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Judging by the recent changes in short interest in the social media companies based in the United States, it would seem that short sellers are retreating from Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) in order to pile on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR). The number of shares sold short in Angie's List...

How could one improve on a mobile app that lets customers use their smartphone to pay for merchandise while standing in line at a store? How about one that lets you pre-pay in the cloud, avoiding the line all together? According to TechCrunch, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reportedly just acquired...

This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on the outlook for 2014. Also, the prospects for eBay, YPF, Innophos Holdings and more. Cover Story "An Upbeat View of 2014" by Vito J. Racanelli. After the crazy ride of the past six years, Wall Street analysts see things settling down to normal...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Twtter (NYSE: TWTR) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw significant upswings in short interest between the November 15 and November 29 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List, eBay, United...

Stock futures declined before the equity markets opened after the ADP employment report showed a higher than expected 215,000 jobs were added during the month of November. Investors and traders were spooked by the report that solidifies the Fed's case to begin tapering. Traders and investors...

Reports vary depending on who you ask but by most accounts, Black Friday was strong. Shoppers spent about $1.2 billion on Black Friday alone representing a 15 percent year over year increase from 2012, according to comScore but did Cyber Monday retailers see the same kind of interest?...

Despite a positive note by a leading analyst at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), major markets suffered a post-turkey Thanksgiving hangover as major indices closed in the red. Adam Parker, Morgan Stanley's lead strategist predicted the S&P will hit 2014… in 2014, an approximate 11.5 percent gain...

Black Friday may be deeply ingrained in the American shopping psyche, but Black Friday sales this year were relatively weak according to The National Retail Federation. NRF said compared with last year, consumers spent about four percent less over the holiday weekend this year – despite the...

There was a lot of speculation on whether this year’s Black Friday would be a shopping bonanza or an epic bust. It appears that the former is true if comScore's (NASDAQ: SCOR) data is correct. The data break down like this. American shoppers spent about $1.2 billion on Black Friday ($1.198 to...

In what could be the year's slowest week in technology news, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made waves after it announced that it sold more than one million Xbox One units. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) scored a few headlines after it was revealed that the company's CEO fought against any plans to open its...

According to a new Business Insider Intelligence Report, the three top mobile commerce operators in the U.S., Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) have all but solved the secret of mobile engagement. Interestingly, each company uses mobile in ways that provide...

The Nasdaq index traded above 4,000 for the first time since 2000. The other major indices were flat for the day as markets couldn't hold on to early gains that were boosted by an international accord with Iran. Economic news was rather light and there were no comments from a Fed chairperson that...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Pandora Media (NYSE: P) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) saw significant swings in short interest between the October 15 and October 31 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Facebook...