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Ford Thinks Apple or Google Could Help Car Makers, But Isn't Sure How
at The Street - 1 hr 59 mins ago
Ford CEO Mark Fields said whatever happens, it's a positive for the car industry.
TSLA: 264.27 (+11.26), F: 14.89 (+0.34), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81)
Google Still Searching to Buy an Engineered-Food Company? It's Possible
at The Street - 2 hrs 29 mins ago
Google reportedly made an offer to acquire start-up Impossible Foods for between $200 million to $300 million. The status of the deal is unclear.
MSFT: 45.44 (+0.09), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Facebook Inc.'s Problem Attracting Top YouTube Talent
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 46 mins ago
Source: Facebook. The biggest advantage Facebook has over YouTube is the ability to drive exposure to videos. The social network grew video from 1 billion views per day to 4 billion views per day in the span of about six months from September to...
FB: 95.09 (+0.92), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
FIDO Authentication Gains Momentum in US and European Financial Services
Marketwired - Tue Jul 28, 10:00AM CDT
The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance (https://www.fidoalliance.org/), an industry consortium launched in 2013 to revolutionize online security with open standards for simpler, stronger authentication, today announced new leadership from the Financial Services industry will contribute valuable experience and insight to the global initiative poised to supplant the world's reliance on passwords. Today, leading banks in Europe and the U.S., ING Bank and USAA, join Bank of America, Discover, MasterCard, PayPal, and Visa as financial institutions on a diverse 25-member board of directors that is shaping global standards for strong authentication.
SYNA: 81.54 (+0.25), BAC: 17.83 (+0.16), NXPI: 91.49 (+3.27), INTC: 28.96 (+0.61), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), DFS: 55.15 (-0.09), V: 74.71 (+0.85), EBAY: 28.24 (+0.24), QCOM: 63.38 (+1.40), ARMH: 46.66 (+0.42), MSFT: 45.44 (+0.09), MA: 95.15 (+0.76), BABA: 80.30 (-1.10)
The New Hot SUV in Hollywood: Range Rover Sport
at The Street - Tue Jul 28, 9:45AM CDT
The world's most beautiful SUV is also the best at handling. However, you may want to wait for the diesel version in the fall.
GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81), TTM: 28.85 (+0.13)
Facebook Earnings Preview: The Big Driver Is Still Mobile
at The Street - Tue Jul 28, 6:00AM CDT
Facebook second-quarter results are poised to show that the social network giant continues to attract enormous amounts of ad revenue.
FB: 95.09 (+0.92), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Google Gives Good News on YouTube Advertising
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jul 27, 6:07PM CDT
Mobile video watch time is up 100% at YouTube. Source: YouTube Despite the sudden rise of Facebook in the digital video market, YouTube is still the dominant player, according to Google 's chief business officer, Omid Kordestani. He...
FB: 95.09 (+0.92), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Is Google, Inc.'s New Phone-Tracking Feature a Big Mistake?
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jul 27, 5:00PM CDT
Is Google a light in the online wilderness, or a menace all its own? You decide. Image source: Google. This week, Google introduced a new feature to the mobile versions of Google Maps. Happens all the time, right? But this time, Google walks...
GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
EBay Shutting Down Secondary Apps, Including eBay Now
at The Street - Mon Jul 27, 3:47PM CDT
Unlike Facebook, which is working to add apps, eBay is shutting down some of its underperforming apps and integrating them into its main app.
EBAY: 28.24 (+0.24), FB: 95.09 (+0.92), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Big U.S. Companies Pledge $140 Billion to Invest in Climate Change
at The Street - Mon Jul 27, 1:24PM CDT
Thirteen large U.S. companies from Apple to Wal-Mart have enlisted in the White House's effort to improve the environment.
KO: 40.50 (-0.04), AA: 9.87 (+0.25), GS: 205.91 (+0.89), WMT: 72.17 (+0.79), GM: 31.47 (+0.42), BAC: 17.83 (+0.16), MSFT: 45.44 (+0.09), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), BRK.A: 214,457.88 (+3,732.88), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81), UPS: 100.45 (+5.33), PEP: 96.11 (+0.45)
How has the Current China Crisis Impacted US Chinese Stocks?
