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Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 4:08pm
Benzinga's Jason Raznick Honored with JVS Rising Entrepreneur Award
Benzinga is proud to announce that our company's President and co-founder, Jason Raznick, will be honored next week at the 15th Annual JVS Strictly Business Networking and Awards Luncheon. Scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 7 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn, Raznick will be presented...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 9:19am
Alpha Masters: Great Book, Better Insight Into the Lives of the Most Powerful Money Managers
In Ray Dalio's famous Principles, a book which all employees are required to read and live by, he writes, "Above all else, I want you to think for yourself - to decide 1) what you want, 2) what is true, and 3) what to do about it. I want you to do that in a clear-headed thoughtful way, so that you...
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Friday, May 25, 2012 - 8:03am
Apple Fans Want a Product the Company Won't Make
Several thousand people are willing to give Apple thousands of dollars for a new, highly configurable and upgradeable Mac Pro. But for the past few years, the company has left these power users without hope for the future. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has updated its MacBook Pro line of computers on a...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 2:26pm
Mark Cuban Bought Nearly $5 Million in Facebook Stock!
In a blog post from yesterday, Mark Cuban revealed that he bought just under $5 million in Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) stock. Specifically, the Dallas Mavericks owner said that he bought three 50,000 share blocks of FB at $33.00, $31.97, and $32.50. Cuban wrote, "Its a trade, not an investment. Kind of...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 12:27pm
Does Apple's Steve Jobs Prove Greed is Good?
The debate on billionaires and their debt to society rages on. While some believe that Steve Jobs did the right thing in choosing to keep his money, others think that the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder should have donated his wealth to some philanthropic cause. Last summer, I dissected this issue...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 3:10pm
Hot Topics at Traders Expo Dallas 2012
Learn more about this year's can't-miss topics. Scheduled to take place June 6 through June 9, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion, The Traders Expo Dallas comes jam-packed with more than 60 speakers who will be sharing their trading expertise with expo attendees. "I started the Traders...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 2:08pm
Is GameStop's Consumer EXPO a Desperate Attempt to Save the Business?
Or is it a brilliant decision that will ensure consumers return to the world's largest video game retailer? On the cusp of the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), which is scheduled to take place next week, GameStop (NYSE: GME) has announced that it will hold a similar expo of its own. But...
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Redbox Continues its Netflix Assault with Canadian Invasion
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 11:03am
Netflix can run but it can't hide from Redbox's continued growth and expansion. This time the DVD rental service, which is owned and operated by Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR), is bringing its famed kiosks to Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) stores all across Canada. According to The Globe and Mail, Redbox has also...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 10:29am
Diablo 3 Tops World of Warcraft and Call of Duty, Becomes Fastest-Selling PC Game of All Time
The long-awaited Activision Blizzard epic moved more than 3.5 million copies during its first day of release. All told, the famed publisher has sold more than 6.3 million copies of Diablo 3. "We're definitely thrilled that so many people around the world were excited to pick up their copy of...
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This Apple Product Saved Greece $140 Billion
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 9:10am
Sony might think that the PlayStation 3 "only does everything," but it was an Apple product that saved Greece well over $100 billion. An iPad, to be exact. How did the world's leading tablet help the struggling nation shave $140 billion off its $270 billion debt? CNNMoney reports (via...
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