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Investing
20 Companies Buying Back the Most Stock in 2016
Standard & Poor's has now shown that the first quarter of 2016 saw a 12% rise in buyback spending to a whopping $161.4 billion.
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Technology
Instagram Claims 500 Million Users
In a post Tuesday to his account, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s Instagram photo-sharing app now has more than 500 million global monthly users, including 300 million…
Paul Ausick 11:35am ET
Economy
California Now World’s Sixth-Largest Economy
If the state of California were its own country, it would have the sixth-largest economy in the world, ahead of India and France.
Paul Ausick 9:45am ET
Technology
Baidu’s Rapid Growth in China Falters Despite 721 Million People Online
Baidu's growth should be extraordinary. However, it is not. Its dominant position in China has become its enemy as the government alters how internet search may be used.
8:45am ET
Technology
2 Stocks Will Benefit Greatly If the Big Banks Move to the Cloud
Almost 25% of global enterprise information technology (IT) spending is doled out by the financial services industry, which includes insurance companies.
2:32pm ET
Special Report
The 50 Highest Rated CEOs
Top executives, CEOs especially, are often measured by the business decisions they make and how their company is performing. Often just as important, however, is the company’s culture, which executives also help…
10:20am ET
Technology
How YouTube May Now Be Worth $90 Billion (or More) on a Standalone Basis
YouTube already may be a business generating $12 billion in revenues. Even more importantly, Google's standalone valuation for YouTube could be $90 billion or more!
9:40am ET
Technology
Top Analyst Says Avoid These 5 Technology Stocks
While Wedbush is not pounding the table and screaming sell, the analysts just think there are much better opportunities than these five stocks right now.
9:05am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AK Steel, Alphabet, Royal Dutch Shell, Sunoco Logistics, Terex, Verifone, Williams and More
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday morning include AK Steel, Alphabet, Royal Dutch Shell, Sunoco Logistics, Terex, Verifone Systems and Williams Partners.
5:21am ET
News
Google Is World’s Most Valuable Brand
BrandZ has released its 2016 list of 100 most valuable brands. Google ranked in first place at $229 billion and Apple in second at $228 billion.
5:03am ET
News
Glassdoor Announces Bain Leader as Highest Rated CEO
Glassdoor has released its list of the 50 highest rated CEOs based on employee votes from workers at the companies.
9:40am ET
Cars and Drivers
Bad News for Google and Tesla: People Don’t Want Self-Driving Cars
People don't want self-driving cars. They are, in the view of many drivers, dangerous. As a matter of fact, the majority of drivers would like to continue to drive their cars themselves.
8:05am ET
Technology
Why Alphabet May Beat Amazon in the Race to a $1,000 Stock
Here is the ultimate bull market investor question: Between the great Alphabet and Amazon.com, which stock can hit the $1,000 mark first?
10:55am ET
Technology
RBC Has 3 Favorite Large Cap Internet Stocks to Buy Now
These RBC top picks have huge upside potential to the firm's price target. The best part is the entry points for these internet leaders are the lowest they have been in some…
12:25pm ET
Technology
Alphabet Market Cap Leaps Over Apple to Top Spot
On Thursday, Alphabet once more topped the rankings of the world's most valuable companies when its market cap reached short of $500 billion, nearly $2 billion more than Apple's market cap.