drones

Technology drastically changes nearly every aspect of daily life. Likewise, health care changes rapidly, attempting to keep up with the latest technological advances, using new innovations as a valuable competitive edge. Until recently, drones have been used primarily in the entertainment, real...

U.S. stocks rose ahead of next week's busy earnings schedule, but still finished lower for the week. On Tuesday, Yahoo! and Intel kick off earnings in the tech sector with eBay following on Wednesday. Investors will also see results from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase in the...

Shares of drone-maker AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) soared Wednesday, seeing a 13 percent bump for the day. But the question, according to Zacks, was whether the positive news would last. This was especially relevant given considering AeroVironment -- a company that has been so heavily involved...

As United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) finishes up delivery of packages it failed to deliver for Christmas, some analysts were already talking about opportunities for competitors to “fill the breach.” Following criticism on social media, senior airfreight and logistics analyst, Anthony Gallo,...

The interview with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos that aired Sunday on CBS' (NYSE: CBS) 60 Minutes is getting a lot of buzz on the internet; especially his unveiling of a company package delivery system using unmanned drones. While Bezos acknowledges such a drone delivery system is still...

CEO Jeff Bezos called them “Octocopters,” but in reality Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) future delivery vehicles are drones. In 4-5 years, Bezos told CBS, under the moniker Amazon “Prime Air,” Octocopter drones will deliver packages weighing five pounds or less direct to your doorstep in about 30...

When EasleyPatch reported Thursday that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) estimated the United States has killed 4,700 people in drone strikes, news of the senator’s remarks spread quickly. The mere mention of drones for most people conjures up images of missile-firing Predators hunting down and...