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Shares of United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) traded down more than 4% on Monday, outpacing the broader market decline. The coronavirus is quickly evolving into a global threat, and that is putting shipping companies under pressure.
Walmart's (NYSE: WMT) biggest business is groceries, and Target (NYSE: TGT) is ramping up its position in the area. With both companies reporting weakness in certain general merchandise categories during the holiday season, sales of online groceries -- a growing business, and
While much of the tech industry experienced a bit of a downturn in 2019 due to the U.S.-China trade war and overcapacity, that was mainly confined to hardware-related companies in the tech supply chain. Meanwhile, technology services, especially in cloud computing, continued the
While the White House may not have climate change at the top of its to-do list, the issue continues to resound in various corners of public discourse from Democratic presidential hopefuls on the campaign trail to individual business leaders like Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Am
News of Warren Buffett's purchase of $549 million of Kroger (NYSE: KR) stock helped lift the supermarket's shares over 5% last week as investors rushed to follow him.
Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) HomePod wireless speaker has never been much of a competitor to Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Echo and Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Home devices. As the latter pair amassed market share, Apple has struggled to make its mark.
When we look back at our lives, even if we're still young, there are always things we wish we'd have known earlier. For example, I wish I'd gotten into the habit of exercising when I was young so that it would be less of a struggle now.
Bed Bath & Beyond's (NASDAQ: BBBY) stock has plunged more than 80% over the past five years as the retailer struggles to keep pace with the competition amid a major retail shake-up. Revenue and margins declined as its desperate promotions failed to bring back shoppers.
Online auction site eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) may have been first to the e-commerce scene, but it's been lapped -- in spades -- by behemoth Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) in the meantime. eBay focused on small-time sellers listing individual items, but Amazon "won" by catering to mass mark
Six years ago, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) began what some may consider its second phase as a company. That's when CEO Satya Nadella took the baton from Steve Ballmer, marking a handoff from the man who helped co-founder Bill Gates turn the company into a tech behemoth to the next
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is one of the few companies -- along with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) -- with a trillion-dollar market value. Its cloud business, Amazon Web Services (AWS), dominates the industry. AWS is dominant within Amazon as
After months of prodding and weeks of speculation that it would happen, online auction company eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) may be closer than ever to shedding its classified ads unit.
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Shares of Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ: SFM) were moving higher today after the natural-foods grocer posted a better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings report. As a result, the stock was up 16.4% as of 11:03 a.m. EST.
Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) cloud business is firing all cylinders. Revenue from Azure cloud grew 59% in its fiscal 2020 first quarter, which ended Sept. 30, and the company landed a multiyear $10 billion cloud contract with the Pentagon.