Okta, Palo Alto Networks drive cybersecurity gains on anniversary of Equifax hack disclosure
Cybersecurity stocks finished higher Friday after strong earnings from Okta Inc. and Palo Alto Networks Inc., adding to solid gains over the past year following the disclosure of a massive data breach at Equifax Inc. On Friday, big gains in shares of identity management services company Okta Inc. OKTA, +19.47% and threat detection and prevention […]
Bitcoin on track for three consecutive losing sessions
Digital currency markets are staring at yet another losing session, with most major coins in the red late Friday. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has lost more than 15% since Wednesday, tumbling to a two-week low of $6,279.08. In late-afternoon Friday trading a single bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.99% last changed hands at $6,423.36, down 0.3% since […]
Moody’s Just Revised its Outlook on the Canadian Banking System: Here’s What You Need to Know
With earnings season behind us, I thought I’d highlight a particularly important group of Q3 winners: Canadian banks. As my fellow Fool Stephanie Bedard-Chateuneuf recently pointed out, the quarter was a strong one for the group, with all Big Five banks — CIBC (TSX:CM)(NYSE:CM), Royal Bank (TSX:RY)(NYSE:RY), Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO), Scotiabank (TSX:BNS)(NYSE:BNS), and TD […]
TFSA Investors: 2 Rising Stocks with Big Upside Potential
Canadian investors are searching for top-quality stocks to hold inside their TFSA portfolios. People employ a variety of methods when picking stocks, and one popular strategy involves buying great businesses after they have undergone a correction and are once again moving higher. Let’s take a look at two Canadian companies that are market leaders and […]
Facebook launches video platform Watch worldwide
Facebook is launching an all-out assault on YouTube’s dominance of the online video sector with its new platform Facebook Watch, which is now available almost everywhere in the world. Watch had already been available for the past year in the United States. The video-on-demand site is meant to place audience participation “at its core”, according […]
20 must-see new cars coming in the next 12 months
Get ready for an onslaught of important new vehicles, everything from best-sellers and proven moneymakers to the return of a beloved nameplate and established brands moving into market niches. As the 2019 model year hits high gear this fall, automakers prepare to introduce new versions of America’s best-selling family vehicles, cars and SUVs vital to […]
Japanese Space-Elevator Experiment Launching to Space Station Next Week
The push for a space elevator took a step forward this week when a team of researchers from Shizuoka University in Japan announced that they will launch an experiment to the International Space Station next week. In the experiment, which will be the first of its kind in space, two ultrasmall cubic satellites, or “cubesats,” […]
Gravitational wave detectors could See a boost with tech from a new study
Scientists are working on a new line of technical equipment that can dramatically improve gravitational wave detectors.Gravitational wave detectors are extremely sensitive and can register ripples in the space-time fabric created by colliding neutron stars in space.Yet even higher sensitivity is sought for in order to expand our knowledge about the Universe.Researchers from University of […]
Canadian officials say measures taken this season to save right whales worked
A year after the population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales suffered devastating losses, Canadian officials say measures taken this season to protect the species have worked. With the summer fishing season in the Gulf of St. Lawrence drawing to a close, the Fisheries Department confirmed Friday that not one whale has died as […]
Hydro-Québec’s net income for the first six months up $365 million from 2017
Jean-Hugues Lafleur, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Risk Officer of Hydro-Québec, today announces the results for the first half of 2018. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2018, net income totaled $2,267 million, up $365 million from $1,902 million a year earlier. This marked increase is mainly due to a $277-million gain […]