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Barry Diller Suggests 25% Hollywood Pay Cuts: Are Netflix, Disney, and Warner Brothers in Trouble?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/740137/business-deal-reluctant-handshake.jpg
Barry Diller Suggests 25% Hollywood Pay Cuts: Are Netflix, Disney, and Warner Brothers in Trouble?

In an interview with Face the Nation on CBS this weekend, Barry Diller, the seasoned media mogul and chairman of IAC and Expedia Group, voiced his concerns over the ongoing contract conflicts in

Microsoft Announces New Cybersecurity Products, but Are Small Security Software Stocks Really in Trouble?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739837/cybersecurity-artificial-intelligence.jpg
Microsoft Announces New Cybersecurity Products, but Are Small Security Software Stocks Really in Trouble?

Cybersecurity is a secular growth trend. With the world going digital, protecting data and systems is more important than ever before. Estimates point toward global cybersecurity software spending

A Bull Market Is Coming: 1 Incredible Growth Stock Down 34% to Buy Now and Hold Forever: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739944/hundred-dollar-bills-closeup-dividends.jpg
A Bull Market Is Coming: 1 Incredible Growth Stock Down 34% to Buy Now and Hold Forever

Depending on how you slice it, stocks may have already entered a new bull market. The S&P 500 has rallied more than 16.5% year to date, while the Nasdaq Composite index has soared more than 23%. But

3 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy Right Now for Less Than $90: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739774/person-paying-with-phone.jpg
3 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy Right Now for Less Than $90

One important lesson all investors need to learn is that a stock's price does not determine how expensive it is. There are stocks that are expensive despite having a low share price, and cheap

Move Over, FAANG: 1 Unstoppable "Magnificent 7" Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739947/a-digital-rendering-of-computer-chips-with-one-labelled-ai.jpg
Move Over, FAANG: 1 Unstoppable "Magnificent 7" Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist

The FAANG stocks have been among the best performers across the entire market since the acronym was coined in 2017 by CNBC commentator Jim Cramer. The FAANG acronym references:

However, since 2017

The FTC Is Investigating OpenAI -- Here's the Worst Possible Outcome for Investors: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/740112/artificial-intelligence-ai-data-deep-processing.jpg
The FTC Is Investigating OpenAI -- Here's the Worst Possible Outcome for Investors

OpenAI has turned the tech industry upside down in just a few months. The launch of ChatGPT has dazzled college students and tech CEOs alike and set off a new "race" in the tech sector, according to

2 Top Growth Stocks to Buy Right Now and Hold for the Long Term: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739397/growth-of-money-over-time-3.jpg
2 Top Growth Stocks to Buy Right Now and Hold for the Long Term

The broader stock market has enjoyed a rosy first half of 2023, a far cry from the turmoil investors experienced last year. While the market's upward run might mean a correction is coming at some

EU Commission Turns Antitrust Eye on Microsoft Teams: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/740173/featured-daily-upside-image.png
EU Commission Turns Antitrust Eye on Microsoft Teams

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Best AI Stocks to Buy: Palantir vs. Tesla vs. Microsoft: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/740107/untitled-design-11.png
Best AI Stocks to Buy: Palantir vs. Tesla vs. Microsoft

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Palantir (NYSE: PLTR), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to determine which is the best AI stock to buy now.

*Stock prices used were

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Meta's recording studio

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Netflix Stock Has a Lot to Prove This Week: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/740039/gettyimages-1167992498.jpg
Netflix Stock Has a Lot to Prove This Week

Earnings season is here, and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is one of the early voices chiming in with fresh financials this week. The leading premium streaming video service will report its second-quarter

3 Reasons Meta's Threads Could Be an Even Bigger Value-Add Than Reels: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739735/gettyimages-threads.jpeg
3 Reasons Meta's Threads Could Be an Even Bigger Value-Add Than Reels

Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ: META) latest copycat product, Threads, is off to an incredible start.

Meta launched Threads, a clone of Twitter, on Thursday, July 6. By the next morning, it had 30 million

My Top FAANG Stock to Buy for the Second Half of 2023 (and Beyond): https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739484/investing-stocks-calculations-tracking-market.jpg
My Top FAANG Stock to Buy for the Second Half of 2023 (and Beyond)

The FAANG acronym is short for Facebook (now Meta Platforms), Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google -- a stand-in for its parent, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL).

