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U.S. stocks traded mixed today as investors are anxiously waiting for Tuesday's testimony from Janet Yellen. Yellen will make her first appearance before the U.S. House of Representatives with a Senate session scheduled for Thursday. Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel told CNBC that "...

If you’re on AOL’s (NYSE: AOL) Board of Directors, how do you handle a CEO who is turning in positive earnings numbers yet continually makes some pretty big PR blunders? That’s the case with CEO Tim Armstrong. AOL reported 13 percent revenue growth along with numbers that beat analyst...

U.S. stocks rallied for the second straight day, ending a tumultuous week on a positive note as investors found more positives than negatives in today's job reports. "It was bad, but not that bad," an investment officer at Wells Fargo told CNBC. "We've made some progress here, we still think we...

U.S. stocks rose today as investors and traders felt that there were plenty of bargains in the market to be found. "Today is just a bounce. I don't think there is really that much behind it, other than some bargain hunters stepping in," Robert Pavlik, a chief market strategist said to CNBC....

U.S. stocks continued its losses on an accelerated basis on Monday. Investors are in clear panic mode following a report that U.S manufacturing activity expanded at a slower pace in January. The Dow plunged more than 300 points while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both fell more than two percent as...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, short sellers were particularly attracted to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) as 2013 wound to a close. The number of shares sold short in and Shutterfly and United Online also increased somewhat between the December 13...

Judging by the recent changes in short interest in the social media companies based in the United States, it would seem that short sellers are retreating from Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) in order to pile on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR). The number of shares sold short in Angie's List...

AOL executive Jon Brod is set to leave the company, according to AllThingsD. On December 9, AllThingsD reported that Brod leaving the company has been widely anticipated. Brod most recently ran the company's venture arm which has been “in a bit of limbo for a while.” See also: Laurent...

While many S&P 500 components have already shared their third-quarter results, there will be plenty more earnings reports for investors to mull over this week. The week's highlights include quarterly reports from media giants CBS, Disney and Time Warner, which all are expect to post earnings...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw significant swings in short interest between the September 30 and October 15 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI),...

AOL (NYSE: AOL) owned hyper-local news website, Patch, which had 1000 writers working in 900 national locations in December 2012, is now down to 14 designated market areas (DMAs). New Patch CEO Bud Rosenthal outlined the move in a memo Wednesday morning reported on Poynter. Rosenthal said the...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw significant upswings in short interest between the September 13 and September 30 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI),...

Roughly one year ago, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook apologized for replacing Google Maps (NASDAQ: GOOG) with its own app. Known simply as Maps, the app proved to be more problematic than anyone could have ever anticipated. "At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the...

The latest comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) data were released and it’s a win for Apple. The report covers the three-month period ending August 2013. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is, again, the top smartphone manufacturer with 40.7 percent of OEM market share. That represents a 1.5 percent increase from the...

Among the social media companies based in the United States, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) saw significant upswings in short interest between the August 30 and September 13 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI),...