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Has IBM Finally Turned Itself Around?
IBM (NYSE: IBM) investors got a rare treat when IBM reported earnings -- optimism! Big Blue reported third-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations by a good margin. The top line was....
3 Growth Stocks With Virtual Monopolies
A business can extract all kinds of benefits from a dominant market position. To name just two examples, the industry leader typically posts higher profitability and stronger, more consistent....
3 High-Growth Stocks That Are Just Getting Started
Growth stocks come in all shapes and sizes. They can be established companies that are reinvesting massive amounts of their revenue into their businesses in order to fuel more growth, or they can....
Why Microsoft Stock Jumped Nearly 12% in October
Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) popped by 11.7% in October, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, a majority of which came after the company reported strong fiscal....
How LinkedIn Is Working for Microsoft
Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) acquisition of LinkedIn was the biggest acquisition of all time, clocking in at a whopping $26 billion.In this segment from Industry Focus: Tech, host Dylan Lewis and....
Microsoft Up 7% on Quarterly Results
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been crushing expectations since CEO Satya Nadella took over three years ago, and this quarter's earnings results are a testament to that.In this segment from Industry....
Paycom Software Delivers Yet Another Beat-and-Raise Quarter
Paycom Software (NYSE: PAYC) appears to have mastered the expectations game. In its third-quarter earnings report delivered on Halloween, the payroll and human capital management (HCM) software....
Facebook, Inc.'s Active Advertisers Are Soaring
On just about any metric, Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) growth is pretty astounding. The social network's third-quarter revenue, for instance, was up 47% year over year. Monthly and daily active users....
Twitter, Inc.'s 280-Character Limit: A Move in the Right Direction
On Tuesday afternoon, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) doubled the number of characters allowed in a tweet, increasing the limit from 140 characters to 280. The change followed Twitter's earlier tests of the....
It's Official: Twitter's 280-Character Limit Is Rolling Out to Almost All Users
In September, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) began testing out an expanded 280-character limit, twice as long as the long-standing 140-character limit, in most languages other than ones like Chinese,....
Netflix Says Things Will Be Just Fine Without Disney
Last month, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) released its first earnings since Disney (NYSE: DIS) announced that it would pull its beloved content from the streaming site after 2018 to start a competing....
Gartner Inc. Delivers 44% Revenue Growth
Gartner's (NYSE: IT) third-quarter results gave evidence that its growth-through-acquisition strategy is creating value for clients and shareholders alike.MetricQ3 2017Continue readingSource: Fool.com
Weibo Corp. Tripled Q3 Earnings
China-based social network operator Weibo (NASDAQ: WB) reported third-quarter results early Tuesday morning. Management celebrated a "virtuous cycle of growth" as the company delivered strong....
Why Expedia Inc. Stock Dropped 13% Last Month
Shares of Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) were losing value last month as the online travel agency dipped on a weak third-quarter earnings report. According to data from S&P Global Market....
Why Square, Inc's Shares Popped in October
Shares of payment processing company Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) popped 29.1% in October, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, riding a wave of excitement around the....
Russian Ads Overshadow Facebook's Otherwise Fabulous Quarter
After last quarter's blowout performance, Facebook, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: FB) third-quarter financial release came against the backdrop of company executives' testimony in Congressional hearings about....
The 3 Stocks on the MFM Team's Radar This Week
In this segment of the Motley Fool Money radio show, host Chris Hill asks Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger, and Total Income's Ron Gross about the companies they have....
Square Partners With SAP: What Investors Need to Know
In Square Inc.'s (NYSE: SQ) second-quarter conference call, CEO Jack Dorsey promised that the company was constantly looking for ways it could "accelerate and deepen" its offerings to its....
Is MercadoLibre Unstoppable?
In this segment of the Motley Fool Money radio show, host Chris Hill, Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger, and Total Income's Ron Gross reflect on another great quarter for....
Zuckerberg's Plans to Spend Big on Security, Abuse Prevention Give Investors Pause
In this segment of the Motley Fool Money radio show, host Chris Hill, Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger, and Total Income's Ron Gross discuss the reasons that rapidly....
Why Shares of NetEase Inc. Surged Today
Shares of Chinese video game publisher and e-commerce specialist NetEase Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES) jumped on Monday following reports that the company was increasing its spending on foreign products to....
Advertisers Are Willing to Pay More for Facebook Ads
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) CFO Dave Wehner has been warning investors of an impending ad revenue growth slowdown for over a year now. During the first-quarter earnings call, he said: "We continue to....
Why Shopify's Shares Tumbled 14% in October
Shares of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) fell by 14.6% last month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the company got slammed by a Citron Research report by short-seller....
Do Consumers Even Care About Original Content?
As the pioneer in the streaming-video industry, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) created the template that its competitors are following, and it plans to spend between $7 billion and $8 billion on....
3 High Growth Stocks You Could Regret Not Buying
Long-term investing has been shown to outperform short-term trading, and while buying high-growth stocks means suffering through periods that will test every investor's patience, I think it will....