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Shares of Becton, Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) were up by more than 6% as of 12:15 p.m. ET Monday, after having climbed by as much as 8.5% shortly after 10 a.m. The medical equipment company announced

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) with the aim of answering which one will deliver better shareholder returns at these valuations.

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Digital media veteran Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported second-quarter results last Wednesday. It was a mixed report with revenue below expectations but strong earnings, and the company added 5.9

New reports show that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is testing its own ChatGPT-style product, and with a single launch it could reach over a billion users. Better yet, Apple can now lean on open-source

Consumer staples companies make ideal candidates for dividend investors seeking steady income. Especially if they are leaders in their industries, these types of businesses can boost sales through a

Many investors believe that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has lost its standing as an important stock index. Its price-weighted methodology means that the Dow gives less weight

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews IBM's (NYSE: IBM) latest earnings results and determines if IBM stock is a buy right now.

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When you think of biotech companies, you may think of up-and-coming players with exciting pipelines, but zero marketed products. These could make interesting investment opportunities. But they often

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) isn't playing fair in artificial intelligence. The company doesn't have to make money on its AI models, so it's giving them away for free. In this video, Travis Hoium

Artificial intelligence (AI) is for real. The amazing progress in AI -- and the skyrocketing share prices of AI leaders -- has proven it over the last several months.

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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian looks at critical financial metrics from Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), and Domino's (NYSE: DPZ) to determine which makes a better stock for

Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock price dropped 8% on July 20 after the streaming video leader posted its second-quarter results. Its revenue rose 2.7% year over year to $8.19 billion but missed

Shares of Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) were rallying on Friday, up more than 3.3% on a day when the Nasdaq Composite actually finished slightly in the red.  

Qualcomm has been attempting to diversify its

General Motors (NYSE: GM) is spending billions of dollars to build out electric vehicle capacity and has hopes for a profitable EV business soon. But those plans aren't reality yet, and Travis Hoium

PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) isn't making its excellent growth momentum a secret. The snack food and beverage giant recently hiked its sales and earnings outlook for the second straight time in 2023, after

Investors are about to get a flood of fresh information about Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) business. The software giant will announce fiscal 2023 fourth-quarter results on July 25, in a report that

To say that investors have a big appetite for Cava Group's (NYSE: CAVA) stock would be an understatement. As of July 19, shares are up more than 100% compared to their opening price on the first day

Most every growth investor is looking for that small company today that brings massive returns. Such powerhouses do have to start from somewhere, after all -- Amazon and Netflix once had market caps

There are few guarantees in the stock market, but one thing you can count on is growth at Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG). The Tex-Mex specialist has a recipe that investors can savor, and it

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews United Airlines' (NASDAQ: UAL) latest earnings results and answers if the stock is a good value for long-term investors.

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Ever since its founding more than two decades ago, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has been a true trailblazer in the world of electronic payments. However, the stock has largely been a disappointment for

Warren Buffett's approach to picking stocks may not be particularly exciting, but that's not his goal -- it's to consistently make money. His conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway has certainly done that

The market has risen this year on the back of hot new artificial intelligence (AI) tools from the likes of OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google. These companies are betting the farm on AI.

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Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) recently announced that it will make its new large language model (LLM) for artificial intelligence (AI) freely available as open-source software. It's a move that