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JD.com, Tencent, and Wal-Mart Join Forces Against Alibaba
JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), China's second largest business-to-consumer e-commerce marketplace after Alibaba's (NYSE: BABA) Tmall, recently enlisted the help of Tencent (NASDAQOTH: TCEHY) and Wal-Mart....
Stop Panicking About Poor Apple Inc. iPhone 8 Sales
Demand for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 8 series of devices has been poor, according to some reports.Image source: Apple.For example, the Economic Daily News claims that once the iPhone X is....
Procter & Gamble Co. Earnings Show Hints of a Market Share Rebound
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) this past week announced its first quarterly earnings report since beating back a shareholder challenge against its management team. The results showed steady....
Did Intel Just Fire a Shot Across the Bow of AMD and NVIDIA?
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) launched its latest generation desktop central processing unit (CPU) in September and made some pretty bold claims about its capabilities. In a press release,....
Apple Inc. Supplier Targets 2020 for 5-Nano Production
During contract chip manufacturing giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (NYSE: TSM) third-quarter earnings conference call (login required), company co-CEO Mark Liu offered some....
3 Reasons to Stay Away From Qualcomm
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) has been under siege this year. The chipmaker's business has run into trouble thanks to a feud with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which has encouraged other smartphone players to....
3 Stocks for Whipping Inflation
Despite an unemployment rate barely higher than 4%, a situation that should induce wage and price growth, inflation has been chronically low for years. While it may seem as if this period of....
Big Blue's Big Bounce, and What Blew Housing Starts Down in September
In this Market Foolery podcast, Chris Hill, Jim Mueller of Stock Advisor and Motley Fool Options, and David Kretzmann of Motley Fool Rule Breakers and SuperNova consider just what in its quarterly....
You've Got to See What the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo Just Said About Bitcoin
To put it mildly, cryptocurrencies are redefining "investment gains" for folks in 2017. Whereas the stock market has traditionally returned 7% a year, inclusive of dividend reinvestment, the....
3 Stocks That Could Put Alibaba's Returns to Shame
It's rather easy to see why Alibaba Group's (NYSE: BABA) has doubled so far in 2017. The company owns 11% of China's massive $5 trillion retail market, and that is only expected to grow as....
What Is Warren Buffett’s Top Dividend Stock?
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) has a portfolio of dozens of common stocks, many of which were hand-picked by CEO Warren Buffett himself. Buffett is a big fan of reliable dividends,....
5 Key Drugs Critical to Johnson & Johnson's Future
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) recently shared its third-quarter financial report card with investors, and by all measures, it deserves kudos. However, the stock market rewards investors based....
3 High-Yield Stocks to Own in a Market Crash
Nearly a decade has gone by since the last market crash. No one knows when the next one will come, but it will happen sooner or later. But while some stocks plunge dramatically during a market....
China Races to Catch Up to SpaceX
On Oct. 9, SpaceX completed its 14th satellite launch so far this year, putting 10 satellites into orbit for Iridium. Two days later, SpaceX completed launch No. 15 -- this time for SES -- en....
Intel Corp. Reveals New Detail About Upcoming 10-Nano Tech
Earlier this year, microprocessor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) hosted its first Technology and Manufacturing Day. At that event, the company talked about its current and future chip manufacturing....
Intel Corp. Reportedly "Vying Aggressively" for Huawei Chip Orders
Huawei, one of the top smartphone vendors by volume, is apparently looking for a second source for the manufacture of its custom-designed Kirin applications processors, according to....
Apple Inc.'s Best Product Launch of 2017
Fiscal year 2017 hasn't been Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) best year. Though it has enjoyed some revenue growth over the last nine months, increases in the company's cost of sales and higher operating....
Disney's Sneaky Theme-Park Play to Help ESPN
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is turning to big hoops to breathe new life to its Disney Springs shopping complex in Florida. The media giant unveiled concept art for The NBA Experience, a multi-level....
Tech Stocks This Week: IBM and PayPal Jump, and Alphabet Invests in Lyft
With earnings season in full swing, two tech companies' earnings reports stood out this week: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL). But the most interesting stories in tech from the week....
2 Winning Tech IPOs of 2017
Around a dozen tech companies have gone public so far this year. Post-IPO life hasn't worked out so well for some of them, but two in particular have rewarded early investors with solid share....
Boeing "Strikes" a Deal to Buy Revolutionary Heli-Plane Maker
It's been about a year and a half since we first learned of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's "LightningStrike Project," the scary-sounding name attached to an entirely benign story....
Intel Corp. Is Still Shooting Itself in the Foot
Just recently, South Korean electronics giant Samsung (NASDAQOTH: SSNLF) announced a next-generation chip manufacturing technology that it dubs "8nm." The technology, which Samsung says was....
Here’s How Apple Inc. Could Price New iPhone Models in 2018
Next year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to launch three new iPhones. The lowest-cost model appears to be a phone with a 6-inch liquid crystal display, the mid-priced model should be a direct....
There Might Only Be 3 Million iPhone X Units Ready for Launch
Two weeks from today, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will officially launch its all-important iPhone X flagship handset, with pre-orders starting in one week. Thanks to a seemingly never-ending string of....
Facebook Deepens Partnership With PayPal With Messenger Payments
Almost exactly a year ago, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced a partnership where users could pay for purchases on Facebook's nascent e-commerce offerings, including....