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Amazon stock briefly tops $1,000 per share

Amazon’s market value soars, now worth almost double Walmart

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 at 11:09 am 4 Comments

Despite reporting a staggering $481.3 billion in net sales last year, Walmart’s value still doesn’t even come close to Seattle e-commerce giant Amazon. Amazon’s stock exceeded $900 per share for… Read More

Amazon’s stock reaches another record, capping a big week of news

by Todd Bishop on March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 at 1:38 pm 2 Comments

Amazon made even more news than usual this week — acquiring Middle East e-commerce company Souq.com, unveiling a new brick-and-mortar retail concept, shuttering one of its unprofitable acquisitions, and making a plunge into… Read More

Microsoft’s market value surges past $500B for first time in nearly 17 years

by Todd Bishop on January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 at 9:12 amComment

Another strong earnings report has pushed Microsoft to a new milestone, lifting the company’s market value past $500 billion for the first time since the height of the dot-com boom nearly 17… Read More

Working Geek: How Brianna Wettlaufer manages her time while running Stocksy

by Monica Nickelsburg on August 10, 2016August 11, 2016 at 9:15 pm1 Comment

By her own admission, Brianna Wettlaufer is “not particularly great at balance.” And yet, the Stocksy co-founder still manages to curate every image on the stock photo site she founded and… Read More

Microsoft stock approaching all-time high after 10% surge on strong earnings report

by Jacob Demmitt on October 23, 2015October 24, 2015 at 10:54 amComment

Microsoft has been trending toward a record-high stock price for a while now, and it got a major push in that direction when it beat analyst expectations with a strong earnings report… Read More

Anxiety high as technology stocks take another tumble to start the week

by Jacob Demmitt on August 24, 2015August 24, 2015 at 9:17 am 2 Comments

Anyone counting on a Monday morning rebound for technology stocks woke up disappointed today, as last week’s struggles continued with only a few glimmers of hope. The tech industry is just one sector… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks shares soar after reported earnings

by Taylor Soper on April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 at 10:06 amComment

Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks all reported quarterly earnings Thursday afternoon, and investors are clearly happy with the financial performance of the Seattle-based corporations. Shares of all three companies were up on… Read More

Amazon stock up 14 percent as investors rally around fourth quarter profits

by Blair Hanley Frank on January 30, 2015January 30, 2015 at 12:13 pmComment

Amazon turned an unexpected profit during its holiday quarter, and Wall Street has responded by driving the company’s stock up more than 14 percent in the day following the news.… Read More

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Microsoft’s IPO, 25 years ago, and what happened after that

by Todd Bishop on March 13, 2011July 1, 2017 at 3:34 pm 9 Comments

It was 25 years ago today — March 13, 1986 — that a personal-computer software company named Microsoft Corporation sold its shares publicly for the first time. Fortune magazine is… Read More

Amazon stock briefly tops $1,000 per share

Amazon’s market value soars, now worth almost double Walmart

Amazon’s stock reaches another record, capping a big week of news

Working Geek: How Brianna Wettlaufer manages her time while running Stocksy

Microsoft stock approaching all-time high after 10% surge on strong earnings report

Anxiety high as technology stocks take another tumble to start the week

Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks shares soar after reported earnings

Amazon stock up 14 percent as investors rally around fourth quarter profits

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Microsoft’s IPO, 25 years ago, and what happened after that

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