Aiming at boosting warehouse employee productivity without raising salaries, giant tech company and online retailer Amazon, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is pushing ahead with a new program of "gamification." As The Verge reports, this involves introducing game-like elements to the workpla
Banner results from 2020 darlings haven't turned into strong 2021 returns. In this episode of Industry Focus: Tech, we talk about the tech landscape in 2021 and how a recovery economy affects high-growth businesses, and we look at earnings results from MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI)
In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill is joined by Motley Fool analyst Bill Barker to discuss Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) stock falling 30% after rough second-quarter results and guidance. Also, Thor Industries (NYSE: THO) crushed earnings but dealt with supply chain is
Are These The Best Software Stocks To Invest In Now? No matter how you look at it, software is a key part of the world we live in now. Because of this, investors continue to flock towards the best software stocks despite the recent pullbacks. From the applications we use to the d
Alaska, Florida, Montana, Nevada, and Puerto Rico have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Google, which accuse it of breaking antitrust law to boost its already dominant online advertising business, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday.
A government agency for child rights in India on Tuesday asked police to investigate Netflix Inc's show "Bombay Begums", saying some scenes in the drama series violated laws meant to protect children, letters seen by Reuters showed.
At a time when brick-and-mortar retailers are facing intense competition from online companies, including behemoth Amazon, Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) continues to achieve impressive feats. Its results haven't skipped a beat, even in the current recession.Its recently reporte
Target (NYSE: TGT) has been one of the best retail stocks on the market recently, up more than 150% over the last three years.Its performance during the pandemic helps explain why. Comparable sales jumped 19.3% last year and its revenue grew by $15.3 billion, more than its combin
Futures pointed to a muted open for the S&P 500 and the Dow on Tuesday as investors remained on the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting against the backdrop of rising borrowing costs.
The rhetoric is riveting. AT&T (NYSE: T) just said it's upping expectations for the number of HBO streaming customers it will be serving by 2025, from 2019's projection of between 75 million and 90 million to its new outlook of a whopping 150 million. For perspective, Walt Di
Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), a South Korean e-commerce company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange on March 11. The business, founded in 2010 by Bom Suk Kim, raised $4.6 billion in its initial public offering (IPO). Investors and the media have compared Coupang to other e-commer
Futures tracking the S&P 500 was nearly unchanged on Tuesday as investors remained on the sidelines ahead of retail sales and industrial production data, while the Federal Reserve was set to kick off its two-day policy meeting.
If you're hoping to make a fortune, young fast-growth companies are often the ticket. But some come with a big dose of risk. And that means you have to watch them very closely. For the more cautious investor, there's another path to riches. It involves investing in stocks with a
DigitalOcean, the latest cloud computing company aiming to go public, has priced the shares that will comprise its upcoming initial public offering (IPO). In a prospectus filed on Monday, the company said that its stock will be sold for $44 to $47 per share.The company is issuing
Patience is one of the most valuable traits for investing. Without it, you might invest in, say, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) in 2010, when it's trading for around $180 per share, and then sell it for around $400 per share three years later -- more than doubling your money but losin
Investing for your child? Just starting to invest? Thinking about putting your stimulus check into the stock market? In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser dip into the Fool mailbag to talk stocks vs. index investing, when to deploy
I've often exhorted investors to stick to their best ideas. Here's why: Imagine that you had 100 stocks you were interested in, and you researched each of them to determine their health and growth potential. Then you ranked them from No. 1 to No. 100. If you had money to invest,
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN), where a total of 117,161 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 11.7 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 32
The first two and a half months of 2021 haven't been particularly great for Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) shareholders. The share price is down about 5% for the year while the Nasdaq Composite index is up over 3% and the S&P 500 is up 5%.While I'm extremely bullish on Amazon -- i
Streaming service Netflix Inc on Monday landed 35 Academy Award nominations for 16 of its films including "Mank," "The Trial of the Chicago 7" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."