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Attention book worms, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) released its selections for "Best Books of the Year So Far." At its core, Amazon is still a book seller, even though it also sells cloud services, a artificial assistance personal assistant device and, soon enough, groceries. "We...

Lots of Americans had summer jobs when they were teenagers or when they were in college. It was nice to have a little extra cash around for fun summer activities. However, just because you’ve graduated from college and have a full-time job doesn’t mean that you can’t take a couple...

The retail sector per se is in the doldrums, fighting more than one foe - fundamental flaws, a behemoth that is steam rolling over their prospects and a see-sawing economy. The retail sector has been bleeding jobs for four straight months now. Earnings reports of retailers are speaking volumes...

Commodities are all around us. They’re well-known, tangible products that are often consumed on a daily basis. Popular commodity products include wheat, sugar, cotton, cocoa, crude oil, and gold. Generally speaking, commodities are highly abundant and accessible products to people in both...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is fine-tuning its content policing on its YouTube platform. Earlier this week, Google senior vice president Kent Walker wrote an op-ed piece for the Financial Times outlining the proactive approach Google is taking to limit the amount of offensive and...

S&P 500 companies are buying back fewer shares of stock, a phenomenon that could have mixed implications for investors. S&P 500 stock buybacks declined by 17.5 percent in the first quarter of 2017 compared to a year ago, according to a new report by S&P Global. In the first three months...

When Adidas AG (ADR) (OTC: ADDYY) and Arizona State University announced the launch of a global sport alliance, some speculated the partnership would make ASU Adidas' flagship school, akin to an Oregon-Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) or Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UAA)-Maryland agreement. This isn’t the...

To appeal to a broader client base, Fidelity Investments is embracing “all things digital” and recruiting millennial talent. “Frankly, we’re using millennials as the highest standard for how we create the capabilities and experiences,” Kathleen Murphy, president of...

Your choice of charting platform can serve as a foundational component of your overall research process and investment strategy. Effectively tracking a stock's price and intraday range while comparing those figures to other stocks or indexes empowers your trading with core information on a...

The Detroit City Council approved $34.5 million in subsidies for the billionaire-owned Pistons’ move downtown Tuesday, using captured taxes that include a millage intended to pay off $500 million in Detroit school debt. The 7–2 vote comes the morning after U.S. District Judge Mark...

In the past couple of trading sessions, Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) has faced a major test of a critical technical support level and has held its ground. Last Thursday and Friday and again Monday, Snap shares dipped as low as $17.00, but each day the stock closed at or above the key $17.00 level. While...

There are many instances when the fate of a product is decided by reviews posted online by users or the number of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) likes, Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) followers and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s YouTube video views. However, do these metrics really reflect the...

It’s widely advised that if you like your summer recess, become a teacher. But being one of the top Detroit auto factory employees works, too. The latter traditionally enjoys a two-week hiatus each summer. Historically, General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and Fiat...

When Hurricane Sandy tore through the northeast in 2012, it left behind an estimated $72 billion in damages. New York, alone, took a $33 billion economic hit forged by a two-day Wall Street shutdown, loss of 265,000 business properties and 2.2 million power outages. This year, forecasters predict...

A block trade is a single order placed to sell or buy a significantly large number of units of a security. It is a large trading order, defined on the New York Stock Exchange as an order that consists of 10,000 shares of a given stock or at a total market value of $200,000 or more, according to...