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Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) and Baozun (NASDAQ: BZUN) both help businesses establish their online presences with online storefronts and other tools. Shopify, which became Canada's most valuable company

When Jeff Bezos founded Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) in 1994, it started as an online bookstore. But over the last 26 years, the company has not only become the largest e-commerce retailer in North

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) rank as the clear leaders in the COVID-19 vaccine race. Both companies hope to win U.S. emergency use authorizations (EUA) this month. But does one of

Things are moving quickly in the race to launch coronavirus vaccines. The next few weeks should be pivotal. In this Motley Fool Live video recorded on Dec. 3, 2020, Healthcare and Cannabis Bureau

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is having a rough year. Crashing crude oil prices are forcing the oil behemoth to take a record writedown. Meanwhile, it failed to raise its dividend for the first time in 38

When the markets crashed in March due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus, it happened suddenly and without warning. And while it was a scary ride for many investors, it didn't end up lasting

Few stocks have been as speculative and volatile this year as Nikola Corp (NASDAQ: NKLA). Shares have cratered more than 75% from their high in the spring but are still up more than 60% since the

Sometimes, when you're thinking big, it pays to begin thinking small. Investing in small-cap stocks -- companies with market caps below $2 billion -- is risky, but the payoffs can be huge if you do

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Well, it wasn't $20 billion -- but it's not nothing.

In January 2020, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced it was creating a Rural Digital Opportunity Fund,or RDOF, to subsidize

As the world responded to the coronavirus pandemic over the past year, many enterprises were forced to accelerate efforts to modernize their computing infrastructures and adapt as their employees

A lot of people can't wait to see 2020 come to an end. But as we enter a new year and, hopefully, a more positive one on the whole, it's important to take the opportunity to set yourself up for a

2020 has been a year for the history books. In March, the stock market suffered its worst month since the Great Depression, but by August, the S&P 500 index had set a new record high -- and it

AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) hopes to soon win approvals around the world for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate AZD1222. However, the British drugmaker's recently announced interim efficacy results from a

Two years after Canada officially legalized recreational marijuana, investors are still searching for the winners. But investors looking to build lasting wealth in the sector have a better base to

No CEO should be evaluated on their company's stock performance in a single year. Strategies often take several years to play out. When a company's fortunes depend on drug development, the timeline

The tech sector has performed especially well in 2020, thanks to investors flocking to technology companies that they believed could grow during a recession and pandemic. But which companies will

Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON) is a company that has captivated the attention of marijuana investors ever since tobacco-giant Altria Group (NYSE: MO) purchased a $1.8 billion stake back in 2019. In the

The median amount of money that workers think they'll need to retire is $500,000, according to a survey from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. However, roughly one-third of survey

Surprisingly enough, one of the best performing coronavirus vaccine stocks of the year is Arcturus Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ARCT). If you had invested $10,000 in the San-Diego based biotech last year,

It has been a banner year for stocks of companies that want to disrupt the automotive industry, and Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ: LAZR) is the latest to ride the wave.

Luminar is a maker of lidar, a

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Since rumors of a deal were first leaked right before Thanksgiving, shares of salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) are down almost 15%, while Slack Technologies (NYSE: WORK) stock has surged 43%. On the Nov

How much are you currently saving for retirement? If the answer to that question is either "nothing," or "not enough," chances are there are some good reasons you've hesitated to start investing for

Cannabis stocks sound like a great way to make a buck. After all, marijuana is an in-demand product in an expanding multinational industry that has plenty of room to innovate, and there's no single