Facebook Inc said on Friday that its users in the United States would be able to view and share official music videos on its platform, in a move to better compete with Alphabet Inc's video platform YouTube.
Investors largely expected digital advertising to take a huge hit in the second quarter, dragging on digital advertising companies like Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). After all, many businesses suffered store closures and limited operations during the quarter, leading to reduced ad budg
In trading on Friday, precious metals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.6%. Leading the group were shares of GAU, up about 8.9% and shares of Metalla Royalty & Streaming up about 6.9% on the day.
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Since the middle of March, Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) stock has been on quite the run. Shareholders have been waiting for the company to report faster user growth, and it seems they're getting what they've been asking for. However, if we look beyond Twitter's user count, we find pro
The S&P 500 and Dow slipped on Friday as fears about the economic damage from the COVID-19 pandemic replaced early euphoria from stunning quarterly earnings reports by Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook.
Friday continued a trend that stock market investors have seen for some time, as major market benchmarks moved in different directions. Many of the largest tech companies in the world reported their latest financial results late Thursday, and the collective gains were enough to
The S&P 500 and Dow gave up early gains on Friday as concerns about the economic damage from the COVID-19 pandemic replaced early euphoria from stunning quarterly earnings reports by Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook.
In early trading on Friday, shares of Facebook topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 8.0%. Year to date, Facebook registers a 23.4% gain.
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Wall Street was set to open higher on Friday after tech titans Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook posted blowout quarterly earnings, helping keep nagging pandemic nerves at bay.
Should little progress be made in Washington today, we suspect we will once again be closely watching the Sunday talk shows for hints for what could come next in terms of possible pandemic aid packages and their timing.
European shares recovered from their lowest levels in a month on Friday, as investors looked past a severe economic contraction in the euro zone and on to company earnings, while the euro reached its highest in more than two years, set for its best month in a decade.
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Futures tracking the Nasdaq 100 index jumped nearly 1% on Friday as tech titans Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook managed to deliver impressive quarterly earnings despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has crushed the wider U.S. economy.
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the economy, leading to difficult times for many businesses. But there's some good news on Wall Street this week. One subset of companies is putting up some impressive numbers: tech. The companies enabling digital transformations and providing servi
European stocks rose on Friday, with technology shares leading the way after bumper earnings from Wall Street's big tech names and Nokia eased nerves about global growth amid surging coronavirus cases.