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The third-quarter earnings crunch is underway this week. The financial sector will be well represented, with quarterly reports due from the likes of Goldman Sachs and American Express, as well as the tech sector, highlighted by Google and Intel. Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson are among the...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw significant upswings in short interest between the September 13 and September 30 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI),...

A recent report titled, Fake It Till You Make It: Reputation, Competition, and Yelp Review Fraud, by assistant Harvard Business School professor Michael Luca and Georgios Zervas, assistant professor of marketing at Boston University, determined that 20 percent of reviews submitted on Yelp (NYSE:...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) saw significant upswings in short interest between the August 30 and September 13 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI),...

It should be no surprise that when the analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald released their recommendations for stocks to buy to take advantage of the changing landscape in technology, it included such giants as Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ:...

Did Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) pack enough positive punch to reinvigorate investors and consumers? The answer to that question is as straight-forward as the Apple vs. PC or Apple vs. Android debate but viewing the real time reactions to the unveiling, tech bloggers as well as consumers as a whole,...

This weekend in Barron's online: the outlook for the market is bullish according to 10 market strategists, and the prospects for Allstate, SolarCity, Pinnacle Entertainment and Carmike Cinemas. Cover Story "Fall Market Forecast Looks Sunny" by Vito J. Racanelli. The Standard & Poor's 500 has...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Yelp (NYSE: YELP) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the July 15 and July 31 settlement dates. They bucked the trend, though. Short interest in eBay (...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Yelp (NYSE: YELP) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the June 28 and July 15 settlement dates. Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Groupon (...

This weekend in Barron's online: the outlook for Europe, 15 cheap stocks in a pricey market, and the prospects for cyber security stocks, Interpublic Group, Global Cash Access Holdings and Hess. Cover Story "Europe's Economy Will Rebound" by Jonathan Buck. "Europe's economy has hit bottom, and...

The earnings season ramps up this week, providing plenty of perspective on how the financial and technology sectors fared in the second quarter. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Intel (NYSE: INTC), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and many...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Yelp (NYSE: YELP) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the June 14 and June 28 settlement dates. Shutterfly (NASDAQ: SFLY) also saw the number of its shares sold...

Among the social media players, Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the May 31 and June 14 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of...

Among the social media players, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) saw the biggest swings in short interest between the May 15 and May 31 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short rise...

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual Barron's 500 ranking, a look at some bargain stocks from that list, the prospects for Linn Energy and Atlas Air, and alternatives to REITs. Cover Story "The Barron's 500" by Jacqueline Doherty. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have struggled of late, but it...