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By now, there is almost no segment of society that hasn’t at least explored the use of 3D printing technology in some way. A recent Benzinga article looked at how 3D printing was transforming the world through its impacts on the automotive industry, space exploration, food, the...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.’s (NYSE: WMT) plan to partner with prepaid-card company Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) to offer checking accounts to unbanked Wal-Mart customers is the retail giant's latest effort to enter the financial sector. Wal-Mart's previous attempts had U.S....

On a website touting September 22-26 as “3D Print Week,” United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said Monday it planned to begin offering 3D printing services at nearly 100 stores across the U.S. By installing a 3D printing service in many of its brick and mortar locations, UPS...

Global SaaS provider, IntraLinks Holdings Inc (NYSE: IL) announced Monday that it has expanded its Intralinks DealNexus mobile app to provide full access to and interaction with a global community of approximately 10,000 dealmakers. iPad Version Added In addition to the new iPhone app,...

"Stunned." This is how The New York Times described the reaction of executives and bankers following Kinder Morgan’s (NYSE: KMI) decision to consolidate its four pipeline companies into one this week. Abandoning the master limited partnership structure it helped create, the...

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) continues to pit its Taco Bell brand against McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) in the breakfast arena for one good reason – market share. McDonald’s owns 31 percent of the almost $32 billion early morning space, according to Technomic, and Taco Bell said it...

The cost of last year’s cyber-attack on Target (NYSE: TGT) has already exceeded $200 million. This has nothing to do with fines or lawsuits, or even Target. This is the cost banks and credit unions are bearing as they replace hacked credit and debit cards, according to The Verge. The Consumer...

A number of companies reported Monday morning before the market opened. Here’s a list of how they did and how they opened: American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) reported $0.60 per share on revenue of $3.8 billion. Analysts expected $0.56 per share on $3.53 billion. The stock opened flat. Bank...

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) said Tuesday it was mulling over spinning off both its Land’s End and Sears Auto Center businesses, according to The New York Times. Brian Sozzi, chief equities strategist at Belus Capital Advisors said this is yet one more sign of impending doom for the brand. As...

There’s money to be made in the world of mobile apps. Lots of money, according to information technology research and advisory company, Gartner, Inc.(NYSE: IT). In a press release, Thursday, the company said annual downloads from mobile apps stores will reach 102 billion this year. Although 91...

Staying on course for yesterday's acquisition frenzy, several mergers and acquisitions were announced on Wednesday, September 4. Major Averages The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased by 96.91 points, or 0.65 percent, to 14,930.87. The S&P 500 rose 13.31 points, or 0.81 percent, to 1,653....

After a wave of consolidation in the U.S. cellular market, one major acquisition target remains – T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS). According to AllThingsD, although the gains made by the company in its customer base in the second quarter were significant, the company remains on takeover radar as far...

Shares of US Airways (NYSE: LCC) fell nearly 10 percent to $17.11 by noon, Tuesday on news of a government lawsuit seeking to block its merger with American Airlines’ parent, AMR Corp. (OTC: AAMRQ) The Department of Justice along with six state attorneys general and the District of Columbia filed...

Face it. TV shows about sharks are both fascinating and big business. Described as “ultimate predators” they eat everything, fish, seals, even occasionally, people. Because of this, when Discovery Communications' (NASDAQ: DISCA) Discovery Channel’s Shark Week kicked off Aug. 4, more than 4.8...