Brian Wu - Amigobulls - Mon Jul 27, 10:26AM CDT
A week back, the crisis that hit the Chinese market about a month ago seems to have subsided. Which Chinese stocks fared better than others?
SINA: 40.42 (+0.22), BIDU: 164.61 (-33.07), XNET: 9.28 (+0.45), YOKU: 20.18 (+0.71), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), KUTV: 0.75 (-0.08), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), BABA: 80.30 (-1.10)
Software turns smartphones into tools for medical research
By BRANDON BAILEY - AP - Mon Jul 27, 2:30PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jody Kearns doesn't like to spend time obsessing about her Parkinson's disease. The 56-year-old dietitian from Syracuse, New York, had to give up bicycling because the disorder affected her balance. But she still works, drives and tries to live a normal life.
GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81)
Is Wall Street Facing an Apocalypse Now?
at The Street - Mon Jul 27, 9:30AM CDT
From a slowing economy to super-expensive Apple, worries abound.
SBUX: 57.16 (+0.18), AMZN: 525.22 (-6.19), FB: 95.09 (+0.92), FCX: 12.49 (+1.12), NEM: 17.60 (+0.38), CAT: 78.01 (+2.69), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
More Evidence the Nasdaq Bull Market Is Over
at The Street - Mon Jul 27, 7:22AM CDT
A gap-island-reversal in the Nasdaq 100 chart forecasts the coming crash.
AMZN: 525.22 (-6.19), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
General Motors, Google, and Amazon: Doug Kass' Views
at The Street - Mon Jul 27, 12:00AM CDT
Doug Kass shares his on why he's short Google, long GM and won't touch Amazon despite improving margins.
AMZN: 525.22 (-6.19), GM: 31.47 (+0.42), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), TLT: 121.35 (-0.69), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Google, Inc.'s Tracking is Getting Creepy
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 26, 11:35AM CDT
If you allow it to, Google has Santa-like powers to track its users. Google's Your Timeline Source: Google The search giant may not know when you are sleeping, but it knows where you have been. Through its Maps app, Google tracks and...
GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Tim Cook Isn't the First CEO to Respond to a Tweet
at The Street - Sat Jul 25, 8:09AM CDT
When you tweet at or email someone like Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, or T. Boone Pickens, you never know what kind of response you might get.
BAC: 17.83 (+0.16), TWTR: 36.00 (+1.30), HPQ: 30.23 (-0.02), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81), MS: 39.28 (+0.03)
5 Stocks Everyone in Their 30s Should Own
Matthew Frankel, Selena Maranjian, Dan Caplinger, John Maxfield, and Jason Hall, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jul 24, 9:22PM CDT
The right investments in your 30 could grow into a big nest egg over the years. Photo source: 401kcalculator.org via flickr Investors in their 30s have plenty of time to allow their investments to grow. So what are some of the best stocks to have...
HAIN: 67.23 (+0.22), VOO: 191.81 (+2.22), NKE: 113.50 (+1.77), O: 47.46 (+0.24), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
More Media Deals to Come After the Financial Times Sale
at The Street - Fri Jul 24, 6:55PM CDT
There may be more deals to come, especially for "legacy media," after this week's sale of the Financial Times, said Martin Sorrell, CEO of the advertising firm WPP.
NFLX: 107.72 (+1.29), UN: 44.63 (+0.30), PSO: 18.29 (+0.31), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), CMCSA: 62.17 (+1.06)
A look at the largest companies in the S&P 500
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Jul 24, 6:08PM CDT
Amazon surpassed the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in market value Friday, on the back of a strong earnings report. Amazon shares closed up nearly 10 percent, giving the Seattle company a market value of $247.77 billion, versus $230.53 billion for Wal-Mart.
AMZN: 525.22 (-6.19), GE: 26.07 (+0.12), FB: 95.08 (+0.91), PFE: 35.25 (+0.91), DIS: 118.63 (+0.38), WMT: 72.17 (+0.79), XOM: 82.56 (+3.30), BAC: 17.83 (+0.16), WFC: 57.56 (-0.03), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), JNJ: 98.95 (+0.67), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), PG: 80.58 (+0.61), MSFT: 45.44 (+0.09), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81)
Ford Thinks Apple or Google Could Help Car Makers, But Isn't Sure How
at The Street - 1 hr 59 mins ago
Ford CEO Mark Fields said whatever happens, it's a positive for the car industry.
