Twitter (TWTR) stock rose Wednesday on reports that the social media company has filed a patent for a drone that tweets and takes selfies. The move comes as other tech firms, including Alphabet (GOOGL)-owned Google, Amazon.com (AMZN), Facebook (FB), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Wal-Mart (WMT), plan to use drones to make deliveries. Twitter was granted a patent earlier this month for a messaging-enabled unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, that takes
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the new installment of the iconic movie franchise is setting box office records — and showing that traditional forms of entertainment still have some kick. In an era when so many people are moving to newer platforms such as Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon.com (AMZN), old-media powerhouse Walt Disney (DIS) has demonstrated that the young turks don’t own a monopoly on the fine art of exciting audiences. In 2012, Disney
Rolling through Christmas week, conventional U.S. retail holiday sales have been looking lackluster, but online shopping is surging. This year’s e-commerce success, Amazon.com (AMZN), is thriving on the IBD Leaderboard list of stocks screened for the best potential for big gains, while China Web shopping giant Alibaba Group (BABA) this week joins the IBD 50 list of top-ranked companies. It also leads a screen of companies with high profit margins,