HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - SoftBank Group boss Masayoshi Son once called Arm Holdings his most important acquisition. Since the $128 bln Japanese group bought the UK chip designer four years ago, however, businesses have been hived off and sales growth and opera
Alphabet Inc's Google has offered not to use health data of fitness tracker company Fitbit to help it target ads in an attempt to address EU antitrust concerns about its proposed $2.1 billion acquisition, the U.S. tech company said late on Monday.
Well, so much for getting back in the black for the year. After spending most of the day up, and putting the index back in positive territory for 2020, the S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) lost 30 points, or nearly 1%, on July 13.
In the latest pandemic-related twist for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the company has asked many of its store employees to work remotely. Amid the recent surge in coronavirus cases across many states, some Apple stores have again shut their doors.
Apple Inc has told its staff that a full return to U.S. offices will not occur before the end of the year, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing an internal video message.
Technology stocks declined Monday, giving back a mid-day advance. At last look, the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF was slipping over 1.1% while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index was dropping about 0.7%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) was up 2.1% at 1:50 p.m. EDT Monday despite extreme uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and the recovery of the U.S. economy. U.S. states including Florida and Texas have been reporting record numbers of confirmed cases, and re
In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Ron Gross go through the latest headlines from Wall Street. They discuss the wave of store closures and bankruptcies taking place in the retail space; also, Warren Buffett makes his biggest
The second quarter's marketwide earnings are going to be rough -- that's not in dispute. The only question is: How bad? Whereas only the final month of the first quarter of 2020 was crimped by coronavirus lockdowns in the United States, the entire three-month stretch we just wra
In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing: Pet Peeves, Vol. 5, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner is joined by Motley Fool analyst Karl Thiel to review 5 Stocks Celebrating The 2018 World Cup. Discover how these stocks have performed since they were recommended two years ago.
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the telecoms firm and No.2 smartphone maker, on Monday reported a 13.1% rise in revenue in the first half of the year, showing slower growth as U.S. officials continue to pressure the company's suppliers and customers.
Sirius XM Holdings Inc said on Monday it will buy E.W. Scripps Co's podcast business, Stitcher, for up to $325 million, as the U.S. satellite radio company pushes further into the podcast space.
In early trading on Monday, shares of Pfizer topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 3.4%. Year to date, Pfizer has lost about 10.7% of its value.
Many companies are flailing just now, struggling to keep afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) is not one of them. It's been a fundamental star and a stock market standout because its core e-signature solutions are entirely digital and thus basically pa
Foxconn plans to invest up to $1 billion to expand a factory in southern India where the Taiwanese contract manufacturer assembles Apple iPhones, two sources said.
Reversing the previous quarter's decline, global PC shipments rose in the second quarter. According to preliminary data compiled by tech industry researcher Gartner (NYSE: IT), the rise clocked in at 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. The first quarter decline, as tracked by the co
Warren Buffett is a loser. Before you attempt to throw something at me through the Internet, allow me to clarify. The billionaire investor is losing compared to the overall market so far this year. The vast bulk of Buffett's fortune is in Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE:
The coronavirus pandemic is creating a boom in demand for traditional PCs, due to a wholesale shift to remote work at many companies across multiple industries. In addition, educational institutions have also moved toward remote learning solutions. The mature PC market had been
The coronavirus pandemic is creating a boom in demand for traditional PCs, due to a wholesale shift to remote work at many companies across multiple industries. In addition, educational institutions have also moved toward remote learning solutions. The mature PC market had been