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Not every business can afford to throw $3.3 billion into a fire, but Walmart's (NYSE: WMT) acquisition of Jet.com wasn't a waste, even though the retailer is closing down the e-commerce site.

Even

The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the entire world. Millions of people have caught the COVID-19 disease, with hundreds of thousands of deaths. Even those who've avoided the

Shares of diversified healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) Healthpeak Properties (NYSE: PEAK) are down 30% so far in 2020. When the market bounced back from its March lows, Healthpeak

Investors looking for an exciting company to explore and perhaps buy stock in can breeze on by Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG). The consumer staples giant simply doesn't spark a lot of excitement.

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A syndicate of banks is moving to liquidate the privately held company owned by Luckin Coffee (NASDAQ: LK) chairman Charles Zhengyao Lu.

On Friday, Reuters reported -- based on an official notice

This year has been a challenging one for dividend investors. More than 175 public companies reduced their dividends by at least 50%, with many suspending them entirely because of the impact the

There's no question that Uber (NYSE: UBER) has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

The ridesharing giant said that rides were down 80% globally in April as many of its markets were shut down

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) latest earnings report was upbeat about the future, despite softness in demand for iPhones and wearables. Apple reached a new record for active users across its iDevices and

Late on Friday afternoon before Memorial Day weekend, a leading medical journal published results from a government-sponsored clinical trial with the experimental coronavirus treatment, remdesivir

COVID-19 has sent U.S. unemployment levels through the roof. A frightening 20.5 million Americans lost their jobs in April alone, at which point the country's unemployment rate reached 14.7% -- its

Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) had to pull its quarterly guidance in March, as the novel coronavirus outbreak disrupted tech supply chains thanks to shelter-in-place orders and lockdowns initiated

If you're one of the shrinking number of consumers planning to shop for a Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) at some point this year, don't be surprised to see limited inventory once you can finally step

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) Shops, the new online shopping platform just launched by the social media giant, has been a long time coming.

The company has experimented with e-commerce on Instagram for over

Retail stocks have underperformed the broader market during the COVID-19 outbreak. Not surprisingly, April data from the U.S. Department of Commerce showed a colossal drop in sales at clothing

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With rising unemployment

You probably didn't get a party invitation, but Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is blowing out 18 candles on its IPO birthday cake on Saturday. It was on March 23, 2002, shortly after the market opened, that

If you want to find recession-proof stocks, look no further than the companies doing well amid the coronavirus pandemic. If a company can weather the global economic shutdown and uncertainty caused

Even in quarantine and in a recession, there are a few things that many of us need to buy. That definitely includes electronic devices, which are necessary for working, learning, and socializing

Not everyone is a fan of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX).

Morningstar analyst Neil Macker is particularly bearish on the streaming video leader's prospects. During a chat with Yahoo! Finance, Macker listed a

Sales plunged approximately 45% year over year at Macy's (NYSE: M) last quarter, according to preliminary estimates the company released on Thursday. As a result, the iconic department store

As many on Wall Street were running for the exits in March, some of the best investors in the world, including Seth Klarman, Bill Ackman, David Einhorn, and Bruce Berkowitz, were scooping up deals. 

It's no secret that digital entertainment is where the action is right now, and the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating that trend. Top video game maker Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) finished

Seniors may get their income from a number of different sources that include a pension, retirement savings, and Social Security. But many older Americans aren't entitled to a pension, and as such

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In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner shares some campfire stories. He talks about the lesson he learned from his only interaction with Steve Jobs, how he