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TWILIO INC., $190.88, symbol TWLO on Nasdaq, is a buy. The company offers a key service to software developers who create mobile apps. Specifically, its own software is used to connect apps to essential functions elsewhere on a device, including dealing with phone calls and messaging.

The stock soared almost 20% after the company reported strong results in the latest quarter.

In the quarter ended December 31, 2021, revenue jumped 53.8%, to $842.7 million from $548.1 million....

TERADATA CORP. $40 (www.teradata.com) is a hold. The company makes computers and software to capture and store large amounts of data for individual businesses—its clients. Teradata continues to benefit from its new strategy of selling products as cloud-based subscriptions, instead of one-time software purchases....

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Microsoft’s shift to cloud computing continues to pay off, particularly as the COVID-19 pandemic forced workers and schools to operate remotely. That shift added to demand for its Azure cloud service, which was launched in 2014 and has soared over 500% since then.


Demand for Azure will continue to expand as businesses become more comfortable with the platform and enjoy the lower administration and maintenance costs....

A: Vizio Holding Corp., $19.50, symbol VZIO on New York (Shares outstanding: 86.5 million; Market cap: $3.4 billion; www.vizio.com), is a maker of Smart TVs as well as sound bars and smart speakers....

A: Five Below Inc., $231.75, symbol FIVE on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 56.0 million; Market cap: $12.7 billion; www.fivebelow.com), is a retailer that offers a broad range of merchandise for teen and pre-teen customers.

Most of its products are priced between $1 and $5....

Commerce conducted online exploded in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic limited consumers’ access to shopping malls and other traditional shopping outlets. However, online shopping had been growing rapidly well before 2020 and the upward trend is expected to continue....

The year 2020 was a strong one for e-commerce as the pandemic forced consumers and businesses to increase their use of online transactions. However, this was an acceleration of a trend that has been developing for the past decade—and while growth may slow down as shoppers return to the malls, e-commerce will very likely continue to grow steadily....

AMAZON.COM INC. $3,585.20 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.amazon.com; Shares o/s: 504.3 million; Market cap: $1.8 trillion; No divds.) now has a new CEO—long-time Amazon employee Andy Jassy—after Jeff Bezos stepped down on July 5....

AT&T has decided to reverse two big acquisitions—WarnerMedia and DirecTV—and focus solely on its main wireless and high-speed Internet operations.


The biggest part of this new strategy is the spinoff of WarnerMedia to cable broadcaster Discovery Inc....