Halloween

A recent National Retail Federation survey indicated that over 171 million people in the United States plan to celebrate Halloween in the current year. That means 69.1 percent of the surveyed Americans will celebrate, while the remaining 30.9 percent people are not planning to join the rest. The...

Regardless of how old you are, Halloween can be a day (and night) of spook-tacular fun. Between the parties, candy, costumes and decorations, it can easily also be ghoulish on your bank account. Particularly for young adults who are straddling multi-generational celebrations – partaking...

U.S. stocks surged on Friday, lifting the Dow and S&P 500 to new all-time high record closes. Investors were treated to news of a surprise stimulus expansion from the Bank of Japan. The Japanese central bank increased its yearly target for monetary expansion to 80-trillion yen ($724 billion...

Sometimes, fintech startups get a little spooky... or at least the customer base does. Take HauntPay, for instance. It’s a payments and event ticketing system for haunted attractions. Born out of experience in the payments industry and intrigue into the world of Halloween entertainment...

Everyone differs on what may be the best or scariest horror movie, but which ones were popular enough to rake in the most money? From "Scream" and "The Ring" to "Nightmare On Elm Street" and "Paranormal Activity," there have been popular horror movies for...

According to the National Retail Federation, Americans said they planned to spend a whopping $7.4 billion on Halloween in 2014. That’s a 5.87 percent increase over the $6.99 billion spent last year, making Halloween the fastest-growing holiday in America. Utilizing NRF data the University...

It seems almost fitting that the oft-rumored mysterious ghostly apparition of a smartphone known as Nexus 5 actually left the spirit world and became real on Halloween. Underwritten by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and built by LG, the new device became available Thursday, unsubsidized, for $349 from...

Halloween is only a few days away. Maybe you’re planning to dress up like Miley Cyrus, a Twinkie or a Wall Street banker, but in the spirit of zombies and all-things-undead, Virtual data room company, Firmex compiled a list of companies that have come back from the dead. Here are a few of...

This year, by October 31, 158 million Americans will have spent close to $7 billion on scary stuff. This will include scary decorations, scary costumes, and if you believe most health experts, scary candy. All this according to the National Retail Federation Halloween Spending Survey conducted...

Historically, Halloween was a time when regular network television series gave a passing nod to the popular holiday with perennial “Trick or Treat” episodes. Cable channels dusted off their stash of old horror flicks and viewers enjoyed such offerings as Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) owned, Syfy...

It's October! That means Halloween is just around the corner, and Benzinga is looking for ways for investors to profit. Check out an interesting company called CSS Industries, Inc. (NYSE: CSS). CSS is a consumer products company primarily engaged in the design and manufacturing of seasonal and all...