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Top Business Students Are Flocking to Amazon. Here's Why.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) already has a number of advantages over the competition. Its reputation for low prices keeps customers from comparison shopping on the internet, and the convenience it....
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Corporate Welfare Is Amazon's Latest Competitive Advantage
You could call it "The Corporate Bachelor" or the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Olympics. The e-commerce giant announced earlier this month that it was opening its search for a second headquarters, dubbed....
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Costco Earnings Point to Growth Struggles Ahead
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) recently closed the books on a mixed 2017 fiscal year. On the plus side, the warehouse retailer extended its streak of above-average sales growth even as membership fees....
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7 Metrics From Costco Wholesale Corporation's Crushing Quarter
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) is one of the few brick-and-mortar retailers that have seen their growth persist at meaningful rates even as e-commerce continues to gain steam. And Costco's fourth quarter....
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Why Rite Aid's Shares Crashed 19% in September
Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) were forced by regulators to reduce the number of stores Rite Aid is selling to Walgreens and that news, plus Rite Aid's lackluster....
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5 Personal Finance Tips From Billionaires
Image source: The Motley Fool.You may be looking for an edge in your personal finances -- something that can help you rethink your approach to money and start getting ahead financially. If so, you....
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5 Top Stocks for October
Summer is officially in the rearview mirror. That means the air is cooling down, the leaves are starting to change, and Halloween is right around the corner. How do we Fools celebrate the changing....
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Better Buy: Amazon.com, Inc. vs. Wal-Mart
Perhaps no two companies have helped to reshape the retail industry more than Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). With its nearly $500 billion in annual revenue, Wal-Mart....
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3 Dividend Stocks Should Thrive in a Recession
The market's been booming and things have been going well since the end of the Great Recession, but that doesn't mean things are going to be sunny forever. Another recession is bound to happen and....
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2 Incredibly Cheap Healthcare Stocks Right Now
Healthcare stocks have been surging ever since Donald Trump took office last January. As a result, there aren't too many attractive bargains remaining in this high-flying sector. Even so, vaccine....
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3 Unknown but Amazing Dividend Stocks
Not all dividend stocks are household names, even for investors. Many companies chug along year after year, paying stable dividends from businesses with durable competitive advantages.We asked....
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Why United Natural Foods Inc. Stock Jumped 20% in September
United Natural Foods (NASDAQ: UNFI) stock gained 20% last month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.The rally helped shareholders recover some lost ground, but the....
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Better Buy: eBay Inc. vs Amazon.com
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) are two of the biggest names in online commerce. The two combine to sell hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of goods every year. Both stocks....
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Can Rite Aid Stock Bounce Back After Last Week's 18% Drop?
Things keep getting even harder for investors in one of this year's biggest sinkers. Shares of Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) tumbled 18% last week after putting out disappointing quarterly results. Shares....
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3 Dividend Stocks That Thrive in Market Crashes
Dividends are an important component of a fully thought out investment strategy during the best of times, but a critical one when things turn south and markets crash. They can be the lifeline that....
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Can Rite Aid’s C-Suite Shake-Up Be Good News?
Only months after Rite Aid's (NYSE: RAD) planned merger with Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) disintegrated, Rite Aid's CEO Ken Martindale left the company to become the CEO of GNC Holdings,....
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Better Buy: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. vs. Target
In one corner stands Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), heavyweight champ of the U.S. retail industry with nearly $500 billion in annual sales. In the other corner is Target (NYSE: TGT) -- an underdog....
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Kroger Unveils Kitchen 1883 -- Should Investors Cheer or Jeer?
If you were a shareholder of Kroger (NYSE: KR) over the past year, you know it has not been a pleasant ride. The stock is down mightily as a result of a) food deflation and the accompanying....
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Anemic Earnings Sent Rite Aid's Shares Down Today
After Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) released a fiscal second-quarter report Thursday morning showing sales and adjusted net income that were lower year over year, shares of the drugstore chain tumbled, and....
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5 Key Things You Need to Know From Rite Aid's Q2 Results
Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD), they did.The pharmacy chain's stock has taken a beating throughout 2017 with increasing uncertainty over a....
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5 Key Highlights From FedEx Corporation's Q1 Earnings Call
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) exited its 2017 fiscal year with strong earnings momentum, posting 14% growth in adjusted earnings per share for the full year. However, the package delivery giant stumbled out....
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How Much Do Retailers Actually Pay Hourly Workers?
Target (NYSE: TGT) made news earlier this week by making public plans to increase its minimum hourly wage for all employees to $11 in October. The chain also pledged to increase wages to a....
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Payer Pushback Is Weighing Down Retail Pharmacy Stocks
Prescription volume is climbing at Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) and CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), yet growth rates at these pharmacy retailers are slowing. Why aren't retail pharmacies....
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Rite Aid Stock Has a Lot to Prove on Thursday
Regulators finally gave Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) clearance for an asset sale last week, but it's apparently a case of "too little, too late" for investors who have seen the drugstore operator get....
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Ask a Fool! We Answer Your Healthcare Questions on Trials, Patents, and Pharmacy Retailers
If you've ever wondered why drugmakers run Phase I-II or II B clinical trials, how drugmakers like AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) plan on keeping generic drugmakers at bay after their patents expire, or why....