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Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is slated to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 results after the market closes on Thursday, Jan. 30. This is a particularly important report, as it includes the

You can count on companies to make major announcements when the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the biggest event in the healthcare sector each year, is underway. That's exactly what happened

There's an old adage within business circles: "A goal without a plan is just a wish." It's a poke at business leaders who fall into the trap of painting a compelling picture of the future with

Paying taxes is never fun, but one thing that makes many taxpayers more comfortable is the idea that the more money you make, the more in taxes you'll pay. The U.S. has a relatively progressive

Truth be told, advertisers have been expecting it for a while. On Tuesday, they got it. Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), parent to the ubiquitous search engine Google, confirmed it would

On some levels, Rigel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RIGL) and Momenta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MNTA) are complete opposites. Rigel, based in South San Francisco, focuses on small molecule drugs while

Half of adults aged 65 and over who live alone don't have the money to cover their basic needs, according to recent research from the University of Massachusetts Boston. And nearly a quarter of

Though healthcare is expensive for Americans across the board, it can be especially taxing for families with children. If you're in the latter camp, you're probably eager to save as much money on

If you're a fan of the growing business of space exploration, you've probably heard of Virgin Galactic -- Sir Richard Branson's pioneering venture to send tourists to space aboard space planes, then

Can you hear music playing? Either you have a stray tab open on your browser or you've been daydreaming about your retirement party again. If it's the latter, you're close to saying goodbye to the

Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) posted a record financial performance in Q3 2019 -- perfect timing for a decade that boosted shares of Southwest up 372%, about double the S&P 500.

Southwest will

You'd have to rank Abbott Laboratories' (NYSE: ABT) spin-off of AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) in 2013 as one of the best corporate moves of the last decade. Since the separation, Abbott's share price has

The Federal Reserve seems to be doing everything it can to stay out of the way of the stock market. Although the bulls have been on a rampage for the past 10 years, creating and re-creating new

Marijuana legalization is sweeping across the U.S., at least at the state level. So far, 33 states have legalized medical cannabis, and 11 (plus the District of Columbia) have also made it legal for

With January already halfway over, 2019 is fully in our rearview mirror and most of us are back to our usual routines. One of the most important things we should be doing? Finding great investments

The fact that the economy has been fairly strong of late is a good thing. Or is it? The nature of our economy is such that what goes up tends to eventually fall back down -- meaning, we can't

Every October, tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries wait on the edge of their seats for the most important announcement of the year. You see, the second week of October is when the U.S

Some see early retirement as a wildly irresponsible gamble, while others see it as essential to living life to the fullest. Both sides make good points, but ultimately, we must all decide for

Competition is heating up in streaming video, a trend made particularly clear in the fourth quarter, when both Disney and Apple launched new streaming services. That should make the quarterly report

T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FTR) are two rocketships headed in opposite directions. The Un-carrier has headed steadily skyward, gaining customers each quarter and

Dave & Buster's (NASDAQ: PLAY) has been one of the more puzzling stories in the restaurant industry in recent years.

Following its 2014 IPO, the stock surged as D&B turned in impressive comparable

People are getting used to the idea of shopping on social media. 

22% of consumers say they bought something directly from a social media app or website in the fourth quarter, according to a CivicSc

Wall Street's roaring these days, picking up where last year's gains left off. The S&P 500 is now up 33% since the start of last year, but that doesn't mean every investment is paying off these

If you produce and own video-based content, launching a streaming service has become something you seemingly need to do. The problem is that the market has become saturated and getting consumers to

Warren Buffett has been at the head of Berkshire Hathaway for 54 years and guided the company on an incredible run that's made long-term shareholders very wealthy. Buffett's market-crushing