When a company has as dominant of a global presence as McDonald’s Corp. (ticker: MCD) has, finding new ways to increase market share can be difficult. However, a new report by BTIG analyst Peter Saleh says McDonald’s may soon be able to focus on regaining lost business.
Earnings reports don’t get much bigger than the fiscal third-quarter report that Walgreens Boots Alliance (ticker: WBA) issued Thursday. In addition to typical market-moving information such as earnings, revenue and guidance, Walgreens finally closed the book on its two-year pursuit of Rite Aid Corp. (RAD).
Stocks have been on a tear in the first half of 2017, as the U.S. economy has shown signs of continued strength. However, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index already up more than 9 percent in the first six months of the year, investors should keep their expectations in check when it comes to the…
The largest social media platform in the world, Facebook Inc (ticker: FB), has eclipsed 2 billion monthly users for the first time. CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated the milestone event with a Facebook post on Tuesday, but investors are left wondering how a network more than six times the size of the entire population of the United States is…
Apple Inc. (ticker: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook recently confirmed Apple’s top-secret Project Titan driverless automobile project, calling it the “mother of all AI projects.” But while Apple investors now know the company is making a move into the auto industry they have no idea exactly what Apple is working on and how big of an impact it could…
Shares of Google parent Alphabet Inc (ticker: GOOG, GOOGL) traded down by more than 1 percent after European regulators hit the company with a record $2.7 billion fine for violating antitrust rules. Unfortunately for Google investors, the $2.7 billion fine may be just the beginning of their European headache.
Amazon.com, Inc (AMZN) made a grand entrance into the grocery business earlier this month when it announced a $13.7 billion buyout bid for Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM). But even though Amazon has massive disruptive potential in the grocery industry, Wells Fargo analyst Zachary Fadem says there is still plenty of room for long-term gains…
The crowded world of TV entertainment is about to add another major player. On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook Inc (ticker: FB) is targeting a late-summer launch for its first-ever original TV show-quality content.
Tech investors are very familiar with the three main classes of cloud computing, software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service. However, within the next eight years, the robotics business could give rise to a new $200 billion cloud services industry.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (ticker: BBBY) stock plummeted more than 10 percent on Friday to new seven-year lows after the company’s first-quarter earnings report revealed the retailer continues struggling to adapt to the digital era.