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Best Buy: Visa, Mastercard, or American Express?
It's a rivalry as old as time itself. OK, not really, but the top three payment-card companies in America -- Visa (NYSE: V), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), and American Express (NYSE: AXP) -- have been....
What's Powering Johnson & Johnson's Impressive Quarterly Earnings?
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) surprised investors with better-than-hoped-for top-line and bottom-line performance in the third quarter, and that news sent shares soaring on Tuesday. The....
Amazon's Latest Tax Penalty Should Be a Red Flag for Tech Companies
The European Commission recently fined Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) 250 million euros ($294 million) to cover unpaid back taxes plus interest. The EU alleges that Luxembourg's government illegally....
Facebook Just Made a Youthful Acquisition
Too often in today's online world, anonymity proves to be a bad thing. But with the help of a delightfully popular new app, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is looking to change that for the better.On....
Apple Inc.'s iPhone 7 Reportedly Outselling iPhone 8 in the U.S.
Per a new research note from KeyBanc analyst John Vinh (via Reuters), Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) older iPhone 7-series smartphones are outselling the newly announced iPhone 8-series smartphones -- at....
3 Things You Won't Learn by Focusing on Johnson & Johnson's Headline Figures in Its Q3 Report
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) often kicks things off for the healthcare sector with the release of its quarterly earnings, and once again, the largest healthcare company by market cap....
Investors Could Be Underestimating Activision Blizzard's Opportunity in Its Newest Segment
With growth avenues like esports and mixed reality on the horizon, the idea of selling Call of Duty action figures might not seem that exciting -- and the idea of Candy Crush-branded ice cream as....
Some Interesting Apple Inc. iPhone X News Emerges
In a fresh report, DIGITIMES says that manufacturing yield rates for some of the parts that make up Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) hot new Phone X "have improved and become more stable."Manufacturing....
Does American Express Have a Millennial Problem?
Though the American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) has fallen on hard times as of late, it has almost nearly dug itself out of the hole it found itself in a couple of years ago when huge co-brand....
UnitedHealth Looks Beyond Obamacare for Growth
Healthcare reform has been a priority among lawmakers in Congress, but they've thus far failed in their efforts to get rid of the Affordable Care Act. Health-insurance company UnitedHealth Group....
How Tractor Supply Is Defying the Train Wreck of Retail
I know you've read the headlines. "Bricks and Mortar is Dying." "Malls are Doomed." "Retail is Falling Apart."Every day, it seems we read about another retailer kicking the bucket. My colleague....
The Country's Biggest Insurer Got Even Bigger in Q3
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is the largest health insurer in the country, and strong financial results in the third quarter show the company's still growing in spite of its decision last year....
Why VirnetX Holding, Badger Meter, and MannKind Slumped Today
The stock market was mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrials flirting with 23,000 on an intraday basis but falling back below that milestone at the close. Generally positive sentiment....
Why Shares of VirnetX Holding Corp. Tumbled Today
Shares of patent-holding company VirnetX Holding Corp. (NYSEMKT: VHC) tumbled on Tuesday one day after it disclosed that it was awarded about $440 million in a patent case against Apple (NASDAQ:....
Johnson & Johnson Q3 2017 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (JNJ)
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)Image source: The Motley Fool.Q3 2017 Earnings Conference CallOctober 17, 2017, 8:30 a.m. ETContinue readingSource: Fool.com
Better Buy: Coca-Cola vs. PepsiCo
Cola enthusiasts have long fought about the relative virtues of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP). Although there might never be a final answer to the question of which namesake cola is....
Goldman Sachs Earnings: Bank Combats Trading Drop With Private Equity Gain
Going into earnings season, it looked like it would be a bloodbath for Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) given the anticipated decline in trading revenues at Wall Street banks in the three months ended....
Were Whole Foods' Price Cuts Just an Amazon.com Gimmick?
While Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) purchase of Whole Foods Market looks like it was a picture-perfect wedding, it appears that the price cuts enacted almost immediately after the marriage was....
3 Stocks With Home Depot-Like Return Potential
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) has created a lot of wealth over the years. Share prices have quadrupled over the last decade alone, and early buyers have enjoyed a spine-tingling return of 641,000% so....
Apple, Inc. Nearly Got Into Medical Clinics
It's pretty clear that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) ambitions around improving people's health are only growing. The company gave Men's Health an inside look at its testing lab earlier this year, which....
Is Phillips 66 a Buy?
Since gaining its independence in 2012, refining giant Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) has significantly outperformed the S&P 500, delivering a better-than-225% total return versus the approximately....
Johnson & Johnson Jumps on Pharma Strength
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has been a behemoth in the U.S. healthcare space for decades. Yet as a mature company, J&J faces the inevitable challenge of finding ways to keep its growth....
This Just In: Chevron Stock Upgraded
Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking one....
5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Finances Without Cutting Spending
In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp are joined by recurring Foolish guest Nathan Hamilton to talk about financial fixes that don't involve the most common....
Why TransEnterix Stock Is Soaring Today
Shares of the robotic-surgery company TransEnterix (NYSEMKT: TRXC) rose by as much as 69% today in early morning trading. This small-cap healthcare stock has now appreciated by over 200% since the....