A week after acknowledging it slows the speed of older iPhones to help aging batteries handle the workload, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is apologizing for its approach and offering cheaper replacement batteries for iPhone users.
After a sluggish start to the year, Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) stock is finishing 2017 on a high note, gaining nearly 20 percent in the path three months. Nike has overcome the headwinds that held the stock back in the first half of the year, but it may be difficult for the company to do the same in…
Oil investors got more good news this week when the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported another 4.6 billion barrel drop in U.S. crude oil inventories, suggesting further rebalancing of the oil market. With oil prices at their highest level since 2015 and OPEC committed to maintaining its production cuts in 2018, it may finally be…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) has served as a beacon of hope for U.S. retail investors in 2017, and early estimates for the critical holiday shopping season suggest the company is positioned to finish the year on a high note.
The price of bitcoin tumbled more than 11 percent on Thursday after the South Korean government once again expressed its intention to crack down on the cryptocurrency with new regulations. The government says it will ban anonymous crytpocurrency trading and may shut down noncompliant exchanges in an effort to curb financial fraud.
Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) released preliminary data on the 2017 holiday shopping season, and the numbers suggest another exceptional performance from the leading U.S. e-commerce company. Even with the stock up more than 57 percent in 2017, the Amazon snowball is still rolling and investors could be in for yet another big year in 2018.
Tesla Inc (Nasdaq: TSLA) investors who were disappointed with the company’s lackluster Model 3 production in the third quarter may be in for another letdown when the company announces its fourth-quarter delivery numbers.
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock took a beating after reports in Taiwan said Apple may have aggressively cut its first-quarter iPhone X sales forecast from 50 million units to 30 million. The iPhone news is part of a tumultuous finish to a strong year for Apple, but investors seem to be taking the news mostly in stride.
It has been a difficult environment for U.S. toy companies in 2017, with retailer bankruptcies and digital competition weighing on sales. However, there has been a clear-cut winner among the two largest toy competitors in 2017, and Hasbro, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAS) is well-positioned to continue to outperform Mattel, Inc. (MAT) in 2018 as well.
Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) has one of the hottest gift ideas of the 2017 holiday season with its Echo devices powered by home assistant Alexa. But Amazon investors expect Alexa devices to be more than just a novelty, and RBC analyst Mark Mahaney says Alexa will drive major revenue growth for Amazon in coming years.