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Sysco and US Foods Holdings Corp. are two dominant players in the food service industry. How do the two companies stack up against each other?

The provider of information and big data analytics to the investment community has seen its goodwill balance swell due to serial acquisitions. Should investors worry?

An overview of an arcane accounting concept that is less confusing than you might think.

Equity crowdfunding has taken off since the passing of the JOBS Act, with businesses and investors of all types taking advantage of the new opportunity.

When stocks are rising, using margin may increase your upside, but the interest on the loans eats into your profits, and the potential downsides if they fall are major.

Equally-weighted index funds have historically outperformed standard market-cap weighted funds, but that doesn't necessarily make them a better bet for investors.

Regulatory filings make it easy to see what billionaire investors are buying or selling, but here’s why you should do your work before diving in with both feet.

Indiegogo's founder shares his thoughts on the trends shaping equity crowdfunding.

As payments and payments processing gets more and more ubiquitous, a new industry is starting to emerge.

The payments industry is evolving, and the biggest players in the social commerce section are not necessarily the most established names.

The equity crowdfunding market has just started to take off after last year's implementation of the JOBS Act. Here's what two pioneers in the space see in store for it.

Social commerce is starting to take off, but a few big hurdles are keeping it from mass adoption.

We talk with the founders of Indiegogo and MicroVentures about the difference between crowdfunding and traditional equity investing.

Collaborations between tech titans and healthcare giants are changing the way data is used in medicine.

Intel is in the news for spending a whopping $15.3 billion to acquire auto tech company Mobileye. Here's why Chipzilla's making this move.

The everyday person is taking more and more of an interest in his or her personal health data. What does this mean for the industry?

Our Fools on the ground at this year's South by Southwest conference talk about some of the most exciting developments in driverless technology around the world.

Gene sequencing is cheaper and more prominent than ever before, but it’s still very early innings for this revolutionary technology.

Tech IPOs are historically notorious for swelling to absurd valuations before crashing back to earth, but shorting them is still dangerous.

Shorting has some potential upsides, but the risks involved far outweigh them, even when your bear thesis turns out to be true.