LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Jitse Groen and Matt Maloney were hungry and frustrated. It was 1999 and Groen couldn’t find a Chinese takeaway in his small Dutch town. Five years later in Chicago, Maloney wante
In this episode of Industry Focus: Tech, Dylan Lewis and Motley Fool contributor Brian Feroldi bring you the latest tech news roundup. They dive into the Prime Day event to understand the trends driving consumer spending. Next, they go through the latest iPhone lineup and other t
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR), the controversial data-mining firm that generates over half its revenue from government contracts, went public via a direct listing in late September. The stock opened at $10 a share on the first day, well above its initial reference price of $
In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Ron Gross about the latest headlines from Wall Street. They start the show with the new lineup of smart devices announced recently. An edge platform stock plummets on reduced revenue
(RTTNews) - Amazon said Wednesday that free one-hour grocery pickup is now available to prime members at all U.S. Whole Foods Market locations. Previously, the prime members could pick up Whole Foods orders only at select stores.The service is available for prime members on order
(RTTNews) - Amazon.com Inc is allowing some employees who is working from home amid Covid-19 crisis to extend the option until June next year.Reports citing an emailed statement said that employees who work in a role that can effectively be done from home are welcome to do so unt
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - When your team is struggling, it pays to play safe. The owners of Europe's elite soccer clubs appear to be doing the opposite by discussing a new super league amid a major financial crisis for the sport. T
Investing in 2020 has been quite the experience. The uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to unprecedented levels of volatility that chopped 34% off of the broad-based S&P 500 in under five weeks. For some context, when the S&P 500
We believe that Progress Software stock (NASDAQ: PRGS) has an upside potential of 11% post pandemic, as business IT spending recovers to pre-corona levels. Progress Software, provider of solutions for developing and deploying business applications, trades near $40 currently and
Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday told employees whose work can be done from home that they can do so until June, extending the timeline on a return to office due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced today that it would partner with Elon Musk's SpaceX and others to bring cloud computing to the "final frontier." The initiative, dubbed Azure Space, will use the services of a combined fleet of low-orbit spacecraft and traditional satellites to
NEW YORK/LONDON/HONG KONG/ZURICH (Reuters Breakingviews) - Corona Capital is a column updated throughout the day by Breakingviews columnists around the world with short, sharp pandemic-related insights.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google this morning, and the DOJ is holding a briefing to detail the charges. The case alleges that the company has used anticompetitive practices to maintain its
Some of Robinhood's top 100 stocks carry some pretty steep share prices. In fact, the six most expensive --Amazon, Alphabet Class A, NVIDIA, Netflix, Zoom, and Tesla -- would've cost you a whopping $6,807 as of the close of trading on Monday, Oct 19. 2020.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is experiencing an influx of new customers due to the coronavirus pandemic. People are looking to reduce the number of trips to stores in order to avoid exposing themselves to both the virus, and the sometimes chaotic environments in these stores. Who can fo
Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have surged this year, reflecting consumers' growing appetite for e-commerce amid the coronavirus pandemic. The stock is up a whopping 75% year to date, crushing the S&P 500's 6% gain over this same time frame.With such a wild run-up, some inve
Latin America's top e-commerce firm is revving up its digital payments engine as shops shift online amid the coronavirus pandemic, and is looking toward China for inspiration to bring the region's un-banked and cash-loving savers online.
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Walmart Inc is aggressively expanding its advertising business after years of stuttering progress, even as a proposed deal to buy a stake in video-sharing app TikTok remains stuck in limbo.