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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) was trading down Friday morning on allegations that it prematurely throttles Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and YouTube (parent company Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)) speeds for subscribers who haven’t yet consumed their share of data. While...

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) has had a rough week. First a norovirus outbreak, then raining rats. Its stock has trailed off 9.4 percent since the string of negative press began Tuesday. But Tigress Financial Partners does not see a selling opportunity in the Street’s pullback....

Glioblastoma is a rare type of brain cancer thrust into the spotlight after it was reported Sen. John McCain has been diagnosed with the very aggressive disease. Glioblastoma affects 15,000–17,000 new patients in the United States every year, and treatment options haven’t changed much...

Despite raising its dividend and posting beats in both sales and earnings per share, the Street pulled back from Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: SWKS) Thursday after hours, prompting a 4-percent drop in share value. But the bullish Ivan Feinseth, partner and chief investment officer at Tigress...

At Grocer Farm Market, the liquor store Harry Nisso manages on a tough block of 2nd Avenue in Detroit, some customers have asked for the removal of high-definition cameras installed just six months ago through the city’s Project Green Light program. Why? “They want to sell drugs around...

For those of us with an eye on CNBC all day, it seems like the hosts have a Sisyphean task. The anchors and their teams must pore over the markets and interrogate the masters of the universe on what it all means from early morning until the market closes. Then, they research the next day’s...

Back in May, while chatting with Andy Williams, co-star of MSNBC's “The Pot Barons of Colorado” and founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, Medicine Man Technologies Inc (OTC: MDCL) and several other companies, Benzinga asked which were the largest challenges entrepreneurs in the...

Constant connectivity and the emergence of smartphones has forever changed the way people consume content. Attention spans aren’t what they used to be. It's this reason that creates a preference for quick engaging content, and has led to the rise to the proliferation of GIFs for...

The Trump administration just made it easier for cops to confiscate your possessions or poach your pocketbook, regardless of whether you are charged with a crime. Making good on a warning issued earlier this week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday issued new rules allowing the...

Shares of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) are at their highest levels of the year after reporting a strong third quarter on Tuesday. At around $46 per share, the stock is trading at its highest level since February. The stock hasn’t been this high since April of 1999. The brokerage...

Earlier this month, cannabis-focused financing and advisory firm iAnthus Capital Holdings Inc (CNSX: IAN) (OTC: ITHUF) announced it acquired Westchester-based Valley Agriceuticals, LLC, gaining access to New York’s nascent cannabis market. In an industry where few investments surpass seven...

As we gear up for the back-to-school season, a struggling footwear and apparel market is seeing significant promotional activity and discounting. "In my 17 years of doing research, this is the most promotional back-to-school I have seen,” Matt Powell of NPD Group told Benzinga. “...

One of the largest problems cannabis entrepreneurs face right now is taxation. Since marijuana is still illegal on a federal level in the United States, businesses operating legally on a state level don't qualify for federal tax deductions covering things like rent and employee salaries....

When Wright Lassiter III became CEO of Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, he said he was surprised by the reaction to his being named to the position as a black man. Then he learned that Henry Ford Hospital once had only one ward that treated African American patients, and it was originally...

Zingerman’s, which began with two partners opening an Ann Arbor delicatessen in 1982, has grown into a baker’s dozen of businesses with 732 employees and $62 million in annual sales. As an entity, Zingerman’s is known for its progressive values nearly as much as its food. All...