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How 15 Seconds Could Change Pandora's Fortunes for the Better
Pandora Media (NYSE: P) played more than 5 billion hours of music for nearly 74 million listeners last quarter. But 15 seconds could be the key to sustained profits for the audio streaming....
Why Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Popped Today
Shares of Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) climbed 6.7% Tuesday after the company announced stronger-than-expected quarterly results. More specifically, for the second quarter of its fiscal 2018,....
Why Darden Restaurants, Zimmer Biomet Holdings, and Applied Optoelectronics Jumped Today
Tuesday was a fairly quiet day on Wall Street, with major benchmarks largely pausing after huge gains in recent sessions. The tax reform package took a key step toward becoming law, with an....
Disney's Bob Iger Gets Another Treasure Trove of Assets
Bob Iger's tenure as Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO may be one of the most successful and consequential for any U.S. company in the last two decades. He managed to collect some of the best media assets in....
Carnival Cruises Into 2018
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK) continues to coast at levels it hasn't seen since 2011. The world's largest cruise ship operator posted healthy growth for its fiscal fourth....
How Netflix and Amazon Forced Disney's Hand
There's no question that the advent of streaming changed the television landscape. When Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) introduced the concept 10 years ago, few could have predicted the ripple effect that....
Disney World Plays Its Trump Card
Politics and the world's most visited theme park don't often intersect, but that's just what's happening at Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) Magic Kingdom with this morning's reopening of The Hall of....
3 Dividend Stocks for in-the-Know Investors
Building an investment portfolio on the foundation of strong businesses that regularly return income to shareholders is one of the most dependable avenues to market-beating performance. Often....
How to Invest in Casino Stocks
Anyone who's ever been to Las Vegas knows that the only sure winner is the house. That's why many investors like casino stocks so much, because over the long run, they've been highly profitable....
The 3 Best Fast Food Stocks of 2017
Fast food stocks delivered a wide range of returns for investors this year as companies battled for customer traffic in this highly competitive industry. A few well-known chains, including....
Is This the Beginning of the End of Fox?
The media industry is going through an incredibly disruptive transition as streaming companies grow, cable use falls, and the movie industry tries to figure out how to maintain a semblance of....
The 3 Top Performing Restaurant Stocks of 2017
2017 was the second year running for the so-called "restaurant recession," and many restaurant brands struggled as a result of industry over-expansion. Consumers have been presented with many new....
Cinemark Declares War on MoviePass With $8.99 Subscription
The movie theater business has been under pressure all year. The stocks of all major exhibitors have taken a hit due to a weaker box office, feeding fears people will stay home more often to enjoy....
Why Isn't Walt Disney Paying Cash for the 21st Century Fox Deal?
There are many ways to skin a cat, and even more options when you're financing a $52.4 billion buyout. In the case of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) acquiring most of 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOX)....
3 Fools, 1 Deep Dive Into the Disney/Fox Deal
In this Market Foolery podcast, host Mac Greer, Total Income's Ron Gross, and Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser dig into the details of 21st Century Fox's (NASDAQ: FOXA) (NASDAQ: FOX) massive....
Why CSX, Fitbit, and Sirius XM Holdings Slumped Today
Friday was a great day on Wall Street, with the Dow climbing by more than 140 points and broader benchmarks rising even more on a percentage basis. Market participants celebrated the Republicans'....
Investors Are Betting Big Against Shake Shack -- Why They're Wrong
Burger fans love Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK), but a lot of investors don't feel the same way. The fast-growing restaurant chain is attracting plenty of naysayers these days. There were 10.7 million....
Las Vegas Strip News: Steve Wynn Acquires Another Big Plot of Land
Steve Wynn is arguably the most important figure in the history of the Las Vegas Strip, developing the Mirage, Treasure Island, Bellagio, and Wynn Las Vegas. This week, we found out that his days....
Pandora Adds Free Way to Access On-Demand Music (With a Catch)
Competition in the music streaming industry continues to intensify. First-mover Pandora Media (NYSE: P) fell behind the pack years ago and has been struggling to reclaim relevance ever since.....
Why Twenty-First Century Fox and Disney Stock Popped Today
Shares of Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOX)(NASDAQ: FOXA) and The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) climbed 6.5% and 2.7%, respectively, on Thursday after Disney announced it would acquire most of....
3 Ways Fox Will Reshape Disney's Theme Parks
The long seductive dance between Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA) (NASDAQ: FOX) and Disney (NYSE: DIS) finally has some paperwork. The all-stock deal will bring a lot of assets to the House....
3 Top Stocks on Sale This Quarter
The market's rallying, but not every stock is a ship that's moving higher with the tide. Some investments have been getting rocked lately, and since holiday shopping is all about finding deals,....
Could a Disney-Fox Deal Get By Regulators?
Rumors had been bubbling for weeks that Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) could take over Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOX) (NASDAQ: FOXA), and this morning they came true. Disney said it would....
Is Regal Cinema's $5.8 Billion Buyout a Risky Play?
U.K.-based Cineworld is making a bid to become the second-largest movie theater operator by buying U.S. rival Regal Entertainment (NYSE: RGC) in a $5.8 billion deal that would give it 9,500....
8 Fast Food Innovations That Shocked and Delighted Us in 2017
Image source: Pizza Hut.In the era of Instagram where foodies insist on sharing what they're eating on social media, it's no surprise that restaurants will play to that crowd. At one end of the....