Renewable energy and cannabis-related stocks, tipped to gain under a Joe Biden administration, were among the hardest hit on Wall Street on Wednesday, as traders adjusted to overnight results that left the presidential election hanging in the balance.
In this episode of Industry Focus: Wildcard, Nick Sciple interviews Joost van Dreunen, author of One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games, about his book and the business of video games. They discuss how developers, game publishers, console makers,
Canada introduced a bill on Tuesday that would strengthen the broadcast regulator and allow it to collect up to C$830 million ($630 million) by 2023 from online streaming companies such as Netflix and Amazon to fund Canadian content.
Canada on Tuesday unveiled plans to make U.S. tech companies such as Netflix Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Facebook Inc pay for domestically produced content but will not make them collect local taxes, officials said.
Despite the COVID-19 recession, incoming competition in the streaming space, and a somewhat lackluster recent earnings report, video streaming leader Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced it would be raising prices for its monthly subscriptions in the U.S. last week. A standard plan w
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is the latest company to enter the streaming market. It now competes with the likes of Netflix and Disney as its recently launched Peacock service seeks to gain market share.
In between bouts of video gaming, owners of the upcoming consoles from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Sony (NYSE: SNE) will have access to a popular entertainment service. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is making versions of its Apple TV app available on both the Xbox Series X and Series S c
The S&P 500 index currently sits at just a slight loss on the year, but some household names have lagged the market's rebound since March. Shares of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) are down year to date, but with the economy continuing to show signs of a reco
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) isn't exactly a beloved company among consumers, but it's doing just fine. High-speed internet is a staple, and migration to better web service has picked up in earnest during the pandemic this year. That has helped bridge what would otherwise have been a
Friday, Oct. 30, was a scary day for the markets -- very appropriate for the day before Halloween. The tech-focused Nasdaq declined 2.45%, and the leading FAANG contingent fell even harder, with all major names declining more than 5%. That is, except one:
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It's not a headline most investors would expect. Certainly some wireless carriers are exposed to the video market one way or another, but cable television never appeared to be anything but a side project for "un-carrier" T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS). Now it seems to be more.Investors
The novel coronavirus pandemic gave Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) a shot in the arm in the first half of 2020 as people streamed more video while stuck at home by lockdowns put in place to contain the spread. But now it looks like the streaming giant's COVID-19-driven gains might be abo
Roughly a month before the May launch of HBO Max, I cautioned AT&T (NYSE: T) investors to keep their expectations for the new streaming service in check. My chief concern was its price. At $14.99 per month, HBO Max would have the highest monthly starting price of any streamin
What's one key difference between data and traditional commodities like oil, natural gas, and gold? Unlike these natural resources, data is infinite. This is a critical thing to keep in mind as the global economy continues to go digital.Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON), the $35 billion hom
What happenedShares of many high-flying stocks in the media-streaming industry saw sharp corrections on Friday. Video streaming veteran Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) fell as much as 5.7%, streaming music and podcast specialist Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) took a 9.7% hit, and media-streaming te
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares have been under pressure since it reported third-quarter earnings last week. The stock was immediately down 7% the day after earnings and remains at that level as of this writing.But in a recession caused by a global pandemic that's still getting wor
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In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill and Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser bring you a look at three stocks. They discuss the operations of these companies and what they've been doing right. They talk about what to look for when companies provide guidance and the most impor