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It has been one of the worst times to be a Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) investor, with the stock down a whopping 70% since hitting an all-time high in the latter half of 2021.

Famous investor Warren Buffett gave a great lesson to investors during Berkshire Hathaway's 2021 annual meeting. He showed viewers two charts. One was the list of the top 20 businesses by market value at the end of March 2021, while the second was the same list in 1989. Not a sin

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A stock market sell-off in 2022 has brought down the share prices of some of the world's most valuable companies. For instance, Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares have tumbled 26% year to date, while Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) have fallen 48% in the same period.

Earnings are essential for public companies because they provide investors with a roadmap of the company’s financial performance and profitability. “Earning’s season” typically falls in January, April, July, and October after companies have had time to construct their qua

The Biden administration may struggle to convince a judge to stop Microsoft Corp's $69 billion bid for "Call of Duty" maker Activision, because of the voluntary concessions offered by the tech giant to allay fears it could dominate the gaming market, antitrust experts said.

When thinking of dividends, common sectors that come to the minds of many include utilities, finance, and consumer staples.

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Facebook is Microsoft’s antitrust boogeyman. The U.S. regulatory agency, the Federal Trade Commission, is seeking to block the software titan’s $69 billion deal for gaming giant Activision Blizzard,

U.S. chipmaker Broadcom is set to face a setback in its $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware with EU antitrust regulators poised to open a full-scale investigation into the deal, people familiar with the matter said.

After leading the way for the better part of a decade, 2022 has presented a humbling experience for tech stocks. Three of the world's most valuable companies -- Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) -- have all seen their stoc

Meta Platforms META shares have tumbled 65.7% in the year-to-date period compared with the Zacks Internet – Software industry’s decline of 61.1%.

The intense cloud-computing battle gets a boost at the end of 2022 with the latest decision of the U.S. Defense Department.Pentagon declared Amazon AMZN, Alphabet GOOGL, Microsoft MSFT and Oracle ORCL as the winners of the multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract in a

Two of the largest companies globally are Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Combined, they have brought in $705 billion in revenue over the past 12 months, but that number pales in comparison to the growth trajectories both companies are on. Is there an advantag

Cognizant Technology Solutions CTSH is continuing with its strategic acquisition strategy to benefit its top-line growth in the coming quarters.

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) is scheduled to report its fiscal Q2 2023 results on Monday, December 12. We expect Oracle to edge past the consensus estimates of revenues and earnings. The technology giant posted mixed results in the last quarter, with revenues meeting expectations b

Many investors don’t pay attention to it, because options are too confusing and there can be multiple implications from a single data point. However, traders who are looking for opportunity often like to see their thesis line up with unusual options activity.Simply put, whe

What happened Despite a day of gains for the broader market, Activision Blizzard stock (NASDAQ: ATVI) dipped in today's trading. The gaming publisher's share price fell roughly 1.5% on news that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be challenging Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) b

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Thursday that it would be suing to block Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI). In the complaint it filed today, the regulatory body alleged the deal would allow Microsoft to

The S&P 500 ended higher on Thursday, snapping a five-session losing streak, as investors interpreted data showing a rise in weekly jobless claims as a sign the pace of interest rate hikes could soon slow.

(RTTNews) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft (MSFT) on Thursday in an attempt to block Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of "Call of Duty" publisher Activision Blizzard (ATVI).