Last week, a California appeals court ruled Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) can be held liable for damage or harm done by defective products sold through its website, even if that product is sold by a third-party seller.
Kids are going back to school across the country, and it's obviously really different this time. Parents and students will still be spending money ahead of the new school year, but that money won't be going to the traditional back-to-school winners.
Every investor dreams of finding a groundbreaking stock, riding it to untold riches, and retiring to an island getaway. The problem is that it isn't as easy as it sounds. A multitude of investors have already owned a game-changing stock at some point in their lifetime, only to g
As Foolish investors, we're always looking for companies with competitive advantages, or "economic moats." A favorite characteristic of Warren Buffett, an economic moat is a structural advantage that makes it extremely difficult for competitors to steal away business, giving wid
Many of the most popular stocks on the Robinhood trading platform are indisputably risky. Beleaguered airlines and cruise lines. Speculative biotechs. Shaky energy companies. They're not the kinds of stocks you can buy and rest easy.
Though it can be hard to look past the unprecedented disruption brought on by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Americans across the country are just 72 days away from heading to their local voting booths or mailing in their ballots for Election Day. As we learne
It was a pretty big deal when Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) brought its Prime Video app to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) platforms back in 2017. Up to that point, the two tech behemoths had been locked in a standoff, as Amazon had refused to sell the Apple TV set-top box because Apple has st
We're in a weird spot. The economy is coming out of one of the biggest hits to growth in history, but the stock market has already rebounded to record highs. In a rather tumultuous time, it's a tough call on whether it's worth investing more money in the market. Here are a few w
Once again, we have a week of earnings reports filled with retail names. And it's a week in which we see the earnings damage that the pandemic had on brick-and-mortar. Three big names to watch this week are Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS), and Dollar Gene
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is apparently going digital across the pond. Citing "technology industry sources," a report from the U.K.'s Sky News says that the big American lender intends to open an online-only bank in that country in the first quarter of 2021. They added that the
In this episode of Industry Focus: Wildcard, Nick Sciple chats with Motley Fool analyst Ben Ra and Rui Ma, co-host of the TechBuzz China podcast to talk about Chinese technology companies coming out of the sector today. They discuss a slew of top Chinese tech companies, IP and p
Wall Street's main indexes inched higher on Friday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq on track for another record close, as the latest data pointed to some pockets of strength in the U.S. economy.
Wall Street's main indexes nudged higher on Friday with the tech-heavy Nasdaq notching another record high, as data highlighted the pockets of strength in the U.S. economy.
In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing: Authors in August, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner chats with Amy Castoro, co-author of Bridging Generations. Castoro is president and chief executive officer of the Williams Group, and she specializes in working with high-net-wort
In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool Asset Management's Bill Barker about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They've got some merger news from the hospitality industry and some stock buybacks to share. They also go thr