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Five Mega-Cap ETFs Your Broker Forgot To Mention
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 4:27pm | 645Read More...So you may not like investing like your grandfather, eschewing stodgy old mega-cap names for faster moving growth stocks and that's fine. There's a time and a place for every investment strategy, but these days, investors with longer time horizons should be looking for comfort and shelter with...
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Five Mega-Cap ETFs Your Broker Forgot To Mention
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 4:27pm | 645Read More...So you may not like investing like your grandfather, eschewing stodgy old mega-cap names for faster moving growth stocks and that's fine. There's a time and a place for every investment strategy, but these days, investors with longer time horizons should be looking for comfort and shelter with...
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Five Mega-Cap ETFs Your Broker Forgot To Mention
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 4:27pm | 645Read More...So you may not like investing like your grandfather, eschewing stodgy old mega-cap names for faster moving growth stocks and that's fine. There's a time and a place for every investment strategy, but these days, investors with longer time horizons should be looking for comfort and shelter with...
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6 Media Giants Talking About Netflix
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 1:57pm | 90Read More...Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) reach goes way beyond its own subscription services. The digital movie giant has been the topic of discussion among major media companies during earnings calls in recent weeks, showing just how dependent the sector has become on digital streaming. For some, deals struck...
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Earnings Preview: Wal-Mart Stores' EPS, Revenue Expected to Rise
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 12:15pm | 573Read More...Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) releases its next round of earnings this Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's second quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Wall Street expects an EPS of $1.08/share and revenues of $108.26 billion...
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It Is Not How They Open, It Is How They Close
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 10:17am | 395Read More...Nearly every trading session after July 21, 2011 the major stock market indexes have sold off into the close. The major stock indexes have not had a two day winning streak since July 21, 2011 when the S&P 500 traded as high as 1345.00. There have been only two trading sessions since July 21,...
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Thomas J. McInerney to Step Down as IAC CFO
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 8:00am | 59Read More...IAC (Nasdaq: IACI) announced today that Thomas J. McInerney, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, intends to leave the company at some point in the coming months, after 12 years with IAC. No specific date has been set for his departure and Mr. McInerney will remain CFO through an...
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We Will All Live In The Cloud
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 2:49pm | 487Read More...Get your head in the clouds, and it could be very profitable. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced this morning that it would be launching a web-based version of its Kindle, the Kindle Cloud Reader. If you use Chrome or Safari on Mac, PC, Linux and Chromebook, you can access your Kindle e-book...
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Can Groupon Be The White Knight For Stocks?
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 11:56am | 672Read More...The Groupon IPO. The one everyone has been waiting for. This morning, some details were released about about the company's second quarter, as it had an amended filing with the SEC to get rid of its accounting metric, known as "adjusted consolidated segment operating income,” or ACSOI. “While we...
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Piper Jaffray Maintains Overweight on Netflix
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 9:52am | 159Read More...Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), maintaining Overweight. In its report, Piper Jaffray writes, "Early Q3 web traffic data from ComScore suggests that Netflix sub adds may be tracking ahead of estimates. The web traffic data for Netflix.com for the first month of...
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London Bridge Isn't Falling Down, Yet
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 8:44am | 460Read More...Rioters across England continued to do their part in reassuring the world that the country will be ready to host the Summer Olympics next year. An increased police presence in London that was credited with ending much of the violence there may be partially to blame for the rioting that has spread...
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$26M for Fashion E-Commerce Company Trendyol.com
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 8:19am | 553Read More...Trendyol.com is getting a financial boost today with investments from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Tiger Global. Based in Turkey, Trendyol is riding the nation's recent tech boom. With an estimated 35 million Internet users (45% of the population), Trendyol.com is in an interesting...
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UPDATE: Amazon Introduces Kindle Cloud Reader
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 8:01am | 91Read More...Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced today Kindle Cloud Reader, its latest Kindle reading application that leverages HTML5 and enables customers to read Kindle books instantly using only their web browser. Kindle Cloud Reader automatically synchronizes your Kindle library, as well as your last...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market Gainers
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 7:35am | 128Read More...El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) rose 42.32% to $25.96 in the pre-market session. EP reported a 78% rise in its Q2 net income. Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE: COF) added 9.88% to $44.80 in the pre-market session. COF announced its plans to buy the US credit-card arm of HSBC Holdings PLC for a...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Catalog & Mail Order Houses Industry With The Highest Cash
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 4:17am | 133Read More...Below are the top small-cap catalog & mail order houses stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc (NYSE: DANG) had $252.47 million in total cash and no debt for the latest quarter. Acorn International Inc (NYSE: ATV) had $92.18 million in total cash...

