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3 Companies Making Payments as Easy as ABC
Cart abandonment is the term used to refer to online shoppers adding items to their virtual shopping cart and then leaving the site without finalizing the purchase. This has become a huge problem....
Retailers Will Fail If This Is Their Solution to Amazon.com's Threat
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is causing the retail industry to lose its dang mind. Retailers are so fearful of losing customers to the e-commerce giant, they're forgetting why they're even in....
Should Raytheon Raise Its Dividend?
Shares of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) have climbed 29% so far this year, giving investors in the company little reason to complain. But one side-product of the soaring stock price is a rather pedestrian....
3 Stocks With Salesforce-Like Return Potential
A decade ago, the term "software as a service" wasn't common in investing vernacular. Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of salesforce.com, was one of the first Silicon Valley leaders to bring it to....
Can Qualcomm Inc. Really Cripple Apple in China?
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) wants to block all manufacturing and sales of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone in China, according to a recent Bloomberg report. The mobile chipmaker reportedly requested....
1 Reason to Buy GoPro Stock, and 1 Reason to Stay Away
GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) has made a terrific comeback on the stock market in recent months thanks to renewed demand for its products. The action-camera maker was struggling coming into 2017 as a....
Banks Ranked by Assets Under Management
Managing other people's money is what banks do, but this task extends beyond just overseeing deposits and making loans. Another major source of revenue that universal banks look to comes from....
2 Reasons Intel Corp. Stock Just Crossed $40 Per Share
During the Oct. 18 trading session, shares of chipmaker Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) crossed $40 per share, a level that they haven't seen for nearly two decades.In this articles, I'd like to go over two....
Attention, High Earners: Your Social Security Taxes Are Going Up in 2018
The Social Security payroll tax in the United States is set at a 6.2% rate for employers and their employees, and it hasn't changed in years. However, the tax applies only to a certain maximum....
What Happened in the Stock Market Today
Stocks rose on Wednesday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) broke through the 23,000 mark with a gain of over 100 points. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) also closed at a....
Why Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Stock Jumped Higher Today
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SPPI), a biotech developing treatments for various blood disorders and cancers, saw its shares gain as much as 51.7% today on over 19 times the average volume.....
Domino’s Delivered Another Strong Quarter, Yet Shares Fell
In this Market Foolery podcast segment, host Mac Greer, Total Income's Ron Gross, and Motley Fool Pro and Options' Jeff Fischer dig into the third-quarter earnings report that Domino's (NYSE:....
Why SUPERVALU INC. Stock Popped and Then Dropped Today
SUPERVALU INC. (NYSE: SVU) stock was all over the place today as shares initially jumped after the company reported second-quarter earnings and announced an acquisition. However, after climbing as....
One Year Later, Yum China Thrives After Its Spin-off
It's been nearly a year since Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) completed its spin-off of Yum China Holdings (NYSE: YUMC). Since then, the latter has largely enjoyed life on its own with the stock up over....
Why Shares of Cree, Inc. Popped 21% Today
Shares of LED maker Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) jumped as much as 20.9% in trading Wednesday after the company reported fiscal first-quarter 2018 results. The company posted a surprise profit and....
This Oil Stock Is Thriving Through Innovation
After several years of hard work driving down costs and repositioning its portfolio, Canadian shale driller Encana (NYSE: ECA) announced its return to growth mode last fall by unveiling a new....
Why SUPERVALU, Synchronoss Technologies, and Allergan Slumped Today
Wednesday was generally a good day for the stock market, with major benchmarks posting solid gains. Broad measures like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were up just modestly from....
3 Stocks That Look Like American Express 40 Years Ago
Financial services mainstay American Express (NYSE: AXP) dominated several markets back in the late 1970s, but times have changed, to say the least. Staying relevant in today's ever-changing world....
Why Canadian Pacific Railway, Cree, and Interactive Brokers Group Jumped Today
The stock market continued advancing on Wednesday, although for those who focus on the Dow Jones Industrials, the size of the day's move higher was misleading. The Dow pushed decisively through....
Can Snap Help Discovery Go for the Gold?
One of last week's hardest-hit stocks -- Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA) (NASDAQ: DISCK) -- could be getting a boost from one of last week's biggest winners. Snapchat parent Snap, Inc.....
Why MobileIron, Inc. Stock Dropped Today
Shares of MobileIron Inc. (NASDAQ: MOBL) were down 11.2% as of 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, after the mobile-device-management software company announced disappointing preliminary third-quarter....
The A11 Bionic Probably Isn't as Good as Apple Inc. Hoped
This year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced a trio of new iPhones, each of which is powered by Apple's custom-designed A11 Bionic chip. The A11 Bionic is an impressive chip, offering solid....
Better Buy: Ubisoft Entertainment vs. Take-Two Interactive
Both Ubisoft (NASDAQOTH: UBSFF) and Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) have delivered mouthwatering gains for shareholders over the past five years. Just feast your eyes on this chart showing....
Constellation Brands Continues to Impress Investors
In this Industry Focus segment, we look at Constellation Brands' (NYSE: STZ) fiscal second quarter 2018 earnings, reviewing significant items from the quarter, including the balance of its wine,....
Facebook Hardware Chief to Step Down
It was a pretty big score when Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) poached Regina Dugan from Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google in early 2016. Dugan led the search giant's Advanced....