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The earnings crunch ramps up this week. The many quarterly reports on the schedule ought to provide a good overview of several sectors, and the feared slump in earnings should make itself felt if it is going to. The financial sector will be highlighted by results from the likes of American...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is looking to spend more than $1 billion to acquire another company. This time it's Yammer, a four-year-old enterprise that created a social network for the corporate world. According to Bloomberg, Yammer could help Microsoft "add social-networking tools to the suite of...

Here is a quick look at some of the top-performing service sector stocks in May. These companies all have a market cap of more than $500 million and their share prices are all more than 15% higher than 30 days ago. AFC Enterprises (NASDAQ: AFCE) shares are trading more than 45% higher year to date...

This weekend in Barron's online: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is overdue for a makeover, and the prospects for eBay, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Oracle. Cover Story "Shake Up the Dow!" by Andrew Bary. Barron's cover story this week suggests that the Dow Jones Industrial Average risks...

The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...

This growing startup is taking a different route to success. Early last year, 1SaleADay's founder and CEO, Ben Federman, told Benzinga about his big plans for the year. By March, it was revealed that the company had acquired a significant (but undisclosed) investment, which later helped the...

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, January 18, after the markets close. CEO John Donahoe said at the Consumer Electronics Show that mobile commerce is expected to be surge this year, with PayPal payments increasing as much as 75%. Investors could use...

This week will offer a good look at the state of the financial sector as many of the big banks share their fourth-quarter results. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) broke the ice on Friday, reporting a decline in earnings that was more than analysts had estimated. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Goldman Sachs (...

comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) reports that U.S. online holiday spending is approaching $25 billion for the season, an increase of 15% from the previous year. Is this huge news? It is for online retailers. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) have been trying to move shoppers out of traditional...

Target to the Salvation Army: You're not welcome at Christmas dinner! Or any other time of the year, for that matter. Since 2004, Target (NYSE: TGT) has praised and supported The Salvation Army while simultaneously keeping its bell ringers from standing outside its doors. The company has...

Can anyone tell how well LivingSocial is actually doing? Probably not. We know the site is popular, and we know that it broke a record or two by selling a zillion $20 Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) gift cards for half price. But is that a genuine measure of success? If I sound cynical, it's because I'm a...

If you thought it was the end of the line for public debuts, think again. GSV Capital's (NASDAQ: GSVC) Michael Moe told Benzinga this week that he thinks Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) – which had its public debut last Friday – is just the beginning. “This, to me, is analogous to the eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY)...

The money was raised to increase its presence in additional markets. With backing from Two and a Half Men star Ashton Kutcher, Zaarly was inspired by the concept of a traditional bazaar. Earlier this year, Bo Fishback, the company's co-founder and CEO, told Benzinga about this premise. “People...