TSLA: 264.27 (+11.26), F: 14.89 (+0.34), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81)
Google Still Searching to Buy an Engineered-Food Company? It's Possible
at The Street - 2 hrs 29 mins ago
Google reportedly made an offer to acquire start-up Impossible Foods for between $200 million to $300 million. The status of the deal is unclear.
MSFT: 45.44 (+0.09), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Facebook Inc.'s Problem Attracting Top YouTube Talent
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 46 mins ago
Source: Facebook. The biggest advantage Facebook has over YouTube is the ability to drive exposure to videos. The social network grew video from 1 billion views per day to 4 billion views per day in the span of about six months from September to...
FB: 95.09 (+0.92), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
FIDO Authentication Gains Momentum in US and European Financial Services
Marketwired - Tue Jul 28, 10:00AM CDT
The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance (https://www.fidoalliance.org/), an industry consortium launched in 2013 to revolutionize online security with open standards for simpler, stronger authentication, today announced new leadership from the Financial Services industry will contribute valuable experience and insight to the global initiative poised to supplant the world's reliance on passwords. Today, leading banks in Europe and the U.S., ING Bank and USAA, join Bank of America, Discover, MasterCard, PayPal, and Visa as financial institutions on a diverse 25-member board of directors that is shaping global standards for strong authentication.
SYNA: 81.54 (+0.25), BAC: 17.83 (+0.16), NXPI: 91.49 (+3.27), INTC: 28.96 (+0.61), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), DFS: 55.15 (-0.09), V: 74.71 (+0.85), EBAY: 28.24 (+0.24), QCOM: 63.38 (+1.40), ARMH: 46.66 (+0.42), MSFT: 45.44 (+0.09), MA: 95.15 (+0.76), BABA: 80.30 (-1.10)
The New Hot SUV in Hollywood: Range Rover Sport
at The Street - Tue Jul 28, 9:45AM CDT
The world's most beautiful SUV is also the best at handling. However, you may want to wait for the diesel version in the fall.
GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81), TTM: 28.85 (+0.13)
Facebook Earnings Preview: The Big Driver Is Still Mobile
at The Street - Tue Jul 28, 6:00AM CDT
Facebook second-quarter results are poised to show that the social network giant continues to attract enormous amounts of ad revenue.
FB: 95.09 (+0.92), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Google Gives Good News on YouTube Advertising
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jul 27, 6:07PM CDT
Mobile video watch time is up 100% at YouTube. Source: YouTube Despite the sudden rise of Facebook in the digital video market, YouTube is still the dominant player, according to Google 's chief business officer, Omid Kordestani. He...
FB: 95.09 (+0.92), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Is Google, Inc.'s New Phone-Tracking Feature a Big Mistake?
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jul 27, 5:00PM CDT
Is Google a light in the online wilderness, or a menace all its own? You decide. Image source: Google. This week, Google introduced a new feature to the mobile versions of Google Maps. Happens all the time, right? But this time, Google walks...
GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
EBay Shutting Down Secondary Apps, Including eBay Now
at The Street - Mon Jul 27, 3:47PM CDT
Unlike Facebook, which is working to add apps, eBay is shutting down some of its underperforming apps and integrating them into its main app.
EBAY: 28.24 (+0.24), FB: 95.09 (+0.92), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Big U.S. Companies Pledge $140 Billion to Invest in Climate Change
at The Street - Mon Jul 27, 1:24PM CDT
Thirteen large U.S. companies from Apple to Wal-Mart have enlisted in the White House's effort to improve the environment.
KO: 40.50 (-0.04), AA: 9.87 (+0.25), GS: 205.91 (+0.89), WMT: 72.17 (+0.79), GM: 31.47 (+0.42), BAC: 17.83 (+0.16), MSFT: 45.44 (+0.09), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), BRK.A: 214,457.88 (+3,732.88), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81), UPS: 100.45 (+5.33), PEP: 96.11 (+0.45)
How has the Current China Crisis Impacted US Chinese Stocks?
