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You've already read about the iPhone 6 and why it may not be a big deal to consumers and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) enthusiasts alike. But that's not the only thing that investors have to worry about. There are six key reasons why Apple's next-generation iPhone will disappoint the...

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) CEO Andrew Wilson recently indicated that his company is experimenting with virtual reality. Wilson discussed the topic during a video games panel at the annual SXSW event. His comments could be dismissed as a PR push for his company's newest game, Titanfall....

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is one of the hottest stocks on Wall Street, rising more than 68 percent this year alone. But is it really the automaker of the future, as some have predicted? John C. Thompson, founder and CEO of Vilas Capital Management, is skeptical. He has outlined three issues --...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) CEO Mary Barra is leading an internal review of whether the company delayed a recall of 1.6 million vehicles. In a letter to employees Tuesday, Barra said she would take an “unvarnished” look at how the process was handled. She said she is leading a group of senior...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) finances are about to be placed in new hands. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant has announced that its Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer, Peter Oppenheimer, will retire at the end of September. Oppenheimer joined Apple in 1996 and became CFO in 2004. He...

As of early 2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, there were 143 operable oil refineries in the U.S. – less than half the number there were in 1982. But that decline appears to be ending. The new oil boom in the Dakotas, Texas, Oklahoma and elsewhere is reportedly...

Were you one of the lucky investors to notice Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) before its first blockbuster was released? Chris Camillo, a self-directed investor and author of Laughing at Wall Street, became interested in the company after recognizing the potential for The Hunger Games. "There was a point...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) may not be the invulnerable behemoth that it appears to be. During the fourth quarter, Amazon reported an EPS of $0.51. This was lower than the Street's estimate of $0.66, but proved to be a solid improvement over the year-ago period, when Amazon reported an EPS of $0.21...

Honda Motor Co. (NYSE: HMC) plans to end production of its Insight model, Bloomberg reports. The Japanese automaker told dealers back in November that the current generation of the hybrid would be discontinued this month, according to Bloomberg. Sales for the Insight have lagged behind Toyota...

TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) was one of the hottest takeover rumors of 2011 and 2012. The hype for a merger has since died down, but Albert Fried & Company's Rich Tullo thinks that TiVo is still worthy of being acquired. "We still think somebody should take 'em over," Tullo told Benzinga. "Apple,...

Contrary to the unconfirmed report, Ford (NYSE: F) might not replace Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) in-car devices with technology developed by BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY). And if Ford did decide to drop Microsoft, BlackBerry wouldn't be the most likely replacement. "In my view, if they were to drop...

Could Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) survive without its two most critically acclaimed dramas? The short answer is "yes" -- but it could be more difficult for the firm to achieve its long-term goal of becoming HBO faster than HBO can become Netflix. Given that risk, why would Netflix give up either...

Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) $16 billion acquisition might seem extreme, but Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia said that it shouldn't remind users of the bloated dot-com days. "I think it is quite different this time around," he told Benzinga. "Facebook is not struggling. This isn't like a desperate...

WhatsApp's low annual fee could be even cheaper now that Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) owns the firm. Eleni Marouli, an advertising analyst at IHS Technology, thinks that Facebook may be willing to entirely eliminate WhatsApp's $0.99 annual fee to attract new users. "They just want user growth," Marouli...

Finance ministers and central bank governors from some of the world's largest and fastest-growing economies are meeting in in Sydney, Australia, this weekend, for the Group of 20 summit. The G20 countries reportedly represent about two-thirds of the world's population, 85 percent of global GPD...