Stocks

Stocks are a type of security that gives stockholders a share of ownership in a company. Stocks also are called “equities.”

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Snap To Fire 100 Engineers In Its Latest Layoff Round

Snap To Fire 100 Engineers In Its Latest Layoff Round
Snap To Fire 100 Engineers In Its Latest Layoff Round
March 30, 2018  |  Personnel

Snap, the parent company and creator of disappearing messaging app Snapchat, is laying off around 100 employees in order to focus on advertising. Get the...

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HelloFresh Passes Blue Apron As Biggest Meal Kit Company In The US
HelloFresh Passes Blue Apron As Biggest Meal Kit Company In The US
March 27, 2018  |  Retail

Following HelloFresh’s acquisition of Green Chef, the meal kit company has now overtaken Blue Apron’s share of the market. HelloFresh controls 36 percent of the...

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JPMorgan Chase Clients Can Now Get Stock Info From Alexa
JPMorgan Chase Clients Can Now Get Stock Info From Alexa
March 27, 2018  |  Amazon

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has announced a partnership with Amazon that allows its institutional clients to get stock information from Alexa. Get the Full Story...

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Nordstrom’s Privatization Talks Are Over
Nordstrom’s Privatization Talks Are Over
March 21, 2018  |  Retail

The Nordstrom family has officially ended talks with a special committee advising Nordstrom’s board regarding the privatization of the brick-and-mortar retailer. Reports from CNBC on Tuesday (March 20)...

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Amazon Passes Google To Become Second-Most Valuable Company After Apple
Amazon Passes Google To Become Second-Most Valuable Company After Apple
March 21, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon has overtaken Alphabet — Google’s owner — as the company with the second-highest market value in America, as Google’s stock fell for the third consecutive day...

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Chinese Investors Want To Invest In Tech IPOs
Chinese Investors Want To Invest In Tech IPOs
March 15, 2018  |  Investments

A new survey by Shenzhen Stock Exchange reveals that most Chinese investors, who expect the government to roll back some of its rules on initial...

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Stocks Rally And Roar After Strong Jobs Report
Stocks Rally And Roar After Strong Jobs Report
March 09, 2018  |  Economy

Investors cheered the jobs report Friday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up more than 250 points intraday and the tech-heavy NASDAQ to a new...

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Stocks, Real Estate Drive US Household Wealth to Record High
Stocks, Real Estate Drive US Household Wealth to Record High
March 09, 2018  |  Economy

Thanks in part to surging stocks and increasing property values, the wealth of people living in the U.S. increased in the fourth quarter of 2017....

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Another ‘No’ For Nordstrom Family Trying To Go Private
Another ‘No’ For Nordstrom Family Trying To Go Private
March 06, 2018  |  Retail

Nordstrom isn’t going private this time. Although the retailer was bullish about striking a go-private deal before this week’s earnings report, it has once again...

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