Chips manufacturers Ambarella and Qualcomm have much in common. Both companies experienced difficulties this year due to increased competition, although Qualcomm's positions may have worsened due to Apple's litigation for patent payments. The business of both companies is expected to sink in recent months, and this has significantly affected the price of their shares. The similarity between...

Apple and Microsoft, the two largest technology companies, have been fighting for decades, and their shareholders received generous dividends. But which stocks are more profitable to buy now? Competitive advantage The key competitive advantage of Apple is the ecosystem built by the company. IPhone is a Trojan horse in the life of a consumer. Buyers like to use the iPhone and, as a rule, this...

Apple may jettison Qualcomm chips already in the next generation of products, reports The Wall Street Journal. The company from Cupertino for years considered the Qualcomm modems to be the only ones worthy of the iPhone, but the appearance of alternative options and litigation between the companies may put an end to long-term cooperation. An anonymous source in Apple told The Wall Street Journal...

Concern Amazon is looking for a place for the second headquarters. Many American cities are trying to interest the company with generous financial offers, not caring about taxpayers. The online trading giant publicly stated that it was looking for a home for its second headquarters. 239 mayors of other American cities that participate in the tender and try to interest the Internet giant, are now...

The Frankfurt court refused to approve the decision by the Director General of Deutsche Boerse, Carsten Kengeter, of charges of insider trading. Recall that he had to pay € 500,000. Mr. Kengeter is suspected of using non-public information about the possible merger of Deutsche Boerse with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in December 2015. According to the court, the investigation of this case must...

Tesla and the Shanghai authorities are discussing a possibility to build a Tesla factory in China's free trade zone, The Wall Street Journal reported citing sources familiar with the negotiations. According to the publication, Tesla and the authorities of Shanghai are discussing timing and other details of the agreement. If the deal is concluded, the company will build a plant in the free trade...

Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the main secure printers in charge of printing banknotes for central banks, is consolidating its position in Europe, in a steady streak of growth. Lately, two strategic moves have shaped its ambitions toward ever-closer control of quality management and security processes. In February of 2017, the Sequana group announced its intention to sell its Banknote paper company...

As tension in Spain is intensifying, the Catalan separatists are finding new opportunities for the struggle for independence that could strike Madrid. Civil society organizations in Catalonia are requiring a massive withdrawal of money from bank ATMs to put pressure on the Spanish government. At the same time, the organizers have no clear idea how much money it takes and what to do with them...

If shares of a company have been growing steadily over a couple of months, this is certainly good. But such a result can hardly be compared with a consistent growth over several years. Nowadays, the S&P 500 index has five stocks, which grew by more than 20% in 2015, 2016 and 2017 (from the beginning of the year to the present day). Some of these actions are familiar to you, and you may hear about...