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Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) Instagram is the No. 1 photo and video-sharing app in the world. With over 120 million monthly active users in the U.S. alone, Instagram’s free-to-use model gives advertisers ample opportunity to reach their target audiences. It's not surprising that...

Like much of the rest of the world, national security efforts in the U.S. have increasingly been shifting online. The next generation of threats to U.S. security could come from cyberattacks, and a potential worst-case scenario is an attack that completely shut down U.S. internet access nationwide...

Bitcoin prices have bounced back in 2019 after the cryptocurrency bubble burst last year. A new survey by the Bank of Canada reveals just how bitcoin ownership demographics have shifted over the last few volatile years for the cryptocurrency. The Numbers Bank of Canada found that the number of...

It’s 2019, and thanks to the world’s largest commercial airlines, you can fly nearly anywhere nonstop. In order to find the longest nonstop flights of 2019, Benzinga has analyzed commercial airline flight data for 2019 provided by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, flightstats.com...

With over 2 billion gallons shipped between countries in 2018, wine is a global powerhouse in the world’s alcoholic beverage industry. The state of California is the largest United States wine producer, according to The Wine Institute. The global export and domestic sales of California-...

Shares of Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) traded higher Monday after Reuters reported PayPal received the green light from China to buy a majority stake in a Chinese digital payments platform. Despite increasing concerns over the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, some large...

After British Prime Minister Theresa May's Thursday announcement that she will step down June 7, the race is on to replace her — and reports are emerging Boris Johnson is a lead candidate. Johnson is a member of parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. He's proving to be the first...

"Avengers: Endgame," produced by Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) subsidiary Marvel Studios, has shattered several box office records since its April 26 release.   "Endgame"  was the fastest to collect $1 billion worldwide, taking merely five days to reach the milestone...

Around 30 percent of new vehicles in the U.S. are leased, according to Statista. That number is up from just 17 percent in 2002. As car leasing becomes more popular, it's important for any potential car buyer or lessee to know what it means to lease a car and understand the pros and cons of...

One sector that has been a silent contributor to the U.S. labor market — but hasn't been recognized yet due to the stigma of being a federally illegal business — is the cannabis industry, according to a report by Leafly. A Major Industry Left Out Of Jobs Data  The number of...

With the reporting season being over for social media companies, it may be time to take stock of how the major platforms performed through the lens of key metrics. After a wave of scandals in 2018, Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) redeemed itself credibly by reporting forecast-beating fourth-...

Gaming has evolved into the world's favorite form of entertainment, edging out the likes of television, films and digital music, according to Oppenheimer Funds. This has relevance for multiple stakeholders such as game developers, gaming device manufacturers and chipmakers.  Among...

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) delivered a blowout fourth-quarter earnings report this week that sent the stock soaring. But while Facebook is clearly doing plenty of things right, there are a couple of trends that could be troubling for Facebook investors in the long term. Facebook added 1 million...

Gun stocks are not immune to the broader market meltdown driven by geopolitical and macroeconomic developments. And the sector has more reasons to fret beyond broader marketwide factors. Point-Blank Statistics Gun deaths are on the rise in the U.S., with the latest statistics from the Centers for...

The sell-off seen in the broader market since October is showing no signs of abatement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index are in the red for the year, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index has lost over 11 percent from the year's closing high of 8,109.609...