Matthew Johnston

Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, has grown rapidly in a broad range of businesses, including its core e-commerce operations, cloud services, and digital advertising. It also sells products such as the Alexa personal assistant and ecosystem, Kindle e-reader, […]

Technology companies have become a dominant driver in recent years of economic growth, consumer tastes, and the financial markets. The biggest tech stocks as a group have dramatically outpaced the broader market in the past decade. That’s because technology has

The automotive industry is a crucial part of the global economy, producing vehicles that efficiently transport people and goods within nations and across entire regions. These companies manufacture cars, trucks, vans, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs). Some even produce motorcycles,

Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (LVMUY), referred to as LVMH or Louis Vuitton, is a French luxury conglomerate formed from the 1987 merger of the renowned fashion house Louis Vuitton and wines and spirits company Moët Hennessy. The merger created

Income inequality is consistently a major topic in U.S. presidential races. Gini coefficient figures have ranked the U.S. as one of the worst places for income equality among developed economies for many years now, and this issue is only getting

Social networking giant Snap (SNAP) describes itself as a camera company. That’s because its flagship product is a camera app called Snapchat that allows users to connect with family and friends, exchange photos (or Snaps) and videos (or Stories), and

Volkswagen Group is the world’s largest automobile manufacturer by revenue as of May 2024, with $348.6 billion for the preceding 12 months, edging out Toyota Motor Corp. for the lead. The automaker, whose name literally means “people’s car,” was founded

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is one of the largest companies in the world, a leader in e-commerce and cloud computing. It has a market capitalization of $1.98 trillion as of October 17, 2024. Founder Jeff Bezos launched Amazon in 1994 as

PepsiCo (PEP) is best known for its carbonated soda, Pepsi, and its rivalry with Coca-Cola (KO), but it also owns many well-known snack food and beverage brands through an expansion plan that dates to its 1965 merger with Frito-Lay. As

Computer companies today might more accurately be called technology without software companies. Software companies issue their latest advances at a rapid pace. But computer companies are the anchor on this boat. The computer companies are the ones that design and