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Among the social media companies based in the United States, Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Yelp (NYSE: YELP) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the July 15 and July 31 settlement dates. They bucked the trend, though. Short interest in eBay (...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was onto something big when it created Chromecast, a $35 memory stick-sized device that plugs into any TV with an HDMI port. The device sold very well at launch, leading to a flood of high-priced units on eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY). After working with the device, at least one...

Earlybird Venture Capital has closed its fourth early stage fund at $200 million (€150 million). Best known for providing capital to startups like Auctionata (which was started by an eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) PowerSeller) and EyeEm (which recently secured $6 million), Earlybird Venture Capital is...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Yelp (NYSE: YELP) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the June 28 and July 15 settlement dates. Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Groupon (...

In March, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced that it would overhaul its fees to become more competitive with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). At the time, eBay promised that the fee overhaul would lower the expenses for many sellers. Shortly after the announcement, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said that...

The earnings season ramps up this week, providing plenty of perspective on how the financial and technology sectors fared in the second quarter. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Intel (NYSE: INTC), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and many...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Yelp (NYSE: YELP) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the June 14 and June 28 settlement dates. Shutterfly (NASDAQ: SFLY) also saw the number of its shares sold...

The new earnings season kicks off this week with the traditional first report from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on Monday afternoon. The first of the big banks, J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), close out the week when they step into the earnings spotlight Friday morning. Analysts predict...

Among the social media players, Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the May 31 and June 14 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of...

Among the social media players, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) saw the biggest swings in short interest between the May 15 and May 31 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short rise...

Among the social media players, Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the biggest swings in short interest between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold...

Among the social media players, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the biggest swings in short interest between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short...

The Marketplace Fairness Act, AKA the new legislation that will require states to collect sales tax from items purchased online, is likely to clear the Senate when the final vote is conducted next month. It is not yet clear if it will do the same in the House, however, where many conservative...

Among the social media players, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) saw big swings in short interest between the March 28 and April 15 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short rise in...

Having flashbacks to the days when triple digit swings in the Dow were just another day at the office? This week has felt a lot like 2009.  Let’s try to make sense of it so far. Looking at the chart of the S&P, we find that the Monday and Wednesday close is a support level that dates back...