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NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - The metaverse is here, in name if not in fact. Facebook, the company, will henceforth be known as Meta, a new name that reflects co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s focus on creating a n

(RTTNews) - Social media behemoth Facebook, Inc (FB) announced on Thursday that it will be known as Meta, a social technology company. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of the company confirmed the name during its annual Connect festival. Zuckerberg, among other things, also announced tha

Stocks enjoyed a busy but bountiful session for stocks Thursday, fueled by corporate earnings and, for one iconic company, a name change.

Technology stocks were advancing, with the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF (XLK) Thursday rising 0.8% while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index was ahead 2.1% this afternoon.

What happened Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) stock took off Thursday afternoon, rising 3.6% as of 3:10 p.m. EDT after the company made a big announcement that up till now had only been rumored.

Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg said privacy and safety need to be built in to the metaverse, as he opened the company's annual virtual and augmented reality conference on Thursday.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said privacy and safety need to be built in to the metaverse, as he opened the company's annual virtual and augmented reality conference on Thursday.

Football teams aren't the only ones that rely on defense to protect a lead. Investors can also boost their odds of success by listening to the voice in their head chanting Dee-fense!Going all-in all the time isn't always the best investing game plan – especially after a big

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved on a voice vote the nomination of Google critic Jonathan Kanter, the third of three progressives named to top U.S. antitrust posts, to head the Justice Department's Antitrust Division.

Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Thursday, led by gains in Caterpillar, Merck and Ford after upbeat quarterly earnings, shrugging off data that showed U.S. economic growth slowed sharply in the third quarter.

U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, led by gains in Caterpillar, Merck and Ford after upbeat quarterly earnings, while investors awaited data that will likely throw light on the pace of the economic recovery.

Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) has been a tremendous performer over the past few years, so it's no wonder that it has become a very large position for many investors who bought shares years ago. Fool.com contributor Trevor Jennewine is one of them, and in this Fool Live video clip recorded

With a return of 2,400% since its 2016 IPO, advertising technology company The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) has been an incredible performer for early investors, but it has captured a surprisingly small slice of its addressable market. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on Oct. 1

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) aren't two stocks you'll see mentioned together very often, if at all. They have practically nothing in common. Facebook is a social-media giant, while Intuitive is the leader in robotic surgical systems.

An Australian regulator said it wants to make Google install a "choice screen" on smartphones so users can pick another search engine if they want, a step toward challenging the Alphabet Inc unit's dominance of the search market.

Editor's note: This podcast talking about PayPal's (NASDAQ: PYPL) rumored interest in acquiring Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) was recorded before PayPal's Oct. 24 announcement that "it is not pursuing an acquisition of Pinterest at this time."

In this week's episode of Motley Fool Answers, host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp look at two sides of the Facebook case. With the help of contributor Jason Moser and financial planner Matt Trogdon, they consider a more holistic approach to evaluatin

Facebook Inc has told its employees to preserve all internal documents and communications for legal reasons, as governments and regulators have started inquiries into its operation.

(RTTNews) - Social media giant Facebook Inc (FB) continues to make it to the news after another fiasco regarding the company's handling of user data was unearthed. After reviewing documents provided by whistleblower Frances Haugen, the Federal Trade Commission is now probing to s

Two Democratic senators called Wednesday for two bills to be voted into law that will limit what children are shown online and how their data can be used for advertising by Big Tech companies like Google's YouTube and Facebook.