The novel coronavirus pandemic has prompted more people to stay inside and pass the time by consuming entertainment through streaming services, and many companies are offering free content to bring viewers to their platforms. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) rolled out an assortment of
The Pentagon's Inspector General has weighed in on a controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract awarded to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), saying the Department of Defense followed proper procedures when picking Microsoft over Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) but offering a less decisive
The coronavirus pandemic and the "stay-at-home" orders that have followed have led to a number of changes in Americans' daily lives. Office workers and students stuck at home have relied on video calling for classes and conference calls. Americans have stockpiled goods like fo
The coronavirus crisis has forced many Americans to look to online shopping for their necessities more than ever before. The trend toward online shopping was already well under way before COVID-19, with 11% of all retail sales occurring online in 2019, compared to 9% in 2017. Bu
(RTTNews) - The National Retail Federation's educational arm, the NRF Foundation, said it is offering an online course for free to help people secure jobs in the retail sector and beyond.
Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) released an update for investors this week, providing an early look at its first-quarter results and withdrawing the company's guidance for the full year. Roku was undoubtedly one of the beneficiaries of the new stay-at-home economy as the world works to stop
The Pentagon's inspector general on Wednesday said it could not determine whether the White House influenced the award of a $10 billion contract to Microsoft Corp over Amazon after several officials said their conversations were privileged "presidential communications."
Investors have been on something of a roller coaster ride since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The major market indexes had each fallen 30% or more in just over a month, plunging squarely into a bear market. Then in late March, stocks staged a remarkable comeback, with the
Increased demand due to the coronavirus pandemic has forced Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to stop taking new customers for its grocery delivery service. The retailer has also cut hours at some Whole Foods locations to allow store workers to focus on preparing delivery orders.
A new report from Counterpoint Research finally sheds some light on what might be going on in the music streaming race between Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Spotify reports its monthly active user (MAU) and subscriber data quarterly, but Apple and other competi
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is the largest streaming service in the world. It has 167 million subscribers, and is still growing. But it's not growing at the same rate everywhere. In the United States, the market is much more saturated by Netflix in particular and by streaming service
There are few stocks that have been as successful as Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Over the years, the e-commerce giant has expanded into countless new businesses, growing its brand ecosystem and making it one of the top-performing stocks in the S&P 500 for over a decade. Even with
Odds are good that prior to Monday, most investors had never even heard of Jamie Iannone. The new CEO of online auction site eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) not only came from outside the company, he seemingly came from nowhere. He wasn't the boss of any other major company, either.
Money is on the way. At least that's the case if you're among the 80 million Americans who qualify for the coronavirus stimulus checks funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and. Economic Security (CARES) Act signed into law last month.
The COVID-19 pandemic recently killed the 11-year-old bull market with a brutal market crash. It's unclear if the market has bottomed out yet, but uncertain times like these often mark the best times for long-term investors to buy stocks.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has completely changed how we as a society operate. Ideas that seemed almost unthinkable as recently as six weeks ago, such as the shutdown of nonessential businesses across the country to lessen the transmission of COVID-19, are now a rea
U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday as optimism that the Trump administration could move to ease lockdowns from the coronavirus overshadowed worrying earnings reports from JPMorgan and Wells Fargo.
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has continuously fine-tuned its shopping procedures during the coronavirus pandemic, including limiting store hours, opening the store an hour early to those 60 and over, and restricting the number of people allowed in the store at any one time.