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Apple and Beats: The Music Market Is Set to Shift
Tyler Lacoma, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 10:30PM CDT
Image by Flickr User MirandaAnn As the tech world waits for confirmation that Apple is indeed purchasing headphone maker Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, and bringing on founder Jimmy Iovine (and perhaps Dr. Dre), analysts are...

Are Netflix's and Amazon.com's Price Hikes a Win for Investors?
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 7:00PM CDT
There are plenty of parallels between streaming first-mover Netflix and Amazon.com 's Prime Streaming Video service. Netflix has been around longer, but it hasn't taken Amazon.com long to establish its Prime Streaming service as one of the...

Value Investing: A Strategy for Any Market
Matthew Frankel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 4:17PM CDT
Value investing in a nutshell refers to buying stocks that are undervalued by the market, with the assumption that the market will eventually price them at their full value, making you money in the process. However, over the past several years, the...

Why Home Depot's Thinking Outside the Big Box
at The Street - Mon May 19, 2:09PM CDT
I would be a buyer here ahead of the earnings report, and expect the shares to offer a 15% premium in the next 12 to 18 months.

Zulily vs. Big-Box Discounters: Which Offers Investors the Bigger Deal of the Day?
Tamara Walsh, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 2:05PM CDT
Zulily , the fast-growing e-commerce site that caters specifically to women with babies and children, may not be on Wal-Mart 's or Target 's radar yet, but it could be soon, as the flash-sales retailer demonstrates just how lucrative online sales...

RadioShack Tumbles, Fitch Lowers Rating - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon May 19, 1:32PM CDT
The beleaguered electronic retailer RadioShack Corp. (RSH) got yet another major blow.

Rackspace Surges on Buyout Rumors - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon May 19, 1:20PM CDT
In a recent 8K filing, Rackspace Hosting (RAX) announced that it has been approached by a number of companies to build strategic relationships including an outright buyout.

6 Days for Netflix to Circle
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 1:15PM CDT
The streaming market is evolving at a fairly rapid clip, and things will be heating up for both Netflix and its competition in the coming weeks. This may be the time of year when the major networks begin winding down their prime-time seasons ahead...

Embrace Analytics, Present Data Powerfully
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon May 19, 12:44PM CDT
To make vital information pop out in the widening ocean of Big Data, organizations must adopt the right tools and mindset. So says Phil Simon, author of "The Visual Organization." He quotes Henry David Thoreau to make his point: "It's not what you...

Rackspace Hosting, Inc: Should You Buy This Takeover Target?
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 12:30PM CDT
Rackspace Hosting soared 7% in the closing minutes of Thursday's session after Bloomberg sparked acquisition speculation. While the company is no stranger to buyout talk, most recently with IBM , it continues to struggle against the likes of ...

Salesforce Joins the Elite Club of Top Enterprise Software Vendors, but Where Are the Profits?
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 10:30AM CDT
For the first time, Salesforce.com a leading CRM systems company, has joined the list of the ten largest enterprise application software, or EAS, vendors. EAS is a rather nebulous term, comprising a broad range of technologies including customer...

Hooray! Rackspace Hosting, Inc. Might Double in a Quick Buyout! Here's Why I Hate That Short-Sighted
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 10:05AM CDT
Rackspace, the open cloud company, might soon become some other company's open cloud division. Source: Rackspace. Shares of Rackspace Hosting jumped 20% higher on Friday, boosted by buyout speculation. The company has hired a major Wall...

Why Google Buying Twitch Would Make Sense
at The Street - Mon May 19, 9:44AM CDT
Reports say Google is in talks to buy the video-streaming service for $1 billion. Here's why a union would be good for both companies.

Stock Market News for May 19, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon May 19, 9:06AM CDT
Benchmarks enjoyed a late-day reversal to end in the green on Friday, boosted by gains in small-cap stocks and advances in the consumer discretionary sector

Will Staples Surprise Investors When It Reports Earnings Tomorrow?
Tamara Walsh, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 9:00AM CDT
Staples is set to report its fiscal 2014 first-quarter earnings before the market opens on Tuesday. With the stock down more than 17% so far this year, investors are hoping for a strong Q1 to fuel a comeback in the share price. However, winter...

Why Sears Holdings Corp Will Go Out of Business
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 8:27AM CDT
Sears Holdings has been slowly dying since the company merged with Kmart in 2005. Watching this iconic American brand wither away has been painful. The company, once the largest retailer and employer in the United States, has been losing money...

JCPenney on the Recovery Trail! Not So Fast, Says Amazon
Jason Hall, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 18, 12:00PM CDT
If you've read any of the articles that I've written about struggling (yes, they're still struggling) retailer J.C. Penney over the past 18 months, you know where I stand. I'm not impressed with what former-come-again CEO Mike Ullman and his team...

Alibaba Partners With ShopRunner: Should Amazon Forget About China?
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 18, 6:07AM CDT
In a shot across Amazon.com's bow, ShopRunner , in an interview with Reuters , announced that it is partnering with Alibaba to offer U.S. retailers a window into China. Will this hurt Amazon financially or simply make it more difficult to...

Watch out Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp.: Amazon.com Inc.'s Moat Is Much Wider Than You Think
Brian Shaw, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 17, 10:30AM CDT
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is widely known as a leader in e-commerce. Tremendous selection, competitive pricing, fast shipping, and excellent customer service are significant contributors to its dominant position and the company's ongoing growth....

Microsoft Just Made the Xbox 360 an Attractive Alternative to the Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 17, 10:07AM CDT
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it would allow owners of its Xbox 360 video game console to access entertainment apps without an Xbox Live Gold subscription. Previously, a Gold account had been required, making the console an impractical...

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