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Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two apparel retailers. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from only one of them. Both have mixed track records recently with beating earnings estimates. The parade of quarterly results from big retailers is winding...

Short interest moves in many of the leading cybersecurity stocks were mixed in the most recent period. Short sellers were particularly keen on two of them in those two weeks. Shares of both stocks slumped more than 7 percent during the period. While short interest moves in the leading...

Featured stories in this weekend's Barron's offer a look at the prospects for a retail giant, a medical device maker and three cybersecurity stocks. A small cap aerospace parts maker could rise 30 percent over the next year. One portfolio manager prepares to buy into the bear market, with a dozen...

Earnings from the Hewlett-Packard spin-offs highlight the holiday-shortened week. Expectations are low for Deere on the top and bottom lines. Earnings are seen doubling from at least two others reported this week. While many investors and analysts will be focused on the Thanksgiving...

Since mid-July, security and infrastructure names have taken a large hit. Barracuda Networks Inc (NYSE: CUDA) and Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE: PANW) are down nearly 20 percent, while Imperva Inc (NYSE: IMPV) has lost 18 percent and Box Inc (NYSE: BOX) dipped 14 percent. Pacific Crest's...

Hackers in China are suspected of breaking into U.S. government computer networks to download a trove of data on federal government workers. Data housed in the Office of Personnel Management and the Interior Department was compromised. Experts suggest that the data might be used for a phishing...

In another relatively quiet week on the earnings front, the most anticipated quarterly reports include those from The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE: PANW) and Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc (NYSE: RH). Analysts are looking for earnings gains from those three,...

For the first time in 11 quarters, Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ) reported positive revenue growth when the company reported its third quarter results and a strong free cash flow with a $5 billion net cash position. The question investors are now asking is: Who might Hewlett Packard buy, and why...

Among the earnings reports due this holiday-shortened week are those from retailers Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) and Dollar General (NYSE: DG). Strong results are also expected from semiconductor maker Avago Technologies (NASDAQ: AVGO) and from homebuilder...

In a research report released this week, the analysts at Oppenheimer pointed out that cybersecurity remains a top priority for both corporations and government entities. Among the companies they have an eye on are FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE), Imperva (NYSE: IMPV) and Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW...

U.S. stocks rebounded from a two-day losing streak as investors found plenty of positives in consumer confidence data which hit a six-year high in March. According to the Fed's Philadelphia chief Charles Plosser the Fed sees its bond purchasing program ending in October or November with rate...

U.S. stocks declined for the second straight session on little market-moving news. The Nasdaq index was hit harder than other major indices with investors and traders selling off otherwise solid performers like Facebook, Google, Tesla, Keurig Green Mountain and others. "These are all stocks...