Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) European customers are beginning to enjoy speedier downloads again, as the streaming content provider is bringing the quality back to normal speeds.
It's hard to deny the mastery of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). The e-tailing bellwether is just one of three U.S. companies commanding a market cap north of $1 trillion, and it has clearly become a bigger part of our lives in this global pandemic.
1/SUB-ZERO Love them or loathe them, negative interest rates are back in the spotlight as ammunition-depleted central banks debate the pros and cons of going down the unorthodox route already trodden by the BOJ and ECB.
U.S. employers have cooled to the idea of testing workers for possible immunity to the coronavirus as they prepare to reopen factories and other workplaces.
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Whenever internet commerce is mentioned, first thoughts often go to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), the king of all e-commerce. Amazon is not only a great stock to own, but it's also a fearsome competitor. For instance, Neiman Marcus is now seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Whil
Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) has been on a volatile path in the market for more than a decade. Since 2014, the company has also been on a high-potential path as big customers like Amazon.com and Walmart expand their use of hydrogen power for forklifts in warehouses.
For more than two months now, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy and labor market. In total, more than 33 million people have filed for initial unemployment benefits, the official unemployment rate has soared back to Great Depression le
U.S. employers have cooled to the idea of testing workers for possible immunity to the coronavirus as they prepare to reopen factories and other workplaces.
It's only a rumor at this point, so take the headline with a grain of salt. But given its history and the current circumstances, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) may truly be interested in acquiring struggling movie theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC).
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has started mass producing face shields for the medical community, aiming to make hundreds of thousands of them available in the coming weeks.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) are both resilient tech stocks that rebounded from ugly market downturns over the past three decades. But over the past five years, Microsoft's stock nearly quadrupled and crushed Oracle's 20% gain.
As Fed Chair Jay Powell reminded us yesterday, the damage done to the U.S. economy over the last couple of months is huge and threatens to be long-lasting, even if the result of the lifting of restrictions is smoother than expected.