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Ford will spend the next four years transforming at least 1.2 million square …read more […]

The Ford Motor Company now owns one of Detroit’s iconic buildings in the …read more […]

While AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has gone haring off after video content with its Time Warner Corp. (NYSE:TWX) acquisition, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) seems to have stayed at home, hiring a telecom equipment executive as its next CEO. It will be interesting to see what he does for Verizon stock. The trouble is, Verizon can’t afford to play the big media game. …read more […]

The market has fallen quite a bit this week — how would Warren Buffett react? …read more […]

It won’t shock you to hear that GameStop has been suffering as downloads have …read more […]

U.S. President Donald Trump, in an unexpectedly swift and sharp move, threatened to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods and Beijing warned it would retaliate. Trump said his move followed China’s decision to raise tariffs on $50 billion in U.S. goods, which came after U.S. announced similar tariffs on Chinese goods on Friday. At 9:40 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 300.90 points, or 1.20 percent, at 24,686.57. …read more […]

These fool.com contributors looked into the future and came away with three companies that have one common thread. …read more […]

In 1999, before Google was a well-known (or well-funded) company, founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were discussing their company with a new board member. Page and co-founder Sergey Brin’s goal was to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” recalls venture capitalist John Doerr in his book “Measure What Matters.” But first, Doerr — who had already invested $11.8 million to take a 12% ownership stake and a board seat — had to help them organize their newly incorporated company. …read more […]

Which of these oncology leaders will come out ahead? …read more […]

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened an all-out trade war with China by announcing the possibility of tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. US stocks were set to tumble at Tuesday’s open the morning after President Donald Trump threatened an all-out trade war with China. The S&P 500 was set to open lower by about 1% after heavy overnight selling dropped China’s Shanghai Composite (-3.78%) to its lowest level in two years. …read more […]

Though a falling gold price is never ideal, investors have plenty of reasons to smile. …read more […]

Michelle Schroeder-Gardner broke the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle. …read more […]

By the time you hit the big 4-0, you should have attained a few important goals to be on the right track to retirement. …read more […]

Chinese stocks fell almost 4 percent and alarm bells rang across global markets on Tuesday, as the trade dispute between the United States and China escalated further. The yuan also hit a five-month low overnight after U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 10 percent tariff on another $200 billion of Chinese goods drew warnings from Beijing about $50 billion of retaliatory penalties on U.S. goods. Europe’s main equity benchmarks sank 1 to 1.5 percent in early trading and Wall Street futures were pointing to similar falls there later, while safe-haven government bonds and the Japanese yen …read more […]

President Donald Trump is searching for more China-made goods to tax. As the U.S. president threatens tariffs on an additional $200 billion in Chinese imports, he may find it difficult to spare electronic goods, clothing and textiles that account for half of all Chinese exports to the U.S. Last week, Trump’s $50 billion hit list of made-in-China goods largely focused on high-technology industries such as robotics, aerospace and cars. “They will focus on electronics,” said Fielding Chen at Bloomberg Economics. …read more […]