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Why I Love Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Investors are a bit down on Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) these days. Shares are trailing the market as the consumer goods giant struggles through a period of slowing growth. Step back and take a....
Intel Corporation Reportedly Snatches Tesla Inc. Biz Away From NVIDIA Corp.
One market segment that many chip-makers have been rushing to capitalize on is automotive.The car market is mature, but the computing content inside the average car continues to climb, driven by....
Disney Is Just the First of Many to Abandon Netflix
Last month, Disney (NYSE: DIS) announced its intention to take its films off Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) in 2019 and start its own streaming service. I wrote that Disney could be just the first of many....
Google Strengthens Cloud Identity Management With Bitium Buy
In recent years, the number of various online services that enterprises have to tap into has proliferated, which has created a market for cloud-based enterprise identity management to help manage,....
5 Key Highlights From FedEx Corporation's Q1 Earnings Call
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) exited its 2017 fiscal year with strong earnings momentum, posting 14% growth in adjusted earnings per share for the full year. However, the package delivery giant stumbled out....
3 Stocks for Warren Buffett Fans
Warren Buffett is well known for his long-term investment perspective, and Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio includes a number of stocks worth consideration for retail investors' buy-and-hold....
The Economics of Intel Corp.’s Coffee Lake Chip
Late on Sept. 24, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced a new processor family, known as Coffee Lake, for the desktop personal computer market. These chips are notable because they offer....
Would You Pay $100 a Year for ESPN?
A battle that Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) can't afford to lose continues to heat up. The media giant is threatening to pull ESPN, Disney Channel, ABC, and its other networks from the country's....
Want Free Coffee? Here's How to Get Some Friday
While every day seems to be some sort of fake holiday, a few of these less-than-official celebrations have become events championed by the business world.You can get free pancakes on National....
Is Texas Instruments' 24% Dividend Increase Too Extreme?
There are dividend raises, and there are dividend raises. Texas Instruments' (NASDAQ: TXN) latest hike falls squarely into the second category -- the veteran analog chipmaker announced a nearly....
These 3 Stocks Just Raised Their Dividends
It may no longer be summer, but the heat is rising for dividend raises. More companies hiked their payouts last week than in the previous frame, and some of those boosts came from major....
Why Boeing Co. Plans to Build the 787 Dreamliner Faster Than Ever
For more than a year, Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been building its popular 787 Dreamliner model at a rate of 12 per month. That's the fastest production rate ever achieved for a widebody commercial....
Johnson & Johnson Investors, Mark Your Calendars for October
After a nice jump in the first half of 2017, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) stock has largely tread water over the last few months. Wouldn't it be nice if the healthcare giant had a catalyst or....
7 Stores That Could Be Coming to Your Town
Image source: Getty Images.The retailing industry is struggling right now as customers choose to skip the mall visit and do their shopping online instead.Not all companies are closing locations....
Here's How to Find the Best Dividend Stocks
Owning stocks that pay dividends can be an incredibly profitable part of your investing strategy, but not every dividend stock is created equal. If you want to find the best dividend stocks, you....
Nike, Inc. Delivers As Promised to Start the New Fiscal Year
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) announced fiscal first-quarter 2018 results on Tuesday after the market closed, and shares are down around 4% in after-hours trading as of this writing. Just as the athletic....
Apple Could Go To $160
In last night’s commentary, we noted that it had appeared that Apple had found a bottom, and for today at least it did. The shares of Apple jumped higher on the day by roughly 2 percent and closed....
3 Stocks the Smartest Investors are Buying Right Now
Figuring out which stocks to buy is hard, but perhaps harder still is figuring out when it's a smart time to buy them. Fortunately, our Motley Fool investors are here to help. We asked three of....
Yield Rates for iPhone X Components Are Terrible Right Now
Stories detailing Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone X delays just keep coming in -- we're talking about two fresh reports thus far this week, and it's only Tuesday.Various component suppliers are....
IBM CEO Defends Watson Against Critics
International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has invested billions of dollars in Watson, its cognitive computing system that made a name for itself by winning Jeopardy! back in 2011. Watson is....
Axovant Sciences' Alzheimer's Disease Trial Comes Up Empty -- What Now?
Historically, 99% of Alzheimer's disease drugs to enter clinical trials have failed, yet Axovant Sciences (NASDAQ: AXON) believed it could design a phase 3 trial for its Alzheimer's disease drug,....
Why Apple, Inc. Jacked Up iPhone 8 and 8 Plus Prices
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is exercising its pricing power this year in a big way -- and in more ways than one. The most obvious example is the iPhone X and its $1,000 price tag, but the iPhone 8 and 8....
Apple Should Buy GoPro
One of the best arguments against GoPro's (NASDAQ: GPRO) cameras for the past few years has been the fact that most people have products like an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone in their pocket at all....
Apple, Inc.'s Siri Won't Bing It for You Anymore
When Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) scored a deal with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to make its Bing search engine the default provider for Siri way back in 2013 with iOS 7, it was a pretty big deal. It was....
Is the Apple Inc. iPhone 8 a Failure?
A quick check of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) online store reveals something that at first glance might be alarming to Apple investors: The iPhone 8 and its larger sibling, the iPhone 8 Plus, are in....