Amazon.Com Inc (AMZN) 311.73 $AMZN
Between Toys, Video Games, and ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier,’ Disney Stock Offers Near-Infin
Tim Beyers, Nathan Alderman, and Ellen Bowman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Apr 13, 10:45AM CDT
Marvel Studios is back to making fistfuls of money at the box office with Captain America: The Winter Soldier , which has already earned more than $300 million worldwide as of this writing. Has the Walt Disney subsidiary set the bar too high for...
Another Reason Amazon Is the Coolest
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Apr 13, 9:30AM CDT
Amazon.com seems to be making so many headlines these days that it's easy to see some of the really neat stories fall through the cracks. After all, we're so mesmerized by order-delivering drones , Fire TV , and refreshed reports of an Amazon...
Not Android, Not iOS: One of These Others Will Win the Mobile War
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 4:00PM CDT
This story originally written by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry at CITEworld . Sign up for our free newsletter here. We talk a lot about the platform game in mobile: Is Google Android winning ? Is Apple iOS losing ? Does Microsoft ...
Amazon Entering the Smartphone Market
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 2:11PM CDT
It's already dramatically changed the retail landscape and made a splash in the tablet market with its Kindle Fire line. Now Amazon will also take on the crowded smartphone market. Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the online...
Amazon.com Raises the Stakes Against Apple in Streaming
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 2:00PM CDT
We may never see the iTV that so many of us (myself included) envisioned tech giant Apple producing. However, the recent entry of e-commerce powerhouse Amazon.com into the set-top box market certainly signals that tech names like Apple and...
Why Apple's iPad Is in Big Trouble
Adam Levine-Weinberg, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 11:36AM CDT
Less than two years ago, Apple 's iPad absolutely dominated the tablet space. As of mid-2012, Apple still claimed nearly 70% of the tablet market, while Android tablet manufacturers were struggling to make any headway. Furthermore, the iPad...
GameStop: This Game Isn’t Worth Playing
Lawrence Rothman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 10:00AM CDT
GameStop has not been a growth story for quite a while. It used to attract hordes of customers, and did not need a new video game cycle since it minted cash by buying and selling used games. However, it now faces stiff competition that includes ...
5 Stocks to Buy Now for Your Retirement Portfolio
Brian Stoffel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 9:30AM CDT
Hold your breath, Fools. I'm doing something today that I've never done before: talking about not one or two great stocks to buy now ... but five . Why am I doing that? It all started three years ago, when I publicly pledged to put $40,000 of my...
Motion Control: Apple TV's Game Changer Against Amazon
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 9:00AM CDT
First tablets... now this! With e-commerce titan Amazon.com entering the set-top box space recently with its Amazon Fire TV, the number of fronts in which it competes with tech behemoth Apple is now greater than ever. To be sure, Apple and...
Who Wins the Original Content War?
at The Street - Sat Apr 12, 7:44AM CDT
Netflix's success in creating original content has huge implications. The media industry is in a state of flux and it's anybody's guess as to who will be the ultimate winner.
Will Amazon.com, Inc. Be Your New Comic Book Shop?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 6:32AM CDT
Comic books have never been more important than they are now. Not because the market is bigger than it was a decade ago -- it is, when you look at the top 300 titles sold monthly -- but because of the genre's influence over other media. In May...
At a Glance: Hot tech stocks tumble
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Apr 11, 11:02PM CDT
Investors have clipped the wings of high-flying tech stocks in recent weeks, as they re-focus on safer sectors such as utilities, health care and consumer staples. Shares of tech favorites such as Facebook, Netflix and Twitter are 19 percent to 46 percent below their recent peaks.
Netflix's Lack of Hardware Could Come Back to Haunt It
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 11, 5:30PM CDT
In 2011, Amazon.com did something radical: It released a tablet. The Kindle Fire wasn't the retailer's first piece of hardware, but it was its most advanced -- until then, Amazon had focused on shipping goods and selling books. It was the right...
RadioShack Launches Concept Stores in Asia - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Apr 11, 5:20PM CDT
Struggling American franchise of electronics retail stores, RadioShack Corp., has launched two fresh concept stores in China and Malaysia.
TV, Film Producers Seek Profits In Streaming Niches
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Apr 11, 4:16PM CDT
Millennials are ready for their close-up. The generation now aged 14 to 24, which follows generations X and Y, has become the consumer force driving rapid change in the entertainment industry. Production companies, once limited to cable television...
This Week's 5 Smartest Stock Moves
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 11, 4:15PM CDT
If you're feeling good about the market, you're not alone. Take my hand as we go over some of this week's more uplifting headlines. 1. Jeff Bezos is a superhero Amazon.com is getting into the digital comic-books market. The leading online...
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of Amazon.com After 1.70% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Apr 11, 3:41PM CDT
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $309.50 to a high of $316.50. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.7%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $316.50 on volume of 7.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
eBay, Icahn Cold War Ends - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Apr 11, 1:10PM CDT
The ongoing 4-month cold war between billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and eBay Inc. came to an end.
