9:25am ET
Technology
Why Apple Is Still Cheap, and Why Amazon Isn’t Cheap Yet
With April finished, it is time to ask which of those two darlings of volatility -- Apple and Amazon.com -- offers interested shareholders a better value now.
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6:53am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Sprint + T-Mobile, Comcast + Time Warner Cable = ?
Maybe Sprint will buy T-Mobile , just like Comcast may buy Time Warner Cable. If either deal gets through the gauntlet of government regulation, it will be because certain assets have been…
6:23am ET
Special Report
Companies With the Best (and Worst) Reputations
ThinkstockAmerican consumers have a higher opinion of Amazon.com than any other company. For the second year in a row, the online retailer held the top slot, beating out popular brands like Apple,…
10:55am ET
Investing
The Next Big Stock Splits After Apple
In a new research report, analysts at Credit Suisse wonder if Apple's huge seven-for-one split may start a new trend. Here are some of the companies that they think may be ripe…
6:27am ET
Retail
Walmart Gets Into Car Insurance
As Walmart works to keep its huge lead as the biggest retailer in the United States, it occasionally launches products and services that take it far away from its primary business --…
10:45am ET
Apps & Software
Apple Promotes Free Shipping, Free Returns
Courtesy of Apple Inc.Consumers expect free shipping and free returns from companies such as Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT). As a matter of fact, one of Amazon’s…
9:30am ET
Companies and Brands
Ten American Companies With the Best Reputations
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe American companies with the best reputations do not have a great deal of common on the surface. They run from Coca-Cola to Amazon.com to Whole Foods. However,…
11:05am ET
Services
Amazon Continues to Fall
Amazon.com shares plunged nearly 10% Friday after reporting earnings Thursday night and offering less than optimistic guidance for the current quarter. Shares continued their slide Monday morning.
Paul Ausick 9:31am ET
Consumer Electronics
Will Amazon Lose Money for Years?
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) believes it has its competition on the ropes, right where CEO Jeff Bezos wants them. However, if he is to trounce his e-commerce, multimedia and cloud-based computer rivals,…
8:30am ET
Health and Healthcare
Biotech: The Poster Child for Market Volatility in 2014
The NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index fell nearly 9% between a peak on Jan. 22 and a low on Feb. 5. It jumped 23% over the next three weeks, and then gave it…
12:06pm ET
Technology
Amazon Down 10%
Wikimedia CommonsWhen a stock is valued at 72 times forward earnings, it is a pretty safe bet that investors are looking at a growth play. When the same stock has been publicly…
Paul Ausick 9:15am ET
Technology
Five Big Internet Companies Targeting Rich TV Ad Budgets
Amazon.com Inc.The Internet continues to grow at a breathtaking rate. And it is slowly, but surely changing the way many standard entertainment and advertising are viewed and consumed by the consumer. The…
8:10am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Accenture, Amazon, Bank of America, Broadcom, SunPower and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street for Friday, April 25, 2014. They include Accenture, Amazon, Bank of America, Broadcom and SunPower.
4:17pm ET
Technology
Amazon Continues With Almost Zero Margin in Earnings
By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is out with its first quarter earnings report for 2015, and the company did not follow Apple in its effort to make…
Jon C. Ogg 10:05am ET
Retail
Amazon Now Tackling Costco and Sam’s Club?
Amazon.com is quietly taking aim at warehouse stores with a new service called Amazon Prime Pantry. Could it be that Amazon has come up with a solution to a nonexistent problem?