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Amazon has released impressive earnings figures for its fourth quarter. The figures show that the company beat its expectations for what its efforts for the quarter would yield. Amazon announced that its holiday sales profit crossed $3 billion. In response, Amazon stock jumped 13%, pushing its valuation into the neighborhood of $1 trillion.Amazon Holiday Sales Quarter HighlightsAmazon reported a total profit of $3.3 billion for the holiday quarter recently concluded with a total revenue of...

Tesla stock is beating Bitcoin – and when we say “beating” we mean it. Bitcoin investors are surely not happy with this fact that Tesla is outperforming Bitcoin (except if they didn’t invest in Tesla as well). If we look at the exact figures starting from January 1, the Bitcoin price rose around 30% while Tesla went 38% up.New Record – AgainTesla stock wasn’t like this all the time. Just for the reminder, in November, when the famous Cybertruck was revealed (and smashed, but hey every PR is a...

Google is starting a painful process of eliminating direct contact with key people in Wuhan, and across China. FAANG members officially closed four offices thanks to the virus. It is spreading fast, and the companies around the world understand that they have to act quickly.Numerous Companies Flee Away Because of Virus, Economic Freeze is OngoingGoogle is banned in China, but the locals are working as marketers, sales engineers and so on. They do not develop the local version of Google, they...

Swedish multinational clothing-retail company H&M has appointed a new CEO. As a part of a complete board reshuffle, former chief executive Karl-Johan Persson stepped down. The new CEO is Helena Helmersson, who was previously the head of operations. Notably, Helmersson is the first female chief executive officer of the fast-fashion pioneer.Now Karl-Johan Persson will succeed his father, Stefan Persson, as chairman of the supervisory board. The change came after his father Stefan said he...

The ongoing epidemic is still doing a strong and deep dive throughout the world’s financial markets. Generally, the coronavirus has caused stocks in Asia to plunge as panic continues to spread around the continent and even to the rest of the world.Coronavirus Crashes Asia StocksSeveral markets across the continent are having a bad time of the event. The Hang Seng index, which covers the largest companies in Hong Kong, closed at 26,499.13 after losing 2.62%.Most of the hardest-hit stocks all...

Apple TV+ and Apple Watches have been in the news for a bit now and while it might seem like they are the reason behind the boost in Apple’s Q1 earnings this year, there is another quiet star that isn’t even on the market yet is actually behind all the hype.On Wednesday morning, shares in the trading market rose following an announcement from the largest U.S-based mobile phone manufacturer regarding their earnings in December’s first quarter which to the surprise of everyone was substantially...

After several years of failing to meet the excessively optimistic forecasts, Tesla Inc. delivered in 2019. The company continued its profitability streak in Q4. It earned around $105 million and generated $7.4 billion in revenue. That represents 56 cents a diluted share, compared with $140 million, or 78 cents a share, in the same year-ago period. These results beat expectations and sent shares flying in after-market trading on January 29.Most of the promises that the Chief Executive Elon...

Shell stock has dropped quite significantly for 2019, disappointing the company’s teeming investors. The company released the figures earlier today, explaining several reasons for the sad drop in its net profit. The Royal Dutch Shell company believes that several challenges revolving around macroeconomic instability and a drop in the value of oil and gas.Shell Stock Figures for 2019Shell says its profit calculated using the current cost of supplies (CCS), which is data calculated like general...

Facebook recently released its fourth-quarter earnings with interesting figures. The general report shows that on the plus side, the social media giant is doing better than expected. Facebook surpassed the majority of Wall Street estimates for the company. On the other hand, the report shows that the level of growth needs work and seems to be slowing down considerably.Facebook Fourth Quarter HighlightsFacebook’s figures show that the company now sees 2.5 active monthly users. This is a 2%...

American technology company Microsoft Corporation has managed to beat analyst projections. It has become obvious from the earnings that it reports for its second quarter for the year 2020. The company said revenue grew by 14% compared to the same quarter a year earlier, landing at $36.9 billion.Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella stated:“We are innovating across every layer of our differentiated technology stack and leading in key secular areas that are critical to our customers’...