Futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index sank 2% on Wednesday as the possibility of Democrats gaining control of the Senate sparked fears of tighter regulations on technology mega-caps.
Israeli cyber surveillance firm NSO Group is considering an initial public offering (IPO), most likely in Tel Aviv, Israeli media reported, citing sources close to the matter.
Everyone's coming into 2021 with a new attitude. We're all hoping for the best when it comes to a healthier new year, and we want to see the gains in the last nine months of 2020 continue into the future. In particular, high-growth investors want to take the momentum they've gain
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that Georgia will again be added to the social media company's existing political ad ban on Wednesday, after the state's runoff elections.
What happenedShares of esports company Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ) skyrocketed on Tuesday after a popular ETF revealed a brand-new position in the company. It's a big vote of confidence for the newly public company and helps it gain better visibility among retail investors. As of 12:15 p
A Milan-based appeals court on Tuesday ordered Facebook to pay 3.83 million euros ($4.70 million) in damages to an Italian software development company for copying an app, a court document seen by Reuters showed.
Zoom Video Communications' (NASDAQ: ZM) stock soared nearly 400% last year as the COVID-19 pandemic turned its video conferencing platform into a household name. However, investors might be wondering if the stock can still generate multibagger gains this year as the pandemic ends
Snap's (NYSE: SNAP) stock more than tripled in 2020 as the social media company impressed investors with its robust growth in revenue and users. Concerns about competition from Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) Instagram and ByteDance's TikTok also faded as the company's bottom line improv
It's probably too much to say that any stock is "recession-proof," since virtually every stock plunged during the early stages of the pandemic, when the crisis rapidly pushed the country into a recession. Yet the speed at which some businesses rebounded does show that there are i
Investors were taken on the ride of their lives in 2020. After getting pummeled in the first quarter, the broader market proved unstoppable in the nine months to end the year. This was especially true of the technology-heavy and growth-focused Nasdaq 100.When the curtain closed,
The world of digital advertising is once again on the verge of a sea change, the result of the latest privacy move by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). With an upcoming update to iOS 14, iPhone users will be required to explicitly consent to allow app publishers to track them across the apps
Social media has been one of the most disruptive forces in the world over the past decade, and billions of people are now engaged on social platforms. Facebook (which includes Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram), Alphabet's YouTube, Tiktok, and even Microsoft's LinkedIn are engagi
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— S&P 500— ETF Trust (Symbol: SPY) where we have detected an approximate $1.2 billion dollar inflow -- that's a 0.4% increase we
Martin Sorrell's S4 Capital said on Monday it had acquired two U.S.-based businesses for an undisclosed sum, as it moves faster to implement its revamped all-digital advertising strategy in Europe and elsewhere following Brexit.
A new year brings all kinds of new opportunities. Those opportunities might seem overwhelming to investors with so many options to park your money.To help narrow down the list, we asked five Motley Fool contributors to identify their top stocks to buy for January. Here's why they
What happenedShares of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) climbed 33% last year, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The social media titan saw its user base and engagement levels rise during the coronavirus pandemic, as people sought ways to remain in contact wi
Facebook Inc's chief of advertising integrity, who handled the company's ad products around sensitive subjects such as politics and coronavirus misinformation, departed this week, according to an internal company post viewed by Reuters on Friday.