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Sirius XM Keeps Top Spot Among Most Shorted Nasdaq Stocks
Short sellers shied away from three of the top five most shorted stocks on the Nasdaq between the August 15 and August 29 settlement dates.
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Consumer Electronics
Apple’s U.S. Smartphone Share Lead Widens Ahead of iPhone 6 Launch
Apple’s got a lot of momentum going into next Tuesday’s event that everyone expects will be the announcement of at least one new iPhone.
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Consumer Electronics
AARP Gets Into the Tablet Business at Walmart, With Intel and Google Inside
Tablets may have a new frontier -- senior citizens! Now AARP is getting into the tablet business with its RealPad.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Dragged Down the Dow
thinkstockSeptember 2, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday with the blue chips spending most of the day in the red. The energy and basic materials sectors took a beating today as crude…
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Investing
Top-Yielding Stocks Dominate UBS Equity Focus List for September
In a new research report from the UBS CIO Wealth Management Research team, they continue to have a very favorable view on the U.S. equity market,
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Apps & Software
Will Celebrity Photo Hack Cost Apple iCloud Customers?
The Apple iCloud service got hacked and hundreds of compromising celebrity photos got released onto the Internet.
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Economy
Companies That Have Cut Their U.S. Tax Bills the Most
These companies have cut their effective tax rates the most and boosted their net income at the same time.
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Investing
Google Ranks 3rd in Market Cap Among All U.S. Companies
Google has passed Berkshire Hathaway to become the third largest U.S. company by market capitalization.
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Apps & Software
China to Launch OS, Challenge Microsoft and Google
In what is likely to become a major challenge to Microsoft Windows and Google Android, China will release its own operating system.
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Apps & Software
PlayStation Network Taken Down by Hackers
Hackers appear to have taken down the huge Sony PlayStation Network.
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Consumer Electronics
GameStop Hardware Sales Doubled on Xbox One, PlayStation 4
courtesy GameStop Corp.GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) reported second quarter 2014 results after markets closed on Thursday. The video game retailer posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.22 on $1.73 billion in…
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Technology
Google Easily the Top U.S. Web Property
ThinkstockDigital media research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released its ranking of the top 50 U.S. web properties for July and the list is topped, once again, by the usual suspects.…
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Apps & Software
Worldwide Smartphone Sales Top 300 Million
courtesy of Amazon.comThe extent to which smartphones continue to replace desktop and laptop PCs and even threaten tablets was evident from second quarter 2014 sales figures. Worldwide smartphone sales passed 300 million…
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Consumer Electronics
Sony PS4 Sales Surge to Challenge Microsoft
courtesy of Sony Corp.Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) have both had a series of challenges that have caused experts to question how bright their futures may be. Sony…
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Consumer Electronics
Microsoft Releases a White Xbox
MicrosoftUnlike Ford’s Model T, the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One now comes in a color other than black. Whether the new white version of the game console will help sales is…