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Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, said on Wednesday it is targeting July 20 for its first suborbital sightseeing trip on its New Shepard spacecraft, a landmark moment in a competition to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose on Wednesday as megacap stocks bounced from a steep selloff in the previous session and private jobs rose in April, but a decline in Boeing shares weighed on the Dow.

Despite posting impressive first-quarter results late last week, shares of e-commerce and cloud-computing giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) have declined about 5% since the report. The growth stock's pullback may be a good buying opportunity to get in on a company firing on all cyl

Everything seemed in place for Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) to soar on its first-quarter earnings report.The company delighted investors at its February Investor Day conference, unveiling a suite of new products and potential revenue streams. Digital advertising in general has been boomi

Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Wednesday as megacap stocks bounced from a steep sell-off in the previous session, while a survey showed a solid rise in private jobs in April.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is in everything from voice-enabled smart speakers to smartwatches to computers, and even our cars. But while AI has gone mainstream, not all artificial intelligence companies are benefiting equally.Investors looking for the top AI stocks to buy right

When Snap (NYSE: SNAP) went public in early 2017, many critics claimed it would struggle to justify its high valuation, narrow its losses, and fend off Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) Instagram.For a long time, the critics seemed right. Snapchat's daily active user (DAU) growth stalled o

U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday as growth stocks bounced from a steep sell-off in the previous session, while investors awaited data on private jobs growth and service sector activity in April.

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) reported its first-quarter earnings last week and blew away expectations across the board. But despite the great performance, the stock still trades at a discount to its tech peers such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Amazon (NASDAQ: A

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Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, is poised to open up ticket sales on Wednesday for suborbital sightseeing trips on its New Shepard spacecraft, a landmark moment as U.S. firms strive toward a new era of private commercial space travel.

Global shares edged up on Wednesday as U.S. stock futures steadied after a pullback in tech darlings while European markets were buoyed by accelerating business activity and positive earnings.

European stocks bounced back on Wednesday after a sharp selloff in the previous session, helped by gains in commodity and banking stocks, while optimism about a strong earnings season and a speedy economic recovery dominated the markets.

Asian shares were trying to avoid a fourth straight session of falls on Wednesday as U.S. stock futures steadied in the wake of a pullback in large-cap tech darlings.

Asian shares risked falling for a fourth straight session on Wednesday as sentiment took a knock from a selloff in large cap Wall Street tech darlings, combined with talk of rising U.S. interest rates.

SpaceX has received more than 500,000 preorders for its Starlink satellite internet service and anticipates no technical problems meeting the demand, founder Elon Musk said on Tuesday.

In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, join Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma and host Emily Flippen as they dig into the business of "aggregating Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)" and the small private and public companies creating a $200 billion industry from the ground up.To ca

The Nasdaq ended sharply lower on Tuesday as investors dumped megacap growth stocks to seek shelter in more defensive parts of the market, amid concerns on rising interest rate and uncertainty over an upcoming jobs report.

The stock market flinched on Tuesday, spooked by comments from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, but the damage was uneven. The "rotation trade" out of growth continued to unwind, hurting shares of large technology stocks, while a number of healthcare names and telecoms held up

The Nasdaq ended sharply lower on Tuesday as investors dumped megacap growth stocks to seek shelter in more defensive parts of the market, amid concerns on rising interest rate and uncertainty over an upcoming jobs report.