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Israel and Palestinian militants agreed to a Cairo-mediated truce to take effect late on Sunday, sources said, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in more than a year.

There are few certainties in life, and one of them is that a trip to Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) theme park resort in Florida isn't cheap. The "Disney World is too expensive" chant is making the rounds again, after social media and now major news outlets are rebroadcasting a decept

Gangs killed a former Haitian senator who led a government housing program on Saturday in an affluent area of Port-au-Prince, the prime minister said on Sunday, amid a spike in violence by criminal groups in the Caribbean nation's capital.

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Sam Bankman-Fried founded the cryptocurrency and derivatives exchange FTX in 2019, and it quickly has become the sixth-largest exchange by volume, boasting a $3.5 billion valuation. In 2021, he was...

Space is hard -- as space investors are fond of pointing out -- and it can be particularly hard for space companies to earn a profit in a crowded market where customers are limited, and competition is plentiful.

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Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) reported second-quarter earnings on July 27 that pleasantly surprised investors. The strong showing even came in the midst of an unfriendly economic environment for e-commerce companies. Between record-high inflation, rising interest rates, and a reopening eco

In this article we are going to estimate the intrinsic value of Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today's value. We will use the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model on this occasion. Don't get put off by the

We feel now is a pretty good time to analyse Flora Growth Corp.'s (NASDAQ:FLGC) business as it appears the company may be on the cusp of a considerable accomplishment. Flora Growth Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the growth, cultivation, and development of me

Shares of shoemaker Skechers (NYSE: SKX) have been on a wild ride. The company enjoyed rapid growth in the first half of the 2010s, but over the last five-year stretch, the stock has turned volatile and is up only 38% as of this writing. That compares to an 81% total return (incl

While market analysts have been panicking about crypto winter, Bitcoin developers have been quietly building more apps. According to a report by Arcane Research, the Lightning Network in particular has developed a diverse ecosystem of over 100 apps across at least 20 categories.L

If you want to know who really controls Timberland Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSBK), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Insiders often own a large chunk of younger, smaller, companies while huge companies tend to have institutions as shareholders. I gene

When Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) touted a big year-over-year increase in June domestic deliveries a month ago, I cautioned that the company's sales continued to lag its pre-pandemic performance. A big decline in its share of the full-size truck market was particularly concerning

A $4,194 monthly Social Security check could help you finance a pretty comfortable retirement, especially if you have personal savings too. But few people manage to pull this off. If you're up for the challenge, here are the three steps you need to take to lock in the maximum Soc

Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) has kept its revenue and earnings growing in the past two years -- if ever so slightly -- largely thanks to Veklury, its COVID-19 therapy. However, the biotech's antiviral coronavirus treatment was actually a bit of a deadweight on its top-line grow

The most you can lose on any stock (assuming you don't use leverage) is 100% of your money. But on the bright side, if you buy shares in a high quality company at the right price, you can gain well over 100%. For instance, the price of BeiGene, Ltd. (NASDAQ:BGNE) stock is up a

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has taken it on the chin lately. The company has dropped 27% over the past year, far worse than the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 6% decline.