10 Stocks That Have Made Julian Robertson's Tiger Cubs a Lot of Money
at The Street - 18 mins ago
Hedge fund legend Julian Roberts' disciples know how to pick 'em. These 10 stocks have been their biggest winners over the past decade.
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Alphabet's Project Loon Prepares to Follow Facebook's Internet.org Into India
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Nov 15, 12:18PM CST
Source: Alphabet. As they mature, finding new growth drivers will become a hot-button issue for Internet powerhouses Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). So it should be no surprise that the two companies are...
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YouTube Star Casey Neistat Lost Millions of Views to Stolen Videos on Facebook
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Nov 15, 9:01AM CST
Facebook has been hitting home runs with video. And management hasn't been shy about sharing key figures to illustrate this success. The company said in its third-quarter conference call that there are now more than 8 billion daily video views on...
FB: 103.95 (-4.07), GOOGL: 740.07 (-16.46), GOOG: 717.00 (-14.23)
YouTube Red vs. the World
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Nov 15, 7:42AM CST
Alphabet 's YouTube is one of the largest entertainment platforms in the world, drawing 1 billion visitors to its site every month. Last month, the company launched a new subscription option, YouTube Red, which removes advertisements, allows...
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Here's How Much Amazon's Dis Will Cost Apple and Google
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Nov 14, 10:00AM CST
Amazon.com recently kicked Apple 's digital streaming box, along with Alphabet 's Google Chromecast streaming stick, out of its online store. The move comes right when all three companies have updated their streaming devices just before...
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How Apple Can Help Boost These IBD 50 Payment Stocks
at Investor's Business Daily - Sat Nov 14, 7:02AM CST
Visa (V), Total System Services (TSS) and Global Payments (GPN) are IBD 50 companies that stand to benefit from the disruption in the payments sector that Apple (AAPL) could bring. Apple already has a mobile payment system, Apple Pay, that recently...
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10 Best and Worst Deal Sites for Holiday Flight Savings
Charlene Oldham, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Nov 14, 6:20AM CST
Image source: GoBankingRates. More Americans are planning to travel this holiday season than last, with 71% predicted to book trips between Thanksgiving and Dec. 31. This number represents a 6% increase on 2014's rates, according to a recent...
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Amazon, Microsoft Tighten Grip On Cloud Market
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Nov 13, 6:14PM CST
For the third consecutive quarter, the three biggest cloud computing vendors gained market share, while smaller vendors lost share, investment bank Goldman Sachs said in a report Thursday. Amazon.com's (AMZN) Amazon Web Services continued to hold a...
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Police stop Google self-driving car for going too slowly
AP - Fri Nov 13, 5:48PM CST
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A car built by Google that drives itself around city streets had a brush with the law for driving too slowly.
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To Hire Millennials, Financial Firms Turn Social
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Nov 13, 4:27PM CST
Financial advisory firms looking to fill jobs have long relied on job boards. But to find younger candidates, they're putting more effort into social media. According to a CareerBuilder survey conducted this year, 52% of employers use social sites...
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3M, Plug Power Eye 'Hydrogen-Enabled' EV Market
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Nov 13, 3:37PM CST
Industrial giant 3M (MMM) has teamed with hydrogen fuel cell systems maker Plug Power (PLUG) to develop new technology that will enable them to expand in the vehicle market. The agreement calls for 3M to supply membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs),...
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Here's Why Fitbit Plunged Today -- Tech Roundup
at The Street - Fri Nov 13, 3:28PM CST
Shares of the maker of fitness tracking devices plummeted by 12% Friday.
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Cable Still Able To Fend Off Netflix, Apple -- For Now
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Nov 13, 3:05PM CST
With an increasing amount of video content now consumed on portable electronic devices, the future of the cable TV industry is, quite literally, in consumers' hands. Millennials are leading the small-screen trend. Although they account for only about...
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We're Not in a Bubble, It's Already Popped
at The Street - Fri Nov 13, 2:30PM CST
Some predict a looming crash, but many stocks have just had one.
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Apple Stock Below Key Level; Top Peers Near Highs
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Nov 13, 1:55PM CST
Apple (AAPL) is undercutting a key support level in the stock market today. How does its chart compare vs. tech peers Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Netflix (NFLX)? Follow Alissa Williams on Twitter @IBD_AWilliams and Facebook.
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Online Travel Trends: Mobile, Local, Advertising, Search
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Nov 13, 8:01AM CST
The global travel market is undoubtedly huge (PhoCusWright estimates it to be worth $1.3 trillion in 2015) and since technology players have been at the game longer than in other categories like retail, a solid 43% of this business is already transacted online.
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Meet the Next Members of Alphabet Inc's Billion User Club
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Nov 13, 6:48AM CST
Source: Alphabet When it comes to the web, no company has as many popular properties as Alphabet . Its mobile operating system Android, its browser Chrome, its streaming service YouTube, its digital storefront Google Play, its navigation service...
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Jim Cramer: Why the Fed Is the Stock Market’s Enemy Right Now
at The Street - Fri Nov 13, 5:10AM CST
With heighten speculation the Fed will raise rates in December, Cramer weighs in on why the Fed is the market's adversary.
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Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: There's Negative, and There's Too Negative
at The Street - Thu Nov 12, 7:42PM CST
The real test for interest-rate hikes is whether the economy will slow, but not derail, after they occur. Right now, no one can say for certain what will happen.
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Alphabet Sets the Stage for a New Showdown With Apple
Chris Neiger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Nov 12, 7:00PM CST
Image source: Google. It's becoming increasingly clear that tech companies are no longer satisfied to outsource their hardware while they just focus on the software. Years ago, Apple started designing its own processors for its mobile devices,...
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