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Technology stocks were narrowly mixed Thursday, with the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF declining fractionally and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index up less than 0.1%.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is moving to expand its cloud communications portfolio. The tech giant announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire cloud communications specialist Metaswitch for an undisclosed amount.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Ecolab Inc (Symbol: ECL), where a total volume of 8,473 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 847

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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) are both resilient tech stocks that rebounded from ugly market downturns over the past three decades. But over the past five years, Microsoft's stock nearly quadrupled and crushed Oracle's 20% gain.

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As Fed Chair Jay Powell reminded us yesterday, the damage done to the U.S. economy over the last couple of months is huge and threatens to be long-lasting, even if the result of the lifting of restrictions is smoother than expected.

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Semiconductor firm Nvidia Corp on Thursday announced a new chip that can be digitally split up to run several different programs on one physical chip, a first for the company that matches a key capability on many of Intel Corp's chips.

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a difficult and frightening time for all of us, with health and safety implications -- not to mention economic ramifications -- becoming our top concerns. It's also given us a perfect illustration of the concept of interconnectedness, for b

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We just got a glimpse at the latest results from PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Square (NYSE: SQ), including how both businesses performed in April as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the U.S. economy.

In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Ron Gross, Andy Cross, and Jason Moser take a look at the latest headlines from Wall Street and go through earning reports of companies in a range of industries. They discuss the recent jobs report and the

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) is a big winner these days. The stock has been crushing the broader market as well as archrivals Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) over the last two years:

Investors have probably pretty much forgotten that Adaptive Biotechnologies (NASDAQ: ADPT) shares sank more than 40% earlier this year. That's because the stock made a remarkable rebound and was up nearly 19% year to date as of Tuesday.

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Many investors are taking this period of market upheaval and uncertainty to reassess their investment portfolios. Some see this as a time to get more aggressive in their allocations, while others are more risk-averse, given the uncertainty in the markets. As with any market envi

For nearly three months now, Wall Street and investors have had their resolve tested like never before due to the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Although the stock market has rebounded quite a bit off of its lows, it doesn't overshadow the record-breaking vol

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