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One of the reasons Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been so successful disrupting retail is that few retailers had any lasting loyalty from consumers. Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) were

Sitcoms -- especially those that have stood the test of time -- have become hot properties in recent years, as streaming services look to reinforce their original programs with shows that will keep

One year after last year's dividend increase, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is raising its dividend again. The company's board of directors authorized a quarterly dividend of $0.51, representing an 11%

Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) has had its share of struggles in recent years. The fuel distribution-focused master limited partnership found itself saddled with too much debt after acquiring several portfolios

Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) founder and ex-CEO Bruce Linton has found a new job, this one in an intriguing niche of the cannabis industry. He has been appointed as special advisor to Better Choice

Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) ad business has quickly become a huge source of revenue for the online retail giant. The $11 billion business grew about 37% year over year last quarter. That's right in

Shares of Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) tanked today, closing down nearly 14%, after telecommunications conglomerate Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced that it will be giving away Xfinity Flex set-top boxes to

Adobe's (NASDAQ: ADBE) fiscal third-quarter financial report, released on Tuesday, was another strong showing as the company beat analyst expectations for both revenue and earnings.

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At first blush, Incyte (NASDAQ: INCY) might look like just another young biopharma name that stumbled its way into an effective cancer treatment, but one with limited potential. Though its drug

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has enjoyed massive success in copying Snap's (NYSE: SNAP) most popular features, particularly the Stories format that is now ubiquitous across just about all social media

It's not a closely held secret that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has set off a TV streaming and entertainment content war. On top of the offerings that are already out there, this November we will see the

Major benchmarks ended the session close to even Wednesday after the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates but gave ambiguous signals about further cuts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

Both Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) are solid household names, especially in households with young children. Disney built a massive entertainment empire around an unmatched catalog

Wednesday was a momentous day on Wall Street, with the Federal Open Market Committee deciding to lower interest rates in a split decision. The central bank settled on a quarter-point cut, but two

Major benchmarks were mixed on Wednesday, as market participants weren't satisfied with the latest move from the Federal Reserve. The central bank decided to cut interest rates by a quarter

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has agreed to license Seinfeld starting in 2021 after rights-holder Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures' current contract expires. Starting that year, Netflix's 150 million-plus global

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General Mills Inc (NYSE: GIS)Q1 2020 Earnings CallSep 18, 2019, 8:30 a.m. ET

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The two biggest online travel agent companies, Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) and Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), are sometimes viewed interchangeably by investors. Booking Holdings is the larger of the

Shares of Construction Partners (NASDAQ: ROAD), which (as the ticker implies) builds roads, are up 8.1% as of 3:15 p.m. EDT Wednesday. This is less than a day after the company announced the pricing

The world of biotech investing can be tricky. And that's particularly true for small-cap stocks in the biotech sector. These companies often have terrific science, but no profits and little if any

Shares of NeoPhotonics (NYSE: NPTN) fell as much as 14.3% on Wednesday morning, hamstrung by an analyst downgrade. By 2:45 p.m. EDT, the maker of optoelectronic components and modules used in

The digital payments industry has been expanding at a swift pace for years, and there are no obvious speed bumps in front of it. Companies like PayPal and Square continue to disrupt the old model

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BeyondSpring Inc. (NASDAQ: BYSI)Q2 2019 Earnings CallSep 18, 2019, 8:00 a.m. ET

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Database giant Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has been trying to break into the cloud infrastructure market, which is dominated by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company has talked a big game

Shares of McDermott International (NYSE: MDR) fell 49% today before trading was halted. The company later released a short statement saying it had engaged with outside advisors, as it routinely does