How Does the CEO of DryShips Respond to Industry Warning Signs?
Filed under: Investing CEO George Economou of DryShips has built up a reputation over the years of being an eternal optimist. Sometimes he's ahead of the curve, but other times he's behind it. Either...
View ArticleHow Toyota Motor Corporation Will Fight Back Against Ford's Fusion
Filed under: Investing The current Toyota Camry has received good reviews, but it has lost market share as rivals have upped their games. Toyota has hinted that the Camry is about to receive a major...
View ArticleMarkets Move Higher With Fed Support
Filed under: Investing The major indexes came on strong today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 134 points, or 0.82%, while the S&P 500 jumped 0.79% and the Nasdaq increased by 1.04%. The...
View ArticleFacebook Inc Remains Tier 1
Filed under: Investing At Tier 1 Investments, a Motley Fool Real-Money Portfolio, I seek out and invest in elite businesses. These include companies with companies with the strongest competitive...
View ArticleWhat's Ahead for 2U?
Filed under: Investing Cloud-based education platform 2U went public on March 28 on the NASDAQ Global Market. Founded in 2008, the company partners with top-tier colleges and universities to provide...
View ArticleWill Chrysler's Old Detroit Tricks Help or Hurt Fiat S.p.A.?
Filed under: Investing Sales of the Jeep Grand Cherokee were up 26% in March, helping the Jeep brand to its best monthly sales total ever. Source: Chrysler Group. Chrysler said on Tuesday that its U.S....
View ArticleDow Within 1% of Record Highs; Macau Sends Melco Crown Soaring
Filed under: Investing The stock market continued to chug along nicely on Tuesday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a third straight day of gains. Nine out of 10 sectors advanced, with tech...
View ArticleBreakfast? Check. Here's What's Next for Yum! Brands, Inc.
Filed under: Investing Yum! Brands, may have just completed its nationwide rollout of Taco Bell breakfast last week, but don't for a second think the fast-food giant is resting on its laurels. Don't...
View ArticleCoca-Cola, Coca-Cola Hellenic, PepsiCo, and Starbucks: 4 New Products to Watch
Filed under: Investing This week's beverage and snacks industry headlines revealed some interesting new product moves for Coca-Cola , its bottler Coca-Cola Hellenic , beverage and snack giant PepsiCo ,...
View ArticleIdera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bouncing on Phase 2 Success
Filed under: Investing Idera Pharmaceuticals' stock market rollercoaster ride left it partially recovered from its 25% plunge just over a week ago upon FDA approval of a competing product developed by...
View ArticleIs Video Yahoo!'s Next Growth Engine?
Filed under: Investing A year after Yahoo!'s attempt to buy Dailymotion was quashed by the French government, an internally developed competitor to Google's YouTube is rumored to be right around the...
View Article4 Consumer Stocks That Soared in Q1
Filed under: Investing It's been a rough year for investors with the major market indices posting flattish returns during the first three months of 2014. However, there have been more than a few...
View ArticleCBS Outdoor Not Ready to Have Name on the Big Board
Filed under: Investing Although Friday's debut of billboard advertising giant CBS Outdoor Americas as a newly minted public company was well-received by the market, with its shares opening at $28 each...
View ArticlePharmacy Benefit Management: Your Prescription for More Profits
Filed under: Investing If you're interested in investing in Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) companies, you'll want to know the right way to measure their merits. At The Motley Fool, we're big fans of...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About High Blood Pressure Drugs
Filed under: Investing Hypertension is one of the major causes of chronic heart failure, a disease affecting more than 5 million Americans. As a result, hypertension drugs are widely used to reduce...
View ArticleWhy Intel's Investment in Cloudera Makes Sense
Filed under: Investing Big data is more than just a buzzword; IDC has forecasted the big data market to grow to $32.4 billion by 2017, a 27% compound annual growth rate. Analyzing the enormous...
View ArticleA New Frontier for Biogen Idec, Inc.?
Filed under: Investing Times are changing for Biogen Idec . The longtime leader in the development of drugs for treating multiple sclerosis just expanded its territory. Last Friday, the Food and Drug...
View Article3 Reasons Sears and J. C. Penney Will Continue Failing
Filed under: Investing Many years ago, a shopping trip to buy clothes for school meant a trip to the mall. When kids would pick out toys they wanted for the holidays, they would browse through the...
View ArticleCan Stantec Inc. Engineer a Brighter Future?
Filed under: Investing The U.S. market for engineering, architecture, and construction services is huge -- in excess of $90 billion annually. But with 50,000 firms of all sizes challenging for a piece...
View ArticleInvestors Knock Tesla Motors Inc. Stock Off Its Recent High. Is It Time to Buy?
Filed under: Investing Investors kicked off the week by pushing shares of Tesla Motors lower by more than 2% on Monday. The sell-off was surprising, given news that the electric-car maker recently...
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