With Best Buy Co Inc BBY 0.54% shareholders looking ahead to the company’s Q2 earnings due out before the market open on Tuesday, the latest data from TickerTags indicates the company’s social media buzz has taken a big hit.

These days, professional athletes earn some of the largest paychecks in the world. However, the average pro sports career typically lasts only 3-6 years.

Now that Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 0.24%’s Q2 earnings report is officially in the books, investors are looking forward to Q3 earnings in October as the next major catalyst for the stock. However, just one month later, Cyber Monday will also likely be a huge day for the stock.

One of the most difficult parts of being an entrepreneur is convincing others to invest in your idea. On Quora, Floodgate Fund founder Mike Maples recently discussed the five elements the venture capital fund seeks out when determining which startups to back.

Carl Icahn is having yet another rough year so far in 2016. Shares of Icahn Enterprises LP IEP 0.34% are down 14.5 percent in 2016 while the S&P 500 is up more than 7 percent.

Robo-advisors have burst onto the trading scene in recent years, and some estimates suggest these automated trading algorithms will be responsible for nearly half a trillion dollars of assets under management (AUM) by 2020.

Web-reading bots have made traders millions of dollars in profits in recent years. These automated programs scan newswires and social media sites looking for market-moving headlines and then automatically trade stocks and options based on the sentiment of those headlines.

Caterpillar Inc. CAT 0.29% shares fell 1.2 percent on Thursday after the company reported disappointing July machine sales numbers. Monthly machine sales reports are one of the most important data points for Caterpillar investors.

Last week, Ruby Tuesday, Inc. RT 0.97% shares plummeted when the company announced in its quarterly report that it plans to close another 95 underperforming restaurants by the end of 2016. The announced closures will leave just 629 Ruby Tuesday locations remaining.

The Olympics are certainly about top global athletes coming together and competing for national pride. But the event is also a huge opportunity for a number of companies to capitalize on the massive worldwide audience.