As government policymakers all over the U.S. have separately made decisions to close public schools and prohibit large gatherings, retailers have jumped on the bandwagon to temporarily close brick and mortar stores entirely or limit their hours of operation. As a result, e-comme
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently announced it would sell Amazon Go's automated checkout technology to other retailers. Shoppers will be able to enter stores by scanning their credit cards, cameras and sensors will track the objects they add to their carts, and they can simply wal
The downturn fueled by the novel coronavirus has gone from bad to worse as investors fear the potential economic implications of the pandemic. Not surprisingly, the stock market crash of 2020 may tempt investors to pull their money out of the markets to cut their losses. But at
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced Thursday that Teams, its real-time, collaborative communications tool that rivals Slack (NYSE: WORK), has seen an "unprecedented spike" in usage since the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Teams has surpassed 44 million daily active users (
Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Twitch is still the largest video game streaming platform in the world, but Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Mixer is quickly gaining ground, according to Streamlabs and Newzoo's fourth-quarter numbers.
Business consulting and outsourcing veteran Accenture (NYSE: ACN) reported earnings early Thursday morning. The report, covering the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, exceeded Wall Street's expectations, and management painted a rosy picture of Accenture's long-term prospects.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) couldn't make up its mind on Thursday. The index opened lower, surged to positive territory, then retreated back into the red. At 11:05 a.m. EDT, the Dow was down about 0.4%.
In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Motley Fool analyst Emily Flippen and Motley Fool contributor Dan Kline take a look at what's happening with retail. Which companies/sectors are going to be impacted the most by the pandemic? What are some crazy valuations? Wha
Microsoft Corp's Teams chat and conferencing app gained more than 12 million daily users in one week, a 37.5% jump as more people worked from home during the coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Thursday.
In early trading on Thursday, shares of Walmart topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.6%. Year to date, Walmart registers a 4.4% gain.