The Wire

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) on Wednesday announced it has entered a multi-year deal to bring award-winning HBO shows to its Prime Members. This is the kind of deal that would make Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings (and Netflix costumers) jealous. Amazon Prime will soon begin showing all...

Omar Little, who robbed drug dealers for a living in the HBO hit series The Wire, advised that, "When you come after The King, you better not miss!" For investors, there is much to be said for buying the shares of publicly traded companies that are "The King" at what they do. Here are three...

As with many stocks, 2013 has been a great year for Tootsie Roll (NYSE: TR), the candy maker. Since the first of the year, Tootsie Roll is up more than 32 percent. But haters abound for the 116-year old firm as the short float is almost 13 percent. A short float of 5 percent is considered to be...