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One way or the other Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) will change. In a major way, it already has with its decision to stop making tablets and farm the work out to electronics partners, according to Bloomberg. Barnes & Noble really had no choice. The company’s Nook Media digital unit has...

Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the final weeks of May. But Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) saw especially large upswings in the period. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE:...

Love them or hate them, tablet computers are here to stay. With over 100 million units sold in under three years, the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad has become a cultural icon and its domestic competition has established itself as well: Words like "Kindle Fire" and "Nook" have entered the American...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is planning to expand AmazonFresh as it fights to gain market share in the grocery business. You know that you can find almost anything on Amazon but some customers can purchase perishable food items and have them delivered to their the door the same or next day. Amazon...

This weekend in Barron's online: the case for the legalization of marijuana, the hidden costs in tech and the prospects for Intel, Waste Management and recent spinoffs. Cover Story "Should Pot Be Legal?" by Thomas G. Donlan. According to the Pew Research Center, 52 percent of Americans now...

If, as is often said, catalogs were the precursor to online selling, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), in the form of Sears, Roebuck and Co. set the standard in 1894 with the introduction of its “Book of Bargains.” So why, with all this history behind it, is the company struggling to connect with...

A new report from Glassdoor has surveyed employees around the country and captured their sentiments on the prospects of their employers. The survey is voluntary and anonymous, containing the question: Do you believe your company's business outlook will get better, stay the same or get worse in the...

It's official. With its shares eclipsing the $900 mark, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is trading in the nosebleeds. Out of curiosity, Benzinga decided to look where other publicly traded companies in the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) were trading at. This only includes the S&P 500 -- otherwise companies...

Among the social media players, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the biggest swings in short interest between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short...

The U.S. Senate Monday voted 69 to 27 to pass legislation allowing states to require online retailers to collect sales tax whether or not they have a physical presence in the state. It probably doesn’t matter, at least not for now. The Senate is one thing; the House of Representatives is...

The splashy ad on the Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) website, says it all: “All New NOOK HD Tablets – now with over 700,000 Android apps & games.” The NOOK, it seems, has gone over to the dark side by providing access to the entire catalog of Android apps on Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Play...

Among the social media players, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) saw big swings in short interest between the March 28 and April 15 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short rise in...

If you ask eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) CEO John Donahoe, the proposed Marketplace Fairness Act legislation is anything but. To make his point, he began emailing at least 40 million eBay users Sunday, according to Reuters. Brian Bieron, senior director of global public policy at eBay, said, "It's the...

The earnings crunch is in full swing this week. Some of the highlights include anticipated quarterly reports from the likes of Apple, Amazon.com and Ford, which analysts expect to report lower per-share earnings for the most recent quarter than a year ago. On the other hand, year-over year...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which has been one of the top performing S&P 500 members so far this year, is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2013 results Monday, April 22, after the markets close. Investors will be looking to see whether subscriber growth and international expansion will...