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Stocks climbed for a third-consecutive day, even as the results of the U.S. presidential election still remain murky -- despite President Donald Trump falsely claiming victory earlier in the day. Shares of major technology companies, including Amazon.com (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), a

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Votes are still being counted in key battleground states, and it may be days before a winner emerges in the presidential election. But that uncertainty didn't stop the stock market from soaring on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) was up about 2.5% at

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The election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has remained far closer than many polls predicted. Uncertainty often has a detrimental impact on the market, but the opposite is occurring now. The Dow was up over 700 points mid-day. The surge began last night, when a spike in futu

Hundreds of millions of Americans are watching election results trickle in without any firm sense of who will win the presidency. But investors in the stocks that make up the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have already received the news they wanted to hear, and the key sto

The United States' big technology names led gainers on Wall Street on Wednesday, as investors sought the security of this year's big stay-at-home corporate success stories in the face of a presidential election set to go down to the wire.

The United States' big technology names led gainers on Wall Street on Wednesday, as investors sought the security of this year's big stay-at-home corporate success stories in the face of a presidential election set to go down to the wire.

"Diversify globally." If you've listened to that advice recently, a strong dollar and American tech leadership have caused your international stocks to underperform U.S markets. Now you need to decide: Will international performance improve? Should you continue to globally divers

One might think of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) as two companies with numerous commonalities and sometimes, a shared history. Microsoft supplied the operating system for the IBM PC beginning in 1980.

Renewable energy and cannabis-related stocks, tipped to gain under a Joe Biden administration, were among the hardest hit on Wall Street on Wednesday, as traders adjusted to overnight results that left the presidential election hanging in the balance.

We believe that Alliance Data Systems stock (NYSE: ADS) has an upside potential of 60% over the next 1-2 years, when the user transaction volumes return to the pre-crisis levels. ADS trades near $52 currently and it has lost 54% in value year-to-date. It traded at a pre-Co

In this episode of Industry Focus: Wildcard, Nick Sciple interviews Joost van Dreunen, author of One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games, about his book and the business of video games. They discuss how developers, game publishers, console makers,

The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is down -22.47 to 11,257.44. The total After hours volume is currently 54,162,157 shares traded.The following are the most active stocks for the after hours session: Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ) is -0.65 at $274.00, with 3,118,854 shares

In this episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Nick Sciple chats with Will Thomson of Massif Capital about the role of ESG investing in addressing climate change. To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center. To get started investing, ch

High-performance networking specialist Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET) reported third-quarter results on the evening of Monday, Oct. 2. The company beat Wall Street's estimates across the board and issued rosy guidance for the next quarter. Investors were quick to embrace the strong

Sweden's largest insurer, Folksam, accidentally leaked private data on about one million of its customers to a handful of the world's largest technology companies, it said on Tuesday.

It's been over five years since Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) started disclosing detailed results for Amazon Web Services (AWS). The cloud infrastructure business was simply becoming too important to the company's overall results, particularly given AWS is far more profitable than th

Folksam, Sweden's largest insurer, accidentally leaked private data on around one million of its customers to a handful of the world's largest tech firms, the company said on Tuesday.