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Among the social media companies based in the United States, Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI) and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) saw significant upswings in short interest between the July 31 and August 15 settlement dates. They bucked the trend, though. Short interest in Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ:...

Say it ain’t so! According to CNET, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is saying goodbye to the sale of physical goods. In other words, you will no longer be able to send all of your Facebook friends a cupcake, flowers or commemorative mug for their birthday. Facebook basically said what everybody knows:...

“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” American humorist Mark Twain supposedly said this (or something close to it) after reading newspaper articles about his pending demise. There are those who feel the same way about personal computers. Forbes recently reported that, despite...

After roughly 30 to 40 minutes of inactivity, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) went back online. It was a troublesome moment for consumers who were looking to save big on books, DVDs and a multitude of electronics. But instead of rushing to the nearest Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) or the closest Best...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), the world's largest online retailer, seems to have been hit by an outage Monday afternoon. As of this writing, the site is not loading for many visitors across the country. It is unclear how far this outage may stretch, but the retailer is known for quickly rebounding...

The notion that Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos has a master plan should not be news to anyone. It was certainly not news to FastCompany’s J.J. McCorvey who said in a recent cover story on the company and its founder that part of that master plan concerns the fact that Amazon Fresh,...

This weekend in Barron's online: a roundtable discussion of the changing landscape of master limited partnerships, and the prospects for the Washington Post, BNP Paribas, HD Supply, Isis Pharmaceuticals and Redbox. Cover Story "MLP Boom or Bust?" by Dimitra DeFotis. Master limited partnerships (...

According to a new report, if you’re in the smartphone business and you’re not offering a trade-in program, you’re probably losing business or not gaining new customers. That’s probably why Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly planning to get into the smartphone trade-in business. The study,...

This weekend in Barron's online: the future of TV, what's next for the Dell buyout, upcoming IPOs and the prospects for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Franklin Resources. Cover Story "The Future of TV" by Alexander Eule. Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is having a good summer, points out Barron's,...

The earnings crunch continues this week. Reports are due from the likes of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and General Motors (NYSE: GM), which are expected to say their earnings were lower than a year ago. On the other hand, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Ford (...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which garnered 14 Emmy nominations last week for its original programming, is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2013 results Monday, July 22, after the end of the trading session. Investors will be looking to see whether the success of "Arrested Development" and "...

If Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) goes down, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) will feel the pain. It may sound counter-intuitive, but according to The New York Times, it’s true. The theory, born out by recent history in the book business, is that when customers lose the opportunity to browse at a...

Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the latter weeks of June. Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), GameStop (NYSE: GME) and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) saw the number of their shares sold short decrease by more than 10 percent. Short sellers also shied away from...

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...

Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the first weeks of June. But, Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), saw relatively large upswings in the period. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (...