The novel coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge in internet traffic thanks to the shift toward telecommuting and online education, as well as a bump in video gaming and streaming video demand on account of shelter-in-place orders and lockdowns.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock, up 33.2% since the start of the year, has been one of the market winners in 2020. Investors flocked to buy the shares as consumers flocked to the retail giant to buy essentials during the coronavirus pandemic. When most of us think of Amazon and
Sony's (NYSE:SNE) PlayStation 5 is coming in time for the holiday shopping season, with the consumer electronics giant scheduling an event for June 4 to tease some of the upcoming game releases. In an effort to entice consumers to purchase its latest game console, Sony plans to
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Las Vegas Sands Corp (Symbol: LVS), where a total volume of 29,226 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approx
The S&P 500 and Dow slipped on Friday as investors were nervous ahead of a U.S. response to China's national security law on Hong Kong that threatens to take the shine off another month of strong gains for the stock market.
In early trading on Friday, shares of Intel topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.8%. Year to date, Intel registers a 4.9% gain.
Since last year's IPO, Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM), the new kid on the tech block, has seen its share price rise to levels that rival the stock price of veteran tech titan Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). The popularity of Zoom's videoconferencing platform powers its succes
Shares of data analytics firm Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) have surged nearly 150% since their IPO last autumn. Organizations have loads of digital data that needs to be parsed through and made sense of, and as digital transformation accelerates because of the coronavirus lockdown,
Technology stocks lost significant ground this afternoon, with the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF Thursday hanging on for a 0.4% advance while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index was sinking 1.4%.
Technology stocks were helping carry the broader US markets higher, with the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF Thursday posting a 1.4% advance while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index was rising 0.5%.
Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala is in talks with Reliance Industries about investing around $1 billion in the Indian conglomerate's Jio platforms, three sources told Reuters.
Chip designers Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) have been crossing proverbial swords for decades. They form a nearly unchallenged duopoly in the market for computer graphics processors, and the same chips can also churn through other types of advanc
With increased worker productivity amid the coronavirus-induced shift towards work-from-home, Salesforce could be a major beneficiary over the next several quarters. But is there a downside?
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is emerging as one of China's biggest corporate winners of the coronavirus crisis, gaining the opportunity to expand its businesses and solidify its status as a critical part of the country's socio-economic engine.
Box Inc forecast annual revenue above analysts' estimates and beat targets for quarterly sales on Wednesday, as demand rises for its online collaboration tools due to the global shift to work from home caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Wednesday, powered by banks stocks, as optimism for an economic recovery as lockdowns continued to ease overshadowed worries of simmering U.S.-China tensions.
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