As the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to surge in the U.S. and around the world, President Trump has extended national social-distancing guidelines for several more weeks. By encouraging Americans to stay at home and distance themselves from other people, the president a
Tech companies like Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) may not be the first ones you think of being hurt by COVID-19, but it may see a huge impact from the virus. Sure, people will continue to log on to Facebook to connect with friends and family, in some cases as much as 50% more than befor
Tech heavyweights including Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Alphabet's(NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google are looking to defer paying India's 2% digital tax, according to a Reuters report from Tuesday.
After initially being told that they would sent home without pay during the extended COVID-19 lockdown, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) said that it will continue to pay hundreds of hourly contract workers, including janitors, shuttle bus drivers, and other operations employees at the comp
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) established many foundational elements that define social media today, but they are very different companies. For example, the former has been called before Congress and fined by the Federal Trade Commission, while the latter is a f
Zoom Video (NASDAQ: ZM), the video conferencing app growing in popularity amid the COVID-19 pandemic, has raised the ire of New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Snap (NYSE: SNAP), the maker of the disappearing messaging app Snapchat, launched App Stories on Tuesday, a new tool that enables its Stories feature to show up in third-party apps.
In late March, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) released an update to investors withdrawing its previous financial guidance for the first quarter. The next day, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) said it's seen weakening in its ad business in the last few weeks. Google, the Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASD
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Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO), a pre-revenue vaccine company, saw its shares rise by as much as 10% in pre-market trading Monday morning. The biotech's shares appear to be responding to the news that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan
If you have spare cash you're looking to invest in this extraordinary downturn, where should you look? While the near-term movements of the market are likely to be volatile and unpredictable, investors with a long-term focus can find many bargain-priced stocks almost certain to
The past five weeks have been particularly brutal for investors, and many of the biggest technology stocks weren't spared from the unprecedented market volatility resulting from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. There's even a growing sense that a recession is inevitable, given
Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), the e-commerce software company, has been one of the best-performing stocks in recent memory. Shares nearly tripled in 2019, and they were following a similar trajectory this year as the company put up impressive growth numbers and established itself as a
After a three-day rally, stocks pulled back on Friday, killing (some) hope that the bottom has been reached. But I don't think Friday’s decline -- which has become the trading norm -- is enough evidence to say one way or another that we have not bottomed.
The past five weeks have been nothing short of a roller-coaster ride for Wall Street and Main Street. Through this past Thursday, March 26, the benchmark S&P 500 had recorded its seven-biggest single-day point gains in history, as well as 10 of its 13-largest single-sessions