Brian Wu - Amigobulls - Mon Jul 27, 10:26AM CDT
A week back, the crisis that hit the Chinese market about a month ago seems to have subsided. Which Chinese stocks fared better than others?
SINA: 40.42 (+0.22), BIDU: 164.61 (-33.07), XNET: 9.28 (+0.45), YOKU: 20.18 (+0.71), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), KUTV: 0.75 (-0.08), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), BABA: 80.30 (-1.10)
Software turns smartphones into tools for medical research
By BRANDON BAILEY - AP - Mon Jul 27, 2:30PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jody Kearns doesn't like to spend time obsessing about her Parkinson's disease. The 56-year-old dietitian from Syracuse, New York, had to give up bicycling because the disorder affected her balance. But she still works, drives and tries to live a normal life.
GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81)
Is Wall Street Facing an Apocalypse Now?
at The Street - Mon Jul 27, 9:30AM CDT
From a slowing economy to super-expensive Apple, worries abound.
SBUX: 57.16 (+0.18), AMZN: 525.22 (-6.19), FB: 95.09 (+0.92), FCX: 12.49 (+1.12), NEM: 17.60 (+0.38), CAT: 78.01 (+2.69), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
More Evidence the Nasdaq Bull Market Is Over
at The Street - Mon Jul 27, 7:22AM CDT
A gap-island-reversal in the Nasdaq 100 chart forecasts the coming crash.
AMZN: 525.22 (-6.19), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
General Motors, Google, and Amazon: Doug Kass' Views
at The Street - Mon Jul 27, 12:00AM CDT
Doug Kass shares his on why he's short Google, long GM and won't touch Amazon despite improving margins.
AMZN: 525.22 (-6.19), GM: 31.47 (+0.42), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), TLT: 121.35 (-0.69), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Google, Inc.'s Tracking is Getting Creepy
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 26, 11:35AM CDT
If you allow it to, Google has Santa-like powers to track its users. Google's Your Timeline Source: Google The search giant may not know when you are sleeping, but it knows where you have been. Through its Maps app, Google tracks and...
GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
Tim Cook Isn't the First CEO to Respond to a Tweet
at The Street - Sat Jul 25, 8:09AM CDT
When you tweet at or email someone like Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, or T. Boone Pickens, you never know what kind of response you might get.
BAC: 17.83 (+0.16), TWTR: 36.00 (+1.30), HPQ: 30.23 (-0.02), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81), MS: 39.28 (+0.03)
5 Stocks Everyone in Their 30s Should Own
Matthew Frankel, Selena Maranjian, Dan Caplinger, John Maxfield, and Jason Hall, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jul 24, 9:22PM CDT
The right investments in your 30 could grow into a big nest egg over the years. Photo source: 401kcalculator.org via flickr Investors in their 30s have plenty of time to allow their investments to grow. So what are some of the best stocks to have...
HAIN: 67.23 (+0.22), VOO: 191.81 (+2.22), NKE: 113.50 (+1.77), O: 47.46 (+0.24), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66)
More Media Deals to Come After the Financial Times Sale
at The Street - Fri Jul 24, 6:55PM CDT
There may be more deals to come, especially for "legacy media," after this week's sale of the Financial Times, said Martin Sorrell, CEO of the advertising firm WPP.
NFLX: 107.72 (+1.29), UN: 44.63 (+0.30), PSO: 18.29 (+0.31), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), CMCSA: 62.17 (+1.06)
A look at the largest companies in the S&P 500
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Jul 24, 6:08PM CDT
Amazon surpassed the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in market value Friday, on the back of a strong earnings report. Amazon shares closed up nearly 10 percent, giving the Seattle company a market value of $247.77 billion, versus $230.53 billion for Wal-Mart.
AMZN: 525.22 (-6.19), GE: 26.07 (+0.12), FB: 95.08 (+0.91), PFE: 35.25 (+0.91), DIS: 118.63 (+0.38), WMT: 72.17 (+0.79), XOM: 82.56 (+3.30), BAC: 17.83 (+0.16), WFC: 57.56 (-0.03), GOOG: 627.92 (+0.66), JNJ: 98.95 (+0.67), GOOGL: 659.16 (+0.89), PG: 80.58 (+0.61), MSFT: 45.44 (+0.09), AAPL: 123.58 (+0.81)
