Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Boeing Co. (Symbol: BA), where a total volume of 443,313 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 4
Top executives of the Detroit Three automakers and other major Michigan employers on Wednesday condemned racism and injustice in the United States following the death last week of an unarmed black man at the hands of Minneapolis police, carefully joining a charged national debate.
Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) has released several updates to its shopping features over the last couple of months. Pinners -- what Pinterest calls its users -- can now find products based on pins they've saved to boards, new searches, and even by taking a new photo in its Lens camera.
This has been a truly unforgettable year for investors, with the broad-based S&P 500 losing as much as 34% in less than five weeks, then regaining more than 70% of what was lost in the subsequent 10 weeks. In terms of volatility, we've simply never seen anything like this be
The recent death of Hana Kimura, a bubbly, pink-haired 22-year-old wrestler and reality TV show star, has spotlighted a rise in cyber bullying in Japan and prompted swift official pledges to do more to protect victims.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Breakingviews) - Mark Zuckerberg says he’s listening to criticism of the way he handled President Donald Trump’s inflammatory posts on Facebook. Some employees, and civil rights groups, aren’t convinced. As it is, the $661 billion social netw
An advocacy group backed by the tech industry filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against President Donald Trump's executive order on social media, as U.S. technology companies have been fighting White House efforts to weaken a law that protects them.
The U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday it was launching a "Section 301" investigation into digital services taxes adopted or under consideration by a number of U.S. trading partners - a move that could lead to new punitive tariffs.
In this episode of Market Foolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser about the protests happening across America and what businesses and leaders can do to address the issues surrounding them. They also cover a new CEO announcement, a new report on M&A act
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones indexes hit three-month highs on Tuesday as optimism about the reopening of the economy after weeks of coronavirus lockdowns countered concern over more disruptions from the street protests spread across the country.
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones indexes hit three-month highs on Tuesday as optimism about the reopening of the economy after weeks of coronavirus lockdowns countered concern over more disruptions from the street protests that have spread across the country.
At a passing glance, the news seems inconsequential: Cable companies Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), and ViacomCBS (NASDAQ: VIAC) (NASDAQ: VIAC.A) all now co-own consumer data-collection and anonymization company Blockgraph. All three cable names
At a passing glance, the news seems inconsequential: Cable companies Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), and ViacomCBS (NASDAQ: VIAC) (NASDAQ: VIAC.A) all now co-own consumer data-collection and anonymization company Blockgraph. All three cable names
General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co condemned racial inequality in the United States following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of police in Minneapolis last week.
In early trading on Tuesday, shares of NXP Semiconductors topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 2.9%. Year to date, NXP Semiconductors has lost about 19.8% of its value.
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones indexes hit new three-month highs on Tuesday on prevailing optimism around the reopening of businesses, with investors remaining cautious around more disruptions from protests in the country over the death of a black man while in police custody.