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Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Some have questioned AOL's (NYSE: AOL) decision to sell $1 billion worth of patents to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Was Microsoft smart? Was AOL stupid? "It is definitely a smart move for Microsoft," Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, told Benzinga. "...

Earlier today, AOL (NYSE: AOL) announced that it will sell over 800 of its patents to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) for $1.056 billion. Microsoft will also license more than 300 additional patents and patents applications from AOL. AOL said that it is expecting to return a significant portion of the...

Lots more earnings are on the schedule for this week, even as the calendar page turns. Look for quarterly results to come from Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Hershey (NYSE: HSY), Kellogg (NYSE: K), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS). Analysts expect...

Was AOL (NYSE: AOL) smart to run, or is Alibaba smart to stay? The frequently rumored AOL-Yahoo merger may not have come true, but it seems that Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) could still be acquired by another entity. According to Bloomberg, Alibaba Group has teamed up with Softbank to begin advanced...

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) is reportedly in talks to buy Israeli startup Cotendo for more than $300 million. AT&T (NYSE: T), along with Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), is also said to be eyeing Contendo. Founded in 2008, Cotendo is a competitor of Akamai, as its products also improve...

The new earnings season gets underway this week when Alcoa (NYSE: AA) posts its third-quarter results on Tuesday. The rest of the week will bring results from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Mattel (NYSE: MAT) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP). Analysts anticipate year-over-year earnings...

Is AOL's massive acquisition finally paying off? According to AllThingsD, the Huffington Post has announced that it has topped one billion page views for the month of August. This announcement coincides with AOL's (NYSE: AOL) acquisition of an “online grassroots platform” called Localocracy,...

But is @Qwikster still the king of comedy? This week, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) got into a bit of trouble when it used a half-hearted apology to advertise its new DVD-by-mail service, Qwikster. But our initial feelings of anger were quickly replaced by unrelenting laughter when it was revealed that...

Michael Arrington, founding editor of TechCrunch, has officially left the website following a public dispute with AOL (NYSE: AOL), the website's owner of nearly a year. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong announced Monday that Michael Arrington has “decided to move on from TechCrunch and AOL to his newly formed...

It's no longer speculation or a nearly confirmed report – this time, it's the real deal. Michael Arrington is out. AOL (NYSE: AOL) has just released a statement on the matter: “The TechCrunch acquisition has been a success for AOL and for our shareholders, and we are very excited about its future...

Turns out a bunch of bankers made the whole thing up. Surprising, isn't it? And here I thought that bankers were just as honest as car salesmen. Sarcasm aside, AllThingsD's Kara Swisher reports that that AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) are not talking about a merger “any more than I am...

NOT from the people that brought you AOL Time Warner. But it might as well be: AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) could be joining together as one in an effort to…do what, exactly? TechCrunch has the scoop. Apparently, AOL is ran by a bunch of, well, yahoos, as the company has decided to...

Soon to have the new slogan, "You've got death." If you visit the homepage of the company formerly known as America Online (NYSE: AOL), you may have noticed a change. Whereas aol.com used to be known as a hub for logging into a crappy e-mail account, it has slowly transformed into a mainstream...

If Michael Arrington is crazy, America Online subscribers must be nuts. Arrington, the editor of TechCrunch (AOL's (NYSE: AOL) tech blog), is making waves for his rant regarding the company's silly expense practices. AOL is reportedly very strict with its expense reports, forcing employees to...