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eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) will report Q1 2013 earnings after the bell on April 17, with its conference call beginning at 5:00 pm EST. The early innings of earnings season in the technology space hasn’t impressed investors. Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) reported on Tuesday that display advertising, its main...

The earnings crunch is on this week, with first-quarter results due from such iconic blue chips as Coca-Cola, General Electric, Google, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald's and Microsoft. Analysts expect to see year-over-year earnings growth from each of them, but earnings declines from Intel,...

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) saw big upswings in short interest between the March 15 and March 28 settlement dates Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short rise in the period include Angie's List (...

In just under 14 months, former eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) PowerSeller Alexander Zacke launched his own real-time auction website, Auctionata, and raised more than $20 million. "I come from a family of art collectors and auctioneers that goes back to the late 19th century," Zacke, co-founder and CEO of...

Short sellers piled on to Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) in the wake of the ouster of the company's chief executive officer. Short interest for these other social media companies based in the United States also rose between the February 28 and March 15 settlement dates: Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI),...

The (largely ceremonial) budget passed by the U.S. Senate Saturday included an amendment giving states more authority to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. The sales tax amendment, according to Hispanic Business, was really designed to test support for the "Marketplace Fairness Act," a...

Short sellers continued to pile on to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Pandora (NYSE: P) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) between the February 15 and February 28 settlement dates. But they shied away from other social media companies based in the United States during that period. The short...

While short sellers generally shied away from social media companies based in the United States in late January, they came rushing back to certain stocks in the first two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB...

Sadly, as unbelievable as many email scams are, many people still fall for them. A lot of people, in fact. With that in mind, here are five distinct types of email hoaxes. Most email scams today are variations on, or combinations of, one or more of these classic “themes.” The Prize Scam...

In an interview with CNBC this afternoon, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) CEO John Donahoe told the network that he does not believe that any one firm will hold a monopoly on mobile payments. "Innovation always keeps me up at night," he said, adding that there had not been much innovation in the payment...

By and large, the short interest in social media companies based in the United States dwindled in the latter two weeks of January. The short interest in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD),...

Boston’s WHDH meteorologist, Pete Bouchardon is on record calling the storm potentially “epic.” That was enough for airlines to cancel flights. So far, based on weather forecasts alone, airlines have canceled more than 3,300 flights according to CNN. Carriers announcing schedule changes before...

Last Friday, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) started off the most recent round of quarterly reports from the big U.S. banks by posting a record profit for the quarter. The company also reported that the number of mortgage loans and lending margins declined from the previous quarter. Results from many more...

This weekend in Barron's online: the move toward a cashless society, the fiscal cliff, investing strategies for January and Barron's 12th annual forecasting challenge. Cover Story "The End of Cash?" by Alexander Eule. While the amount of cash in circulation is on the rise -- a record three...

The holiday shopping season seems to have gotten off to a strong start, particularly for Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT), but also for Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and the Gap (NYSE: GPS). So here are seven retail stocks that might be worth a look. All have double-digit...