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U.S. stocks continued to sell off on Friday on higher than usual volume. Semiconductor stocks were hit hard following Microchip's profit warning and cautious sector-wide comments. The rest of the tech sector was weak, especially "momentum" and high-beta stocks as the Nasdaq index...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY), Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Zynga Inc (NASDAQ: ZNGA) experienced significant upswings in short interest in early September. The number of shares short in Angie's List, Facebook, MeetMe and United...

LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) shares appear to be vulnerable in the very short term, but the overall picture still looks good for the bulls. Here is a recap of Benzinga's last report on LinkedIn from September 2: The bulls in LinkedIn had been riding high since blowing right through key...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) experienced significant upswings in short interest in late August. The number of shares short in Angie's List, Facebook and Shutterfly also increased...

LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) shares may not yet be hitting new all-time highs, but the 70 percent rally off of the May lows may be considered more than just a short-covering rally. The stock of LinkedIn was like the rest of the social media sector in that it was getting clobbered throughout the latter...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) experienced the largest swings short interest in early August. Short sellers shied away from Angie's List, eBay, Facebook, Google and Shutterfly between...

U.S. stocks rose, lifting the Dow to new historical all-time highs of 17,153.80 following a better than expected rise in orders of durable goods. Consumer confidence improved in August, helping market sentiments while investors and traders placed less emphasis on a report that home prices are...

One momentum stock that hasn't received too much attention lately is LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD). With all the media attention on other momentum stocks such as Twitter, Facebook, Tesla, Netflix and Priceline, LinkedIn has gained more than $60.00 since bottoming on July 10 at $153.13. A good...

U.S. stocks picked up where they left off after Thursday's sharp sell-off as positive earnings reports yet again took a backstage to geo-political uncertainties. Not helping the bull cause was nonfarm payrolls, rising by 209,000, less than the 233,000 expected. The jobless rate also ticked...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) bucked the trend toward declining short interest in early July. Short sellers shied away from Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB),...

U.S. stocks rose as earning season unofficially kicked off with Citigroup reporting better than expected earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial average set new intra-day records, hitting an all time high of 17,088.43 as investors appear to be comfortable with holding blue chips instead of...

When most people think about interns in business, they think about college students spending the summer working for a company related to their major to gain experience. About half the time, the only thing they gain is experience since the job offers no salary. In Silicon Valley, Bloomberg...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Pandora Media (NYSE: P) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) saw significant upswings in short interest in late June. The number of shares short in Angie's List, Groupon, LinkedIn, United Online and Yelp also grew between...

Data obtained by Reuters shows social media titan Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) set a record for the most talked-about event in company history: the World Cup. The one billion posts, likes and comments on that topic occurred between June 12 and June 29, only halfway through the tournament, meaning the...

U.S. stocks were little changed as investors digested comments coming from head of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The Fed's Jim Bullard said that the 2.9 percent decline in the first quarter GDP is “giving me heartburn.” Bullard added that the worse than expected figure...