Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google made a potentially game-changing announcement regarding its eCommerce unit on Thursday. The company said it's entirely eliminating the fee it charges retailers to transact with customers through the Google Shopping service.
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) lost 40.4 points, or 1.2%, on July 23, breaking a streak of positive days in the second half of the month. Today's sell-off came after the Department of Labor reported that 1.42 million people filed for unemployment last week. That's 100,000 h
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Wall Street dropped sharply on Thursday as investors fled market-leading tech shares due to mixed earnings reports and growing signs of a worsening coronavirus pandemic, which could exacerbate a deep economic recession.
The dollar slipped to an almost two-year low and gold rose further on Thursday as a gauge of global equities retreated on concerns about a potential probe of Apple Inc, which knocked the wind out of the high-flying tech sector.
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Shares of Jumia Technologies (NYSE: JMIA) tumbled 15% in late day trading Thursday after the so-called "Amazon of Africa" internet retailer filed notice with the SEC it intended to sell 14.85 million shares of its American Depositary Shares (ADS), representing 29.7
Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and five other Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Justice Department to be cautious in reviewing Google's planned purchase of Fitbit, saying the tech giant had already cemented its dominance in some areas through acquisitions.
The dollar slipped to an almost two-year low and gold rose further on Thursday as a gauge of global equities retreated on concerns about a potential probe of Apple Inc took the wind out of the high-flying tech sector.
Wall Street retreated on Thursday as mixed earnings, a surprise increase in U.S. jobless claims and Washington's tug-of-war over stimulus measures fed risk aversion among investors.
The chief executives of four of the largest U.S. tech companies plan to deflect criticism next week in a Congressional hearing into their use of market power to hurt rivals by saying they themselves face competition and by debunking claims they are so dominant.
Health care stocks were little changed as a group, with the NYSE Health Care Index falling 0.2% while the SPDR Health Care Select Sector ETF was down 0.1%.
Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM), which added 17,800,000 units, or a 7.0% increase week over week. Among the largest underlying components of IWM,
Earnings season is just starting to heat up and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is sure to be one of the most closely watched stocks in the coming weeks. Since we last heard from the tech giant at the end of April, the stock has surged 27%, adding more than $300 billion in market value
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the ProShares ProShares UltraPro QQQ (Symbol: TQQQ) where we have detected an approximate $172.3 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.5% increase week o
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is apparently trying to follow other global tech companies in partnering with Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries; Indian TV news channel ET Now reports that the e-commerce powerhouse is in negotiations to take a 9.9% ownership stake in its Reliance Ret
Amazon.com Inc's India unit on Thursday said it will open 10 new warehouses in the country and begin offering auto insurance, in moves that will help the e-commerce giant widen its reach in a key growth market.
(RTTNews) - Amazon is in preliminary talks to buy a 9.9% stake in Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's retail venture, ET Now reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced today it was selling its warehouse club-style Best Price Modern Wholesale business to the Flipkart Group, the Indian e-commerce giant in which Walmart has a majority ownership interest. The move will allow Walmart to position itself in India to bett
Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), two of the world's top e-commerce and cloud infrastructure companies, have both generated multibagger returns for long-term investors.