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The Benzinga Fintech Summit is an event for those interested in finance, entrepreneurship, capital markets, deal-making, networking and accelerating their business. It's a chance to interact with and learn from founders, C-Suite institutional executives, leaders of the biggest and hottest...

Shares of Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) fell more than 3 percent Wednesday morning after analysts at BWS Financial released a cautious research report. Applied Optoelectronics held an investor conference call and detailed its manufacturing efficiencies, but BWS Financial's Hamed...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has begun issuing refunds and unlisting what the company feared were bogus eyewear meant to safely glimpse the Aug. 21 eclipse, and some sellers said the online giant was being overly cautious. Confusion and concern began last week, when the American Astronomical...

Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald turned bullish on Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) to reflect a "significant shift" in the stock's risk to reward profile after the lockup expiration and the company's second-quarter earnings report. The firm's Kip Paulson upgraded Snap's stock rating from Neutral to Overweight...

In a case with potential First Amendment repercussions, the U.S. Department of Justice is demanding the IP addresses of people who visited a website that helps organize protests against President Donald Trump, according to the hosting domain. The hosting domain Dreamhost said in a blog post that it...

Innovation is the only constant in the constantly evolving tech world, and companies risk their very existence and survival if they remain stagnant and don't innovate. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has been aggressive in catering to the changing customer preferences and tastes, either by innovating...

Analysts at Goldman Sachs no longer hold a bearish view on GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) as the upcoming launch of its HERO6 camera could prove to be a catalyst for the stock. The firm's Doug Clark upgrades GoPro's stock from Sell to Neutral with a price target boosted from $6.75 to $10. From a...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is one of the most polarizing stocks in the market. Baird analyst Ben Kallo is among the most optimistic Tesla bulls. On Monday, Kallo reiterated his Overweight rating for Tesla and raised his price target for the stock from $368 to $411. He also issues a word of warning...

Detroit native and former Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer is opening an office in the city with his wife Connie for charitable work, according to Crain’s Detroit Business. The couple announced last fall that they plan to use a portion of their fortune, now an estimated...

White supremacists clashing with anti-racism activists in Virginia has taken place in a city that has a history steeped in Civil War and civil rights, a place that profits greatly from people obsessed with landmarks and milestones that Charlottesville both symbolizes and markets. As a nexus of both...

The first Thursday of each month is invariably sandwiched between two job market reports, namely the ADP private sector payrolls report — released by human resources and management software and services provider Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP) — and the Department of Labor's...

The number of Americans who support sending U.S. ground forces to South Korea if dictator Kim Jong-un invades from the North jumped from 26 percent in 1990 to a staggering 62 percent, a new poll shows. Meanwhile, the war of words between President Donald Trump and his North Korean counterpart...

A look at the economic calendar of the week shows that a host of Fed officials are scheduled to make public appearances this week. Fed speeches are market-moving economic events, given that they give clues to the monetary policy outlook. On Monday, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard...

You don’t need a shoebox with a pinhole to view the solar eclipse in a half-baked sort of way. You can see the real deal. As Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) would say (they actually trademarked this phrase), there’s an app for that. Wander over to the American Astronomical Society website for...

IN THE NEWS Benzinga Shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ZYNE) lost more than 58 percent of their value Monday after the company reported disappointing results from its phase 2 STAR 1 clinical trial for its adult epilepsy treatment: Link On tempo with the broader growth trends in the...