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After three days of struggling to maintain 2,000 points on the S&P 500, the index fell victim to late-day selling. Confirming the move is an uptick in volume. Seven and a half percent more shares of S&P 500 companies traded Thursday versus Wednesday. Major Averages The Dow Jones...

U.S. stocks rose ahead of the long weekend after the economy added a better-than-expected 288,000 jobs in June. The unemployment rate also dipped to 6.1 percent. The Fed's Janet Yellen confirmed its views that ti will not raise its interest rates on Wednesday at an International Monetary...

U.S. stocks declined as the recent round of violence in Iraq may have escalated following reports that Syrian warplanes conducted raids in western Iraq, killing at least 50 people. The CBOE Volatility Index, also referred to as the "fear index", rose more than ten percent, trading...

U.S. stocks were mostly positive on the first trading session of June in which investors were left confused over ISM's May Manufacturing data which was revised twice. Both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices reached new highs. The S&P 500 index reached a new all time high of 1,925.88...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), like its users, was victimized by Jerk.com according to the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint. As detailed in Part 1, from 2009-2013, Jerk.com  allegedly published pictures and information from Facebook profiles that Jerk.com had no right to use. Facebook was...

Maybe the financial crises hit you hard and damaged your credit. Maybe you have a bankruptcy on your record or just made some mistakes. Now its time to purchase a car or buy your first home and there’s a problem: your credit score isn’t much of a score and you’re looking for ways to repair it...

Did anybody think that Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) recent acquisition announcement wouldn’t ruffle feathers? When Facebook says it’s going to spend $19 billion on a mobile messaging company with 450 million active users, everybody from privacy rights groups to contingents of stockholders are likely...

As the week ended, multi-level marketing company Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) faced attacks from both ends of the country regarding whether it was an illegal pyramid scheme. Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey on Thursday called for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission...

If you’re a parent of tech-savvy children, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) might have some money for you. The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced that Apple will refund consumers at least $32.5 million to settle an ongoing complaint that the company allowed children to incur charges through...

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke took to the podium today in what many consider to be his farewell speech. During his tenure, Bernanke developed the nickname "Helicopter Ben," which is likely to stick with him for some time. Bernanke noted, "The FOMC's decision to modestly reduce the pace of asset...

While Benzinga mostly covers actionable trading ideas and news stories, we've decided to delve a bit deeper into personal finance. The team at Benzinga would like to assist readers with not just their investing endeavors, but their financial lives as a whole. And today, we continue this effort...

Robert Belair, managing partner at Arnall Golden Gregory's Washington office and former Federal Trade Commission attorney, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Tuesday to talked about the 10,000 messages sent on Bloomberg terminals that leaked, and the privacy scandal overall. According to Belair,...