmark, Brent crude, tumbled nearly 12%

Shares of PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) dropped 10.2% in January, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the paint and coating company presented a bleak outlook for 2020

Gartner (NYSE: IT) released fourth-quarter 2019 results early Tuesday, and it was apparent the market wasn't pleased, as shares plunged 6% in response. But with echoes of last quarter's reasonably

Shares of Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) are printing fresh multiyear lows in premarket trading this morning. Specifically, the cannabis giant's stock dropped by as much as 17% in premarket activity

A couple of weeks ago, I presented the notion that for ad-supported streaming video to prosper, it had to get as good at handling advertisements as the cable television industry is now. For all its

TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) has long been one of the most reliable performers among aerospace stocks, but over the past year it has had to fly into a number of headwinds that risked slowing the

Trends in retail are evolving faster than you can say "Amazon," and it's widening the gap between those who can conform to the new non-conformity and those who have not been able to keep up. 

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Investors have known for some time that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) future growth wouldn't come courtesy of the iPhone. Worldwide smartphone shipments fell by more than 4% in 2018, and when the final

Shares of Insulet (NASDAQ: PODD) surged 13.3% last month, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The S&P 500 was flat in January. The Boston-area healthcare company is the leader in

On Thursday, Roche (OTC: RHHBY) announced the much-anticipated results from a study of the company's experimental spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drug, resdiplam. The biotech giant released the full