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The technology and healthcare sectors have tightened their grip on global stock markets since the coronavirus shock knocked world shares from February's record highs.

This has been a crazy year for stocks -- and we're only a third of the way through it! After continuing to push to new all-time highs through February, everything came undone in March with the fastest bear market in U.S. stock market history. Stocks have since quickly recovered

The past two months have been nothing short of brutal for investors, with the stock market responding to the unprecedented coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. With nearly a third of all global COVID-19 cases originating in the U.S., stringent mitigation measures were n

The largest companies in the U.S. digital advertising arena are Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), with its Google, and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). The two of them control nearly 61% of the market.

In this episode of Market Foolery, Chris Hill and Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser go through the latest earnings releases of three great businesses. On the entertainment front, a streaming giant impresses with subscriber additions. A fast-casual restaurant chain shows tremendous

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ZURICH (Reuters Breakingviews) - Breakingviews columnists in London, Mumbai and Brooklyn discuss what’s going on in the global energy markets amid the coronavirus crisis, as well as Facebook’s big Indian deal and the U.S. government’s a

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Amazon.com Inc's Indian arm will soon add small local shops as sellers on its platform as a way to provide them broader online exposure and offer consumers a greater selection of merchandise, the company said on Thursday.

The chair of the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel on Thursday called for a moratorium on mergers in the next coronavirus stimulus package and a ban on deals that are not directly related to companies about to fail.

Earlier this week, social networking giant Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) announced a massive $5.7 billion investment in Jio Platforms. Jio is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, a multinational conglomerate that also has subsidiaries in retail, telecommunications, petrochemicals, tex

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Wall Street saw some upward movement on Wednesday as market participants looked once again to Washington for help in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Another round of stimulus efforts managed to make it through the Senate, with the intent of shoring up some of the depleted

In this episode of MarketFoolery, Mac Greer and Motley Fool analyst Emily Flippen talk about the latest market headlines, the oil industry, and what drives the financial behavior of airlines. There are also tech updates on the fight against COVID-19 and some gaming news. Finally

In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Ron Gross discuss the rising stock market and the upcoming earnings season. Get updates on what's going on with the retail space. Discover how some companies are gaining traction in this en

In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Ron Gross discuss the rising stock market and the upcoming earnings season. Get updates on what's going on with the retail space. Discover how some companies are gaining traction in this en

What happened Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) shares snapped sharply higher Wednesday morning and are up 27.2% as of 10:45 a.m. EDT. What's more, the company's just-released Q1 2020 earnings report appears to be pulling up shares of Snap's social media rivals, as well. In early morning t