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By Conor Sen I've never been a huge drinker, especially as an undergrad, but a couple weeks before graduation I threw up from alcohol for the first and only time as a college student. A friend of mine who had never even sipped alcohol was turning 21, and to celebrate his dad had sent his friends...

The economy weighed heavily on U.S. stocks on Thursday, as many observers wondered if the country was on the verge of entering a double-dip recession. Still, a few small-cap stocks managed to defy Wall Street's massive meltdown, offering some bright spots in an overall dismal market. Yesterday the...

The economy weighed heavily on U.S. stocks on Thursday, as many observers wondered if the country was on the verge of entering a double-dip recession. Still, a few small-cap stocks managed to defy Wall Street's massive meltdown, offering some bright spots in an overall dismal market. Yesterday the...

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending June 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset...

According to Morgan Keegan, Sourcefire (NASDAQ: FIRE) announced 2Q11 results ahead of consensus with revenue of $36.5 million and EPS of $0.08 compared to the consensus expectation for revenue of $34.6 million and EPS of $0.05. Morgan Keegan said that these results were driven by broad based...

Deutsche Bank has published a report on Check Point Software (NASDAQ: CHKP) after the launch of new appliances. In the report, Deutsche Bank wrote, "The company in its last earnings call had hinted at new product announcements in the near future, but revealed little details On Tuesday, in an...

Zipcar (NASDAQ: ZIP) is trading up over 11.50% after Q2 earnings. Delek US Holdings (NYSE: DK) is trading up over 8.18% after reporting Q2 earnings. Sourcefire (NASDAQ: FIRE) is trading up over 9.35% after reporting Q2 earnings. Andersons (NASDAQ: ANDE) is trading up over 7.10% after reporting Q2...

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, stated on the company's blog Wednesday that rivals Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), among others, created a "hostile, organized campaign against Android." Drummond writes that "Android's...

On CNBC's Fast Money, Tim Seymour suggested that investors should buy iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (ETF) (NYSE: EEM) for a short term bounce to $46. After that, another leg lower will follow. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (ETF) (EEM) lost 0.35% today, and closed at $45.46. Guy Adami...

This morning, the sky was falling as the major stock indexes plummeted, however, after a heavy volume surge after the open the major stock indexes started to recover a bit off the lows. At one point, the Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJIA) was down by more than 150.00 points before bouncing higher....

Research in Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry announced a slew of new handsets Wednesday, including the 4G Torch 9810, which is expected to be launched in August. Exclusive to AT&T (NYSE: T) for the time being, all of the models are capable of speeds up to "nearly four times the network speed...

Below are the top small-cap security software & services stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ: MANT) is $2.81 billion. MANT's ROE for the same period is 13.93%. The trailing-twelve-month revenue...

By EconMatters The U.S. debt ceiling political soap has finally come to an end. With the debt deal done, the U.S. has dodged a major bullet of a debt default, but is not out of the woods yet for a sovereign credit downgrade. The big three rating agencies are still reviewing the debt deal, and have...

FBN Securities reiterated its Commvault Systems (NASDAQ: CVLT) Sector Perform rating and raised its Commvault Systems price target from $42 to $44 in a research report published today. In the report, FBN Securities states, "With its impressive 38% revenue growth, it is clearly gaining share from...

Blueshift Ideas is out with some tweets regarding cloud computing, and discusses some winners in the space. In the report from last week, Blueshift says, "winners will be small, agile companies likely acquired by established IT companies in next 6-12 months." Blueshift goes on to say Oracle (...