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5 Things Zynga Management Wants You to Know
Zygna's (NASDAQ: ZNGA) recently reported second-quarter earnings suggest that its turnaround effort is finding success, with the company delivering its first profitable quarter since Q4 2012 and some
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How to Buy Bonds: 3 Options You Should Consider
Investors often focus most of their attention on how to buy stocks, because the stock market has produced such strong returns over the long run. Yet bonds can provide valuable benefits for investors
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3 Top Dividend Aristocrats To Own Forever
Few stocks deserve consideration as "own forever" investments. However, the Dividend Aristocrats list of companies which are S&P 500 components, and have increased their regular dividend every year
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Like Your Doctor? You're Part of a Huge Club
Physicians might be more appreciated than they think. A Pew Research Center survey found that 63% of American adults had seen a healthcare provider in the previous year for an illness or medical
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How to Calculate Estimated Taxes
Most people who are employees don't have to worry about estimated taxes because they have taxes withheld from their paychecks. If you're not an employee, however, then there's no one withholding taxes
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Applying for Social Security? These 3 Factors Will Impact Your Benefits
Though most people are somewhat familiar with Social Security, there's a lot of confusion out there as to how the program actually works. And unfortunately, it's leading a large number of applicants
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Here’s How Much Income You’ll Need After You Retire
Here's a retirement planning tip: The point of saving and investing for retirement isn't necessarily to hit some magical number. Instead, it's to ensure that you'll have enough sustainable income for
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Is AbbVie About to Deliver a Blow to Gilead Sciences' Guidance?
After boosting its full-year hepatitis C revenue guidance last month, Gilead Sciences' (NASDAQ: GILD) share price has been rallying. However, the Food and Drug Administration approved AbbVie's (NYSE:
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Don’t Make This Huge Mistake with Your Pension
If you're fortunate enough to have a pension from one of your employers, you'll generally have two options for getting the money: as an annuity, meaning you'll get a regular payment each month for the
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What to Do if Your 401(k) is Underperforming
Saving enough to finance your entire retirement requires a major commitment of your disposable income, so it's no easy task. Forunately, you can put your money into investments that will generate more
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Why Ellie Mae's Stock Is a Buy
Recently, I made the case that the market's sell-off of Ellie Mae (NYSE: ELLI) was overdone. Concerns about rising interest rates and slower mortgage activity were detracting from the long-term
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Zynga Earnings: Second-Quarter Results Bode Well for Turnaround Strategy
Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) reported earnings after market close on August 2, delivering sales and earnings results that were better than expectations. The company's transition away from browser-based games
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Large Customers Drive Growth For Zendesk
Software-as-a-service provider Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN) reported its second-quarter results after the market closed on Aug. 3. Customer gains drove revenue growth, with the addition of larger customers
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Impinj Slashes Guidance Due To Customer Delays
RAIN radio-frequency identification solutions provider Impinj (NASDAQ: PI) reported its second-quarter results after the market closed on August 3. The company posted solid revenue growth and managed
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The Motley Fool Interviews Shopify Co-Founder and CEO Tobi Lutke
Image source: Shopify.Thirteen years ago, a computer programmer wanted to start his own business -- an online store for snowboarding equipment. In the process, he would go on to tackle a much bigger
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Travelport Worldwide Delivers Another Solid Quarter
Travelport Worldwide (NYSE: TVPT) released strong second-quarter 2017 results on Thursday morning, detailing modest overall growth led by strength in Asia for its eNett commercial payments business.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals vs. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: Which Company Reported Better Earnings
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) are two big-cap biotech stocks, and each recently reported second-quarter financial results that were better than
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Intel Corporation Scores Another Major Design Win at Apple Inc.
Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) cellular modem business is really starting to make some inroads at Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).After winning a deal to supply cellular modems to Apple in support of the iPhone 7-series
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Why This Airline ETF Has Crushed Its Transportation Peers
Airline stocks have a long and varied history, having gone through boom periods only to see many industry giants suffer through bankruptcy, leaving shareholders with massive losses. Yet things have
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Universal Display Easily Beats Expectations, Raises Guidance (Again)
Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: OLED) announced strong second-quarter 2017 results on Thursday after the market closed, highlighting the company's best-ever quarter in terms of revenue and
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Better Buy: Twitter, Inc. vs. Netflix, Inc.
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) built a DVD-mailing empire, then abandoned it to fulfill a much grander digital-video-streaming vision. Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) turned SMS-powered microblogging into a social
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Berkshire Hathaway: Insurance Losses Drag Down Second-Quarter Operating Earnings
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) reported that operating earnings, a figure which excludes volatile investment gains and derivative fluctuations, declined 11% to $4.1 billion in the
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Activision Blizzard Inc. Earnings Point to More Record Growth Ahead
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) has a habit of under promising and over delivering. The video game developer this week announced second-quarter results, and -- for the sixth consecutive time -- the
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Unfavorable Weather Dents Cedar Fair's Second-Quarter Results
Cedar Fair (NYSE: FUN) reported second-quarter results on Aug. 2.The amusement park master limited partnership saw it's early season attendance figures hampered by poor weather, but management remains
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Why Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Stock Jumped on Friday
Shares of rental-car company Hertz Global (NYSE: HTZ) jumped on Friday. The stock gained as much as 11.2%, but closed the trading day up 10.3%. The stock's rise followed an optimistic report on the