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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 7:39pm
How to Make 9% Shorting a Booming Stock like Tesla
Maybe the most common phrase uttered from the lips of unconfident traders is “I should have bought that stock”. If you believed that the only way to make serious money on Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) was to buy it a week ago you are sorely mistaken. Since May 8th Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) has been the...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 2:06pm
Market Cap vs. Vehicles Offered: Is Tesla an Anomaly?
To say Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) has had a good week would be a massive understatement. Before its earnings announcement on May 8, Tesla was already gaining some serious steam throughout April. After closing the month of March at $37.89, the automaker finished April at $53.28, +40.61 percent...
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Friday, May 10, 2013 - 9:59pm
The Week Ahead: Full Slate of Economic Data; Earnings From Cisco, Wal-Mart and Deere
A host of economic data is set to be released for the week beginning May 13. Investors will also continue to be focused on corporate earnings reports from a number of leading companies. Heading into next week, the major averages are sitting near new highs and confidence on Wall Street has been...
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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 1:38pm
Review: Using the Uber App For an Epic Ride
Uber wants to be your new private driver. And If Benzinga's experience is any indication, there should be little hesitation on your part. Founded in San Francisco in 2009, the goal of Uber is to connect passengers with drivers of luxury vehicles for hire. It's a mission that it accomplishes very...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 10:06am
Will Google Now Dethrone Siri?
It only took a few days for 10 million iOS users to replace Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) disappointing (and occasionally dangerous) Maps app with Google Maps (NASDAQ: GOOG). Will users do the same and quickly replace Siri with Google Now? After developing Google Now exclusively for Android, Google has...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 1:20pm
Will Ron Johnson Return to Apple? Benzinga Users Weigh In
On Tuesday, we asked the Benzinga community to tell us whether recently ousted J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) CEO Ron Johnson should return to his former employer, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). There’s currently no indication that either Johnson or Apple are interested in one another, but the idea is...
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Friday, April 5, 2013 - 9:28am
Some Companies Aren't Evil... And Some Even Save Lives
Every day, the media is surrounded by stories of companies doing evil, making mistakes, and causing harm to the mass public. Although it is true that sometimes this is the case, there also many cases of companies doing good for the world and this personal story truly reflects the positives of...
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Monday, March 25, 2013 - 1:56pm
Can't Keep Up With All the Apple Product Rumors? Here You Go!
The phrase, “You can’t tell the players without a score card” probably originated in the late 1800s with baseball vendors trying to hawk their 5-cent player lists to fans. The words live on, often used in business to help identify the “players” which can range from executives to products....
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iPod Touch's Newest Competitor is Cooler, Runs Android and Costs $169.99
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 6:06pm
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stunned the world when it announced that its newest iPod Touch would carry an MSRP of $299 -- the same price as the original iPod Touch, which came out in 2007. At that time, touch screens were relatively new to the average consumer. Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) helped proliferate...
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Five Top Commercials for Super Bowl XLVII
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 2:50pmThis year's Super Bowl was the most viewed and the most active on social media. Given its huge audience, Super Bowl advertising can give brands prominence. Yet, this prominence comes at a high price: The average cost of a 30-second advertisement was around $4 million this year. Many viewers are...
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