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Here's How Amazon.com, Inc. Nailed the Third Quarter
On Thursday night, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported its third-quarter results. Sales soared while earnings and cash profits backed down, all landing well above the top end of management's....
Norfolk Southern Does the Little Things Right to Grow Q3 Earnings 13%
A railroad business has to do one thing well to be a great investment: Be efficient. Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) has never had a reputation as an efficient operator, but the....
McDonald's Rebound Gains Steam
McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) has found a way to turn fast food into even faster profits. The burger chain announced third-quarter earnings this week that included a 55% earnings spike as its growth....
Altria Keeps Making More From Less
For more than half a century, cigarette smoking has been on the decline, forcing companies like Altria Group (NYSE: MO) to adapt to changing conditions. Despite attacks on multiple fronts, Altria....
Apple Inc. Supplier Putting Finishing Touches on 2018 iPhone Chip Tech
About a year from now, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to launch its next-generation iPhones. Although we don't know that much about them, one thing is certain: They'll be powered by a new....
KKR Sees Solid Future Despite Sinking Profits
The world of private equity isn't something that most rank-and-file investors know much about, but success in making long-term investments in businesses that are privately held is what has made....
Intel Corp. Wants to Be a $300 Billion Company
The Oregonian recently got ahold of internal Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) documents that go over the company's ambition to become a much more valuable company than it currently is.Per the document, Intel....
Anheuser-Busch InBev Swallows U.S. Weakness to Deliver a Mixed Quarter
It's been just over year since Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) completed its $100 billion megamerger with SABMiller. If the global popularity of its most popular brands is any indication, the....
Markel Incurs Huge Catastrophe Losses -- and That's OK
Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced third-quarter 2017 results on Wednesday after the market closed, detailing large -- but expected -- catastrophe-related losses from its insurance segment.....
3 Takeaways From Barrick Gold's Q3 Earnings
Reporting third-quarter adjusted earnings of $0.16 per share, Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX) recognized a 33% drop from the adjusted earnings of $0.24 per share which it reported during the same period....
Does Your Company Have an Anti-Retaliation Policy? It Should!
In an ideal world, employees would behave ethically at all times. But in the real world, that's not how things work. From discrimination to insider trading to fraud, people violate their....
Goldcorp – Eine gute und eine schlechte Nachricht
Gestern kam bei allen Aktionären von Goldcorp Inc. kurzzeitig leichte Euphorie auf als die Aktie nach Bekanntwerden der Zahlen für das dritte Quartal 2017 zeitweise um über 6 % in die Höhe schoss.....
These Highlights Drove Ford Motor Company's Solid Third-Quarter Despite Slowing Sales
Earlier this month, October 3rd to be precise, Ford Motor Company's (NYSE: F) CEO Jim Hackett delivered a presentation with plans to shake up the automaker's strategy going forward. Unfortunately,....
Cerner Corporation Unimpressive in 3rd Quarter, but Expects Better Days Ahead
Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ: CERN) started off 2017 with a bang, posting strong revenue and earnings growth in the first quarter. Things slowed down a bit in the second quarter, with the healthcare....
Inside Intel Corp.’s Strong Third-Quarter Earnings Report
On Oct. 26, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced its third-quarter financial results. Revenue was $16.1 billion, beating the company's guidance by $400 million, and earnings per share (EPS) was $0.94,....
3 Key Things to Watch in Pfizer's Q3 Results
There wasn't much to get excited about the last time Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) reported its quarterly results. While the big pharma company beat analysts' consensus earnings estimate, it also posted a 2%....
1 Surprising Dividend Stock to Watch
A lot of investors have a tough time with auto stocks. But here's a tip: One thing I've learned after years of watching automakers is that a strong positive change in product direction is often....
Stop Panicking About Celgene
Judging by the market reaction to Celgene's (NASDAQ: CELG) third-quarter results, you'd think one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse just rode down Wall Street. Or maybe two of them....
Align Technology Inc.'s 2017 Is Lining Up Nicely With Another Record Quarter
Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN) posted record-high revenue when it announced its first-quarter results earlier this year. The medical-device company, best known for its Invisalign clear aligners,....
Nokia nach dem gestrigen Kurseinbruch: Goldmann senkt Kursziel deutlich – Kaufempfehlung bleibt
Die Experten der US-Investmentbank Goldman Sachs bestätigen in ihrer aktuellsten Studie zum Netzwerkausrüster Nokia ihre Kaufempfehlung nach der jüngsten Vorlage der Quartalszahlen. Besonders....
How Alphabet's Waymo Will Teach its Self-Driving Cars About Snow
Waymo said on Thursday that it will try to teach its self-driving cars about snow by taking part of its fleet to a place with notoriously fierce winter weather: Michigan.Waymo, the Alphabet....
3 Innovative Stocks for October
Here's something to wrap your head around: As fast as the world has changed in the last decade, the pace of innovation is actually accelerating. We went from a world without iPhones in 2007 to one....
What I'll Be Watching When Cirrus Logic Reports Earnings
Despite solid top- and bottom-line growth last quarter, shares of audio chip developer Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ: CRUS) have been falling over the past three months and are down roughly 6%....
Twitter Is Finally Getting Its Costs Under Control
Between 2013 and 2016, social media company Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) reported $2.2 billion of cumulative net losses. That's nearly equivalent to Twitter's annual revenue. Revenue growth ground to a....
Visa Inc. Wages War on Cash
The world is moving steadily away from cash and toward digital forms of payment.Visa (NYSE: V), however, would like to accelerate this trend. The largest credit card processor is offering....