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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...

One of Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) biggest properties has been compromised, causing more than 450,000 passwords to fall into the hands of hackers. According to Business Insider, TrustedSec, a security research firm, discovered that hackers have published an 18MB file that includes the e-mail addresses...

Global semiconductor solution company Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) will receive payment from Emulex (NYSE: ELX) for licensing and release fees in a limited settlement between the two businesses. Broadcom previously alleged that Emulex infringed upon some of its patents. Litigation will undoubtedly...

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Spotify have formed a partnership that will allow the two entities to share content and reach new audiences. The deal, which comes after Yahoo! announced that it had teamed up with Fandango and ABC News, is a part of the company's transition from a search and e-mail hub...

Daniel Loeb is committed to Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). David Einhorn believes in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). And Warren Buffett stands by Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). Each of these super investors has faith in his largest holding and is willing to put that faith into action as well as words. Coca-Cola is the...

Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) has followed up a difficult third quarter with some more disappointing news: The world's largest household product maker has lowered its quarterly earnings guidance along with revenue forecasts as the company has seen lackluster market share growth as of late. The...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

The patent conflict between the world's leading social network and the former leader of search could soon come to an end. That's according to AllThingsD, whose sources say that the two companies have been "hammering out the outlines of a deal over the last several days to end their contentious...

Sprint's chief executive is returning more than $3 million in an effort to pacify angry investors. What other CEOs should do the same? Let's start with the most obvious… Scott Thompson, CEO of Yahoo! Is it okay to lie on your resume? If Bob the Average Accountant or Jane the Everyday Sales...

The Mac maker is on the list of firms who could/should acquire the social media empire. But Google is a much more likely candidate. Whenever a major acquisition occurs, the world scrambles to figure out which companies will be acquired next, how much they will sell for, and who will buy them. If a...

The search engine giant is one of many names being tossed around in the quest for Twitter's acquisition. Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) are among the companies that are believed to be looking at Twitter, a company that is often criticized for failing...

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,...

Ironfire Capital founder and managing director Eric Jackson weighs in on the issue. "A lot of ex-employees believe that there is enormous fat there to cut and that it might even be possible to cut it down by half," Jackson, whose company specializes in long/short investments and corporate...

More changes could be headed to Yahoo! According to Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) could be looking to replace the ailing search engine partnership with a more lucrative deal. "Yahoo!'s relationship with Bing has been a...

What happens when a former Yahoo! VP starts a new firm and joins forces with a company that specializes in tag management? We're about to find out now that nPario, a company that aims to empower business users to drive more relevant experiences for their customers through data, has joined forces...