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Investors are eager to hear from Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) this week. Analysts agree that the company's cash — specifically, the way it will be used — is the key topic. "I think that's the biggest question on everybody's mind," B. Riley & Co. analyst Sameet Sinha told Benzinga...

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and SoftBank (OTC: SFTBF) are being urged to merge. The push was started by Alternative Investment Management & Research SA, which sent a letter to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son. Earlier this week SoftBank was rumored to be talking...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) continued to drive headlines this week even without new product announcements or iDevice rumors. First Apple got the media's attention when reports claimed that the company was on the verge of closing Beats Music. Then the company made headlines once more when it was...

Marissa Mayer has been trying to transform Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) ever since she became the company's CEO more than two years ago. Now that Starboard's Jeffrey