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The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed during the latter two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME), Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) and Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) increased somewhat between the March 15 and March...

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) saw big upswings in short interest between the March 15 and March 28 settlement dates Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short rise in the period include Angie's List (...

Apparently, exoneration by the Securities and Exchange Commission isn’t the cure-all one would think it would be. At least not for Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). Despite the fact that the government agency absolved Netflix CEO Reed Hastings of wrongdoing after Hastings used a Facebook (NASDAQ: FB)...

The short interest in troubled retail companies was mixed but overall quiet during the first two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT), OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) and RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) increased somewhat between the February...

Short sellers continued to pile on to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Pandora (NYSE: P) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) between the February 15 and February 28 settlement dates. But they shied away from other social media companies based in the United States during that period. The short...

While short sellers generally shied away from social media companies based in the United States in late January, they came rushing back to certain stocks in the first two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB...

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is claiming victory over show-rooming. In a company press release the electronics retailer announced that it would price match selected online stores in addition to its longstanding policy of price matching local retailers. Is it premature to claim victory in a battle that...

By and large, the short interest in social media companies based in the United States dwindled in the latter two weeks of January. The short interest in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD),...

This weekend in Barron's online: the Dow headed for record highs, the next installment of the Barron's Roundtable series, and the prospects for Tata Motors, SanDisk and GulfMark Offshore. Cover Story "New Highs in Sight" by Andrew Bary. The January rally on Friday brought the Dow Jones...

Many S&P 500 companies have already reported earnings, but there are still plenty of quarterly reports scheduled for the last week of January. Here is a quick look at what analysts expect to see from some of the most prominent reports due this week. Caterpillar Peoria, Illinois-based heavy...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which recently set content deals with Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year results Wednesday, January 23 after market close. Investors will be looking to see whether previously sluggish subscriber...

The short interest in big retail companies was mixed during the first two weeks of December, the heart of the holiday shopping season. The number of shares sold short in Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), CVS Caremark (NASDAQ: CVS), Gap (NYSE: GPS), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) increased...

The short interest in big retail companies was mixed as the holiday shopping season got underway. Shares sold short in Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), CVS Caremark (NASDAQ: CVS), Lowe's (NASDAQ: LOW) and Target (NYSE: TGT) increased somewhat between the November 15 and November 31 settlement dates....

The holiday shopping season seems to have gotten off to a strong start, particularly for Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT), but also for Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and the Gap (NYSE: GPS). So here are seven retail stocks that might be worth a look. All have double-digit...

A number of retailers have struggled in 2012, most notably Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), JCPenney (NYSE: JCP), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) and Sears Holdings (NYSE: SHLD). All have seen their stocks fall notably. However, given their vulnerable states, modest successes this holiday season might result in...