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Investors have to know what exposure their companies have to certain unexpected events, even if it's well beyond the core business on which a given company focuses the bulk of its attention. For

Exact Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) markets a diagnostic test called Cologuard for the detection of colorectal cancer, the second deadliest cancer in America with more than 51,000 deaths annually. Early

Shares of the clinical-stage biotech Geron (NASDAQ: GERN) are up by 10.4% as of 9:46 a.m EDT. The spark?

Geron's shares are jumping this morning on the news that the Food and Drug Administration

Hulu is currently one of the three most popular video streaming services in the United States, alongside Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon Prime Video. But Hulu will see a lot of changes over the

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is best known for making small screens -- the kind that fit in your pocket. But the tech giant wants a piece of the big screen, too.

The iPhone maker is in talks with movie

Many discussions about the war between Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) focus on the U.S. market, where both retail giants are trying to lock in customers with free and same-day

It's that time of year again -- time to pick up some more spooky ornaments for your Halloween display and grab "just one more" pumpkin-spiced treat. And investors know that it's always time to look

Luckin Coffee (NASDAQ: LK), China's second-largest coffee chain after Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), plans to launch a new juice-making joint venture with Dutch commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company

Tractor Supply (NASDAQ: TSCO) is in the midst of an executive search to find a successor for its CEO after its president and COO abruptly resigned in August. That muddies the water a little bit

Tencent (OTC: TCEHY) recently agreed to buy a 29% stake in Funcom (OTC: FCMKF), best known for its Conan the Barbarian games, to become the Norwegian game developer's top shareholder. Norway-based

Micron (NASDAQ: MU) just had a tough end to its fiscal 2019. The chipmaker's fourth quarter involved huge fallout in revenues and heavy declines in operating margins as well as earnings. Management

While investors in or nearing retirement may prioritize income or security over chasing the highest returns possible, many portfolios could benefit from owning a growth stock or two. However, some

There are over 3.5 million people using Square's (NYSE: SQ) Cash Card, the debit card linked to its popular mobile payments app Cash App. That's between 15% and 20% of the app's rapidly growing user

This year has been a rude awakening for IPO investors, and on Monday, I went over a couple of the recent broken debutantes that won't be bouncing back anytime soon. Now it's time to take a look at

Employee retention isn't just good for morale; it can translate into major savings for your business. Or, to put it another way, losing workers can be a costly, unwanted disruption that hurts your

If you're considering investing in one or more recent initial public offerings, you've got a lot of solid options. A host of interesting and much-anticipated IPOs, largely in the tech and biotech

Solar stocks had a pretty rough week last week. First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR), SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR), JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS), and Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH) all fell double digit pergentages last

It's a small start, but the announcement by McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) that it will be testing Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) burgers at 28 restaurants in the Province of Ontario obviously seems like a big

Passive investing, or owning index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) comprising a representation of the broader stock market, isn't inherently good or bad. It's certainly easier than conducting

For about a year, Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) has been playing with the big boys, so to speak. Despite operating in a still nascent industry, Canopy Growth has been the only cannabis stock to

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) recently unveiled Horizon, a virtual reality social hub for Oculus users, at its annual Oculus Connect conference. The platform will allow users to play games, create their own

Alibaba Group Holdings (NYSE: BABA) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are two companies in very different stages of their growth, and they're also based in very different parts of the

Seven years ago, investors had left Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) stock for dead, believing that the e-commerce revolution was sure to crush the consumer electronics giant. However, former CEO Hubert Joly

On the one hand, marijuana is supposed to be the greatest growth opportunity since sliced bread. Worldwide sales of cannabis have more than tripled over the past four years, and they could grow

Since reaching over $170 a share early in September, Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has fallen hard over the past three weeks, dropping more than 41% to under $100 on Friday. It's been a colossal drop for a