While there are certainly some

Netflix Stock: These Analysts Are Extremely Bullish Headed Into Earnings: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739951/should-i-buy-nflx-stock.jpg
Netflix Stock: These Analysts Are Extremely Bullish Headed Into Earnings

As earnings season ramps up, this week's roster of quarterly updates will importantly feature streaming service specialist Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). Investors will be looking for insight into some

Warren Buffett Reveals the Simple "Trick" to Successful Investing and 3 Steps to Get There: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739659/buffett8-tmf.jpg
Warren Buffett Reveals the Simple "Trick" to Successful Investing and 3 Steps to Get There

Any list of the greatest investors of all time would undoubtedly find renowned Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett near the top of that list. The so-called Oracle of

1 Super Stock Set to Rejoin Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, and Alphabet in the $1 Trillion Club: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739585/three-friends-taking-a-smiling-selfie-with-a-smart-phone.jpg
1 Super Stock Set to Rejoin Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, and Alphabet in the $1 Trillion Club

The $1 trillion club is home to just five companies at the moment: 

And there's one company on the brink of rejoining them. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is the parent of popular social media

Microsoft's Next $2 Trillion Opportunity Is Hiding in Plain Sight: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739511/a-person-sitting-at-a-desk-with-multiple-computer-monitors-writing-code.jpg
Microsoft's Next $2 Trillion Opportunity Is Hiding in Plain Sight

When investors think of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) these days, several high-profile topics likely spring immediately to mind.

The tech giant helped kick off the recent artificial intelligence (AI)

Why Enterprise Software Stocks Jumped in the First Half of 2023: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739780/bull-market.jpg
Why Enterprise Software Stocks Jumped in the First Half of 2023

After a rocky end to 2022, the enterprise is back. Many stocks that cratered last year on fear that companies would cut back spending have risen this year as the tech environment turned out better

Why PayPal Stock Fell 6% in the First Half of the Year: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739852/fintech-payment-app-hands-smartphone.jpg
Why PayPal Stock Fell 6% in the First Half of the Year

Shares of PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) continued to struggle in the first half of 2023, missing out on the rally in tech stocks as investors worried that it was losing market share to Apple and that growth

Why C3.ai Stock Dropped, but Microsoft and Nvidia Popped on Friday: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739860/ai-face-looming-over-a-man-at-a-computer-screen.jpg
Why C3.ai Stock Dropped, but Microsoft and Nvidia Popped on Friday

Is the AI revolution about to go up in smoke?

In trading Friday, shares of C3.ai (NYSE: AI) suffered a blip, falling by as much as 5.6% before recovering a bit. As of 1:55 p.m. ET, they were down by

A Warning to Anyone Betting Against This AI Stock Poised to Soar: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739024/gettyimages-1452604857.jpg
A Warning to Anyone Betting Against This AI Stock Poised to Soar

What happens when the hype subsides? That is what investors should ask themselves about Google's parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL).

There is little doubt that the company was

5 Struggling Stocks to Buy at a Discount: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/737988/person-in-wheel-chair-looking-at-their-tablet.jpg
5 Struggling Stocks to Buy at a Discount

Some stocks might struggle to gain market traction, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are bad investments. There are plenty of valid reasons a stock underperforms what investors expect. It

Is This Top Tech Stock About to Become the Next $3 Trillion Company?: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739256/finger-about-to-press-a-green-dollar-sign-key-on-a-pc-keyboard.jpg
Is This Top Tech Stock About to Become the Next $3 Trillion Company?

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is on the brink of joining the most exclusive stock market club in the world.

At least, that's according to a noted tech sector analyst who believes the company's share

1 Potential AI Winner That's a Screaming Buy Despite Gaining 148% in 2023: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739443/chatbot-smartphone-person.jpg
1 Potential AI Winner That's a Screaming Buy Despite Gaining 148% in 2023

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is having a great 2023 with astounding gains of 148% so far. What's even better is that, even with the huge stock price jump, shares of the technology giant still trade

Why Cybersecurity Stocks Like Zscaler and Cloudflare Surged Today: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/739718/young-person-at-a-desk-using-a-pc-and-tablet-computer-simultaneously.jpg
Why Cybersecurity Stocks Like Zscaler and Cloudflare Surged Today

One day after really taking it on the chin from the stock market, cybersecurity companies bounced back convincingly on Thursday. Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) and Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) both zoomed to close