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In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser, Andy Cross, and Aaron Bush about the latest news from Wall Street and they go through some earnings reports from a variety of industries. They also talk about three stocks for your watc
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In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill and Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Andy Cross take a look at some business headlines. Their topics include Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) airline moves, other things learned from Berkshire's annual meeting, and
The Daily Mail says the troubled movie-theater chain had discussions about selling itself, but Deadline says there are no talks between the two companies.
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Shares of AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC), the world's biggest movie theater operator, were soaring today on a report in the Daily Mail that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was considering buying the movie theater chain. Like much of the entertainment industry, AMC stock h
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Troubled movie theater chain AMC Theaters (NYSE: AMC) may have found the white knight that will save the company from financial ruin. E-commerce giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is kicking AMC's tires, preparing for a possible buyout.
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Last Friday, May 8, was an odd day in the markets. That morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed the April damage from the COVID-19-related lockdowns, and the numbers weren't pretty. The unemployment rate skyrocketed by 10.3 percentage points to 14.7%, as non-farm payrol
Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it would create its first datacentre region in Italy under a $1.5 billion investment plan as the U.S. company expands its cloud computing services to more locations across the world.
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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has had an epic run since its founding. The business has grown from a small online bookseller in 1995 to "the everything store" it is today with an astounding $296 billion of revenue over the last 12 months.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Costco (NASDAQ: COST) have become two of the most influential retailers today. Amazon's growth has stoked fear across the retail sector. Yet despite that success, Costco has prospered amid the Amazon onslaught, continuing to increase both net sales and
Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), the world leader in subscription music streaming, is likely to be multiples of its current size in 10 years. Here's where the company could be by then.
In just a matter of weeks, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wreaked unprecedented havoc on the U.S. economy and labor market. Prior to the coronavirus, the U.S. unemployment rate was near a 50-year low (below 4%), while the economy was riding its longest expansio
The S&P 500 is down 10% in 2020 and the markets have been showing a lot of volatility, especially since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March. However, not all industries and not all types of stocks have been hit equally. There are some industri