SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) just reported solid 2024 first-quarter results. Revenue jumped 37% year over year, and the digital-banking provider posted its second straight positive-net income. These are encouraging signs. Nonetheless, the fintech stock remains about 72% off its peak price (as of May 6). Investors looking to score huge long-term returns might have their […]
May 11—ALBUQUERQUE — If you don’t have a ringing sound running through your ears before taking a tour of the Telephone Museum of New Mexico, you might have one afterward. This little-known love temple to telephones, located in a former AT&T administration building in downtown Albuquerque, boasts more than 1,000 telephones. Some of them can […]
There are plenty of excellent investment opportunities in the market beyond the companies whose names you hear in the news. In this video, Fool.com contributors Matt Frankel and Tyler Crowe each discuss a stock you might not be too familiar with — yet. *Stock prices used were the morning prices of May 3, 2024. The […]
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Cheng “Charlie” Saephan wore a broad smile and a bright blue sash emblazoned with the words “Iu-Mien USA” as he hoisted an oversized check for $1.3 billion above his head. The 46-year-old immigrant’s luck in winning an enormous Powerball jackpot in Oregon earlier this month — a lump sum payment of […]
Many investors are familiar with the three major U.S. stock market indexes. I am talking about the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), and the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC). Those three indexes cover different facets of the domestic stock market, but they all measure the performance of large-cap U.S. companies. […]
You knew that the Royal Navy is in trouble. You’ve heard that even the mighty US Navy has its problems. What you probably haven’t yet heard is that the utterly vital auxiliary support fleets, essential for both these navies to operate, are in an even worse mess. First, there’s the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Formed […]
(Bloomberg) — One of the beneficiaries of booming AI-driven demand for high-bandwidth memory is a Kyoto-based company that controls a small but essential part of the chipmaking process. Most Read from Bloomberg Towa Corp. commands two-thirds of the world’s chip molding equipment market, according to research firm TechInsights. It’s a key step that encases chip […]
Cybersecurity heavyweights are locked in a war of words. During a recent round of conference calls, and later in follow-ups on Twitter/X, CEOs from Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) and CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) both took shots at competitors, including each other. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz even name-dropped Palo Alto in his prepared remarks, even […]
DigitalOcean Holdings (NYSE: DOCN) may not be a popular name in the cloud computing space when compared to the likes of Microsoft and Amazon, and that’s not surprising as it is currently in its early phases of growth. Founded in 2012, DigitalOcean isn’t a cloud service provider in the mold of its more illustrious peers. […]
While common financial advice is to delay taking Social Security benefits as long as possible, there are plenty of good reasons and circumstances in which it makes sense to claim your benefits early. Most people become eligible for Social Security retirement benefits at age 62, even though they won’t reach full retirement age until around […]
A study published Feb. 15 in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology found that 80 percent of Americans tested positive for exposure to a dangerous, largely unknown chemical found in a variety of common pantry items like Cheerios and Quaker Oats. The small study, conducted by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), determined that […]
Rep. Katie Porter, who accused her main Democratic rival in the Senate race of cynicism for attempting to prop up a Republican in the contest, is now doing the same. The Irvine congresswoman, who is battling with Republican former baseball player Steve Garvey to come in second place in the March 5 primary, is running […]