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Will CVS Get the Chance to Buy Aetna?
In this Market Foolery podcast, host Chris Hill is joined by Industry Focus: Healthcare host, Kristine Harjes, to dig into CVS Health's (NYSE: CVS) offer to purchase insurer Aetna (NYSE: AET) for....
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Boost Amazon’s Growth
Slowly but surely, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an integral part of our lives. Of course, we don't have AI-enabled robots running errands for us just yet, but tech companies are....
Ford's Self-Driving Business Plan: A Commercial Vehicle by 2021
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) will begin testing its autonomous-vehicle technology in at least one city starting in 2018 -- but it's still planning to wait until 2021 to bring its technology to....
Why Kroger Stock Soared 25% in November
Kroger (NYSE: KR) investors outperformed the market by a wide margin last month as shares gained 25%, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.^SPX data by YCharts.Continue....
As Expected, Apple, Inc. Would Be Among the Biggest Beneficiaries of the Republican Tax Bill
Republicans are hard at work at tax reform, passing two different bills in the House and Senate earlier this month. Tax reform has been a hot topic of debate for the past year, with the issue of....
Here's How Intel Corp. Can Refresh Its Gaming Desktop Processors in 2018
Back on Oct. 5, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) released a set of computer processors targeted at the gaming desktop PC market based on its Coffee Lake processor architecture. The Coffee Lake....
Why McDonald's Is Bringing Back the Dollar Value Menu
Let's be frank: Value menus based on dollar price points are a loss leader in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry. Their primary purpose is to draw traffic into stores, where, if a....
Intel Corp. Exec Seems to Admit to "Gaps" in Data Center Portfolio
Chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is the dominant player in the market for processors that go into the server market. This includes processors for traditional enterprise servers as well as for chips....
Chipotle Hopes You'll Give Queso a Second Chance
When Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) finally made its queso available at restaurants nationwide in early September, it boasted of "cracking the code" to the melty cheese that so many consumers....
Facebook Might Unbundle Instagram Messaging
Just when it seemed like Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was slowly walking back from its unbundling strategy, the world's largest social network may be looking to unbundle a significant service. Except....
Why Centurylink Inc. Stock Fell 23% in November
Shares of CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) fell 23.2% in November 2017, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The company completed its $34 billion buyout of data networking giant....
3 Dividend Stocks That Should Pay You the Rest of Your Life
Investing in dividend stocks is a great way to build long-term wealth. Studies have shown that dividend-paying stocks outperform non-dividend-paying ones, and a dividend reinvestment plan, or....
Why PayPal Holdings Wants Out of (and Synchrony Financial Wants In) the Credit Game
Last month, PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced it would be selling its U.S. consumer credit portfolio to Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF). Under the terms of the deal, Synchrony Financial....
Facebook Watch Doesn't Need to Be a YouTube Replacement
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) launched its new video platform, Watch, over the summer, and it's invested heavily in the product. Not only is it paying video creators upfront for content, it's run....
3 Dividend Stocks That Thrive in Both Bull and Bear Markets
With just a few trading days left, 2017 is on track to be a banner stock-market year as indexes rise by more than 15%. Of course, many individual stocks have performed well in the context of that....
Why NVIDIA Investors Should Be Wary of Intel's GPU Dreams
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) recently set its sights on NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) with two big moves into GPUs. First, it partnered with AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) to integrate the latter's Radeon graphics into a new....
What to Expect From AT&T, Inc. in 2018
2017 was a dismal year for AT&T (NYSE: T) investors, who watched their stock drop 14% as the S&P 500 rallied 17%. The stock was weighed down by four straight quarters of year-over-year....
4 Top Smart-Home Stocks to Buy Now
The smart home, or connected home, industry has seen explosive growth over the last few years, as advances in the technology have made it much more intuitive and user-friendly. According to Zion....
Are These Cheap Tech Laggards Worth a Buy?
Technology led the stock market out of the Great Recession. Since it officially ended in June 2009, the Nasdaq 100 -- widely considered the broadest technology-focused index -- has increased by....
Will 2018 Be McDonald's Corp.'s Best Year Yet?
There's no denying that McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) is having a heck of a year. The fast-food giant has seen its shares hit new all-time highs every single day this week, trading 46% higher so far in....
Citi Could Soon Report Its Largest-Ever Quarterly Loss
If the Senate's tax reform bill becomes law, Citigroup (NYSE: C) would be a $20 billion loser -- at least on paper.At a conference on Wednesday, the bank's chief financial officer, John Gerspach,....
3 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold for 25 Years
When we talk about buying stocks at The Motley Fool, we generally do so with at least a five-year time frame in mind. After all, buying and holding strong businesses for the long term and letting....
Can Kroger Stock Keep Climbing After Last Month's 25% Spike?
While they're increasingly shopping online for electronics and other home supplies, people aren't skipping their supermarket shopping trips. Kroger (NYSE: KR), one of the biggest industry players,....
Move Over, Bitcoin: This 2,700-Year-Old Currency Is Going Digital
Despite the broad-based S&P 500 having nearly quadrupled since hitting its trough in March 2009, this year belongs to cryptocurrencies. Since beginning the year with an aggregate market cap of....
Kinder Morgan Is Set to Ride This Massive Wave
Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) is ideally positioned for one of today's most significant secular trends -- rising natural gas consumption.It's not often that investors can ride a huge economic wave.....