The S&P 500 ended lower on Monday, weighed down by Walt Disney, while Alexion Pharmaceuticals jumped on a $39 billion buyout offer from AstraZeneca in one of the year's biggest deals.
Surprising news dropped in early December when Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) announced a lawsuit against Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) for allegedly poaching its chief financial officer. The suit claims that Netflix intentionally breached Spencer Neumann's contract by hiring him in
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Netflix Inc (Symbol: NFLX), where a total volume of 106,310 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately
Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) direct-to-consumer streaming business will be the House of Mouse's biggest segment by 2024, said Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne in a note to investors on Friday. Going one bold step farther, Swinburne predicted that Disney's streaming subscrib
In this episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They break down the numbers to see what's causing Stitch Fix's (NASDAQ: SFIX) run on Wall Street. They've also got the results
Entertainment giant Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is about to put its fantastically successful Disney+ service to the test. Encouraged by skyrocketing growth in the first year of the video-streaming platform's existence, Disney is preparing to raise its subscription fees in 2021. Can D
According to a report published Friday by Bloomberg that cited "people familiar with the matter," Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) might put most episodes of The Office behind a $5 per month paywall.Currently airing on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) in reruns, The Office was a half-hour comedy TV
A year of heavy consumer spending on video games is coming to an epic conclusion with the release of new consoles like Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 5 (PS5). Other notable new releases just in time for the end of 2020 include Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) Oculus Quest 2 for virtual re
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Walt Disney has worked some real magic. In just a year, the entertainment giant has managed to build a streaming empire with its trove of content from the likes of the Marvel and Star Wars franchises
Wall Street was set to tumble on Friday as delays over a new fiscal stimulus package and surging coronavirus infections dented sentiment even as regulators moved toward emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine.
As we get ready to close the book on 2020, allow me to call out two sectors that will create enormous wealth for investors over the next decade.The first is virtual currencies and digital wallets. Fintech is changing banking and payments forever and Square (NYSE: SQ) is at the ce
Stocks finished the day mostly lower, after jobless claims came in above Wall Street's estimates and topped the number of claims filed in September. In addition, lawmakers in Congress continue to debate the specifics of a COVID-19 relief package, with both sides still nego
The S&P 500 was nearly flat on Thursday as investors weighed signs of progress in fiscal stimulus talks against data showing a surge in jobless claims, while energy stocks soared on a sharp jump in oil prices.
In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross and Ron Gross about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They also discuss the falling unemployment rate and market recovery. They've got one of the biggest deals ev
In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill chats with Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross and Ron Gross about the latest headlines and earnings reports from Wall Street. They also discuss the falling unemployment rate and market recovery. They've got one of the biggest deals ev