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Late January saw sizable retreats by short sellers in several social media companies based in the United States, including Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). However, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) bucked that trend. The number of shares sold short in Groupon, Pandora Media, Yelp and Zynga...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) may be about to make brick-and-mortar retailers an offer it hopes they don’t refuse. The Wall Street Journal reported this week the online retailer may introduce a Kindle tablet-based checkout system as early as this summer. One possibility would involve Amazon giving...

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as investors and traders focused on the positives. Data showed that the economy expanded in the fourth quarter as consumer spending gained traction. "Today the market is focused on the good news, or the developed world," Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, short sellers were particularly attracted to LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) as 2014 got under way. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List, Facebook, Shutterfly and Zynga also increased...

Traders and investors woke up Thursday morning to troubling news out of China. Chinese January HSBC flash PMI declined to 49.6 from a 50.5 in December. The data is re-starting the Chinese slowdown debate and according to Reuters has “reinforced concerns about global growth, especially in...

Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com Netflix: Earnings season champion After Wednesday's closing bell, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported its fourth quarter earnings in which both EPS and revenue topped consensus estimates. Investors were jittery going in to the company'...

After the market closed on Wednesday, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced its fourth quarter results that beat on both EPS and revenue. The good news continued as the company announced a $5 billion buyback plan. eBay also disclosed a non-binding proposal from Carl Icahn who owns a 0.82 percent stake...

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) is up more than six percent after the popular auction site announced its fourth quarter results. The company reported a Q4 EPS of $0.81 versus the Street estimate of $0.63. Earnings per share were up 47 percent from the year-ago period. Revenue arrived at $4.5 billion versus...

The markets are closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, but after that the earnings season shifts back into high gear. The consensus forecasts for eBay, McDonald's, Netflix, Starbucks and Verizon call for year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining...

Alcoa may have reported disappointing results last week, but the fourth-quarter earnings season really kicks off this week with reports from J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) on Tuesday. Big name financials will be well represented this week, with results due from the likes of...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, short sellers were particularly attracted to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) as 2013 wound to a close. The number of shares sold short in and Shutterfly and United Online also increased somewhat between the December 13...

Lying on a loan application is not only immoral and illegal, it is now easier to discover thanks to social media sites. According to the Wall Street Journal, Lending companies are searching Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) and other sites to determine a borrower's...

For the first time in the new year, markets ended the day on a positive note. While it is only a few days in, markets appear to have started off 2014 on uncertain footing. Investors and traders found some positives in the U.S. trade deficit which fell to its lowest level in four years, an...

Monday's trading session featured a plethora of analyst upgrades and downgrades. With little key economic data released, markets were relatively tame as major indices failing to meaningfully move in any one direction. The Senate appears to be set to officially Janet Yellen to lead the Federal...

In 2013, hundreds (if not thousands) of firms bragged about how much money they raised. Benzinga interviewed several of them, including AppLift, which raised $13 million in June and another $7 million in October. Visier, a workforce analytics and planning solutions company, secured a $15...