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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is playing hardball with The Mouse. The online retail giant is not allowing its consumers to accept pre-orders of several Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) movies, including Maleficent and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. As the Wall Street Journal notes, Amazon has used this...

Israel and Hamas agreed to another 72-hour ceasefire over the weekend which went into effect on Sunday, giving officials a limited amount of time to broker a lasting treaty before the violence begins again. Negotiators flocked to Cairo on Monday in an effort to find a more permanent way to end...

This weekend in Barron's online: whether consumers are ready for the coming wave of wearable devices, the results of the stock-picking derby between Barron's and Zacks thus far, as well as the prospects for Dow Chemical, Theravance, LSB Industries and more. Cover Story "Ready to...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) bucked the trend toward declining short interest in early July. Short sellers shied away from Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB),...

On Thursday, the US accused Russia of firing across its border in an attempt to take out Ukrainian military posts in what are the most serious allegations that Moscow is fueling the conflict in Ukraine. Since the start of the conflict, questions have been raised about whether or not the Kremlin...

The earnings crunch is underway, and reports so far have generally been encouraging. Among the many quarterly reports scheduled to hit the tape this week are those from Apple, Boeing, Facebook and Netflix, from which analysts expect to see strong results. Forecasts for Ford, GM and Microsoft,...

U.S. stocks rose as many questions remain unanswered following the crash of MH17 over the unstable region of Donetsk in Ukraine. U.S. intelligence sources speculated the plane was brought down by a ground-to-air missile but cannot confirm who was responsible. Investors appear to focus on...

U.S. stocks rose as investors and traders find comfort in corporate earnings that continue to come in at better-than-expected levels. Although it's still very early in to earning season, Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) reported better-than-expected results and stronger-than-expected PC sales,...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Pandora Media (NYSE: P) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) saw significant upswings in short interest in late June. The number of shares short in Angie's List, Groupon, LinkedIn, United Online and Yelp also grew between...

Worries over Portuguese Lender Banco Espirito Santo dragged markets down on Thursday after the bank delayed payments on some of its short-term debt securities. The news took Portugal’s stock market down 4.2 percent and dragged the rest of the world’s markets down with it. Asian...

Consumer price index data from China came in slightly below expectations at 2.3 percent. The figure gave the People’s Bank of China more room to ease further if necessary and confirmed that the region’s domestic demand has been muted. The nation’s economic data has been...

U.S. stocks were little changed as investors digested comments coming from head of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The Fed's Jim Bullard said that the 2.9 percent decline in the first quarter GDP is “giving me heartburn.” Bullard added that the worse than expected figure...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) and Pandora Media (NYSE: P) saw significant upswings in short interest in early June. The number of shares short in Angie's List, Facebook, Twitter and United Online grew...

Among the struggling U.S.-based retailers, Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) saw significant upswings in short interest between the May 15 and May 30 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Best Buy and J.C. Penney swelled more...

U.S. stocks appeared to run out of momentum, at least for the time being, after the the World Bank cut its global growth outlook. Citing a bitter winter in the U.S., a weaker outlook from emerging markets such as Russia and China, the World Bank expects the global economy to grow 2.8 percent...