Between Toys, Video Games, and ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier,’ Disney Stock Offers Near-Infin
Tim Beyers, Nathan Alderman, and Ellen Bowman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Apr 13, 10:45AM CDT
Marvel Studios is back to making fistfuls of money at the box office with Captain America: The Winter Soldier , which has already earned more than $300 million worldwide as of this writing. Has the Walt Disney subsidiary set the bar too high for...
Another Reason Amazon Is the Coolest
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Apr 13, 9:30AM CDT
Amazon.com seems to be making so many headlines these days that it's easy to see some of the really neat stories fall through the cracks. After all, we're so mesmerized by order-delivering drones , Fire TV , and refreshed reports of an Amazon...
Not Android, Not iOS: One of These Others Will Win the Mobile War
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 4:00PM CDT
This story originally written by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry at CITEworld . Sign up for our free newsletter here. We talk a lot about the platform game in mobile: Is Google Android winning ? Is Apple iOS losing ? Does Microsoft ...
Amazon Entering the Smartphone Market
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 2:11PM CDT
It's already dramatically changed the retail landscape and made a splash in the tablet market with its Kindle Fire line. Now Amazon will also take on the crowded smartphone market. Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the online...
Amazon.com Raises the Stakes Against Apple in Streaming
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 2:00PM CDT
We may never see the iTV that so many of us (myself included) envisioned tech giant Apple producing. However, the recent entry of e-commerce powerhouse Amazon.com into the set-top box market certainly signals that tech names like Apple and...
Why Apple's iPad Is in Big Trouble
Adam Levine-Weinberg, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 11:36AM CDT
Less than two years ago, Apple 's iPad absolutely dominated the tablet space. As of mid-2012, Apple still claimed nearly 70% of the tablet market, while Android tablet manufacturers were struggling to make any headway. Furthermore, the iPad...
GameStop: This Game Isn’t Worth Playing
Lawrence Rothman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 10:00AM CDT
GameStop has not been a growth story for quite a while. It used to attract hordes of customers, and did not need a new video game cycle since it minted cash by buying and selling used games. However, it now faces stiff competition that includes ...
5 Stocks to Buy Now for Your Retirement Portfolio
Brian Stoffel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 9:30AM CDT
Hold your breath, Fools. I'm doing something today that I've never done before: talking about not one or two great stocks to buy now ... but five . Why am I doing that? It all started three years ago, when I publicly pledged to put $40,000 of my...
Motion Control: Apple TV's Game Changer Against Amazon
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 9:00AM CDT
First tablets... now this! With e-commerce titan Amazon.com entering the set-top box space recently with its Amazon Fire TV, the number of fronts in which it competes with tech behemoth Apple is now greater than ever. To be sure, Apple and...
Who Wins the Original Content War?
at The Street - Sat Apr 12, 7:44AM CDT
Netflix's success in creating original content has huge implications. The media industry is in a state of flux and it's anybody's guess as to who will be the ultimate winner.
Will Amazon.com, Inc. Be Your New Comic Book Shop?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 12, 6:32AM CDT
Comic books have never been more important than they are now. Not because the market is bigger than it was a decade ago -- it is, when you look at the top 300 titles sold monthly -- but because of the genre's influence over other media. In May...
At a Glance: Hot tech stocks tumble
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Apr 11, 11:02PM CDT
Investors have clipped the wings of high-flying tech stocks in recent weeks, as they re-focus on safer sectors such as utilities, health care and consumer staples. Shares of tech favorites such as Facebook, Netflix and Twitter are 19 percent to 46 percent below their recent peaks.
Netflix's Lack of Hardware Could Come Back to Haunt It
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 11, 5:30PM CDT
In 2011, Amazon.com did something radical: It released a tablet. The Kindle Fire wasn't the retailer's first piece of hardware, but it was its most advanced -- until then, Amazon had focused on shipping goods and selling books. It was the right...
RadioShack Launches Concept Stores in Asia - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Apr 11, 5:20PM CDT
Struggling American franchise of electronics retail stores, RadioShack Corp., has launched two fresh concept stores in China and Malaysia.
TV, Film Producers Seek Profits In Streaming Niches
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Apr 11, 4:16PM CDT
Millennials are ready for their close-up. The generation now aged 14 to 24, which follows generations X and Y, has become the consumer force driving rapid change in the entertainment industry. Production companies, once limited to cable television...
This Week's 5 Smartest Stock Moves
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 11, 4:15PM CDT
If you're feeling good about the market, you're not alone. Take my hand as we go over some of this week's more uplifting headlines. 1. Jeff Bezos is a superhero Amazon.com is getting into the digital comic-books market. The leading online...
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of Amazon.com After 1.70% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Apr 11, 3:41PM CDT
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $309.50 to a high of $316.50. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.7%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $316.50 on volume of 7.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
eBay, Icahn Cold War Ends - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Apr 11, 1:10PM CDT
The ongoing 4-month cold war between billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and eBay Inc. came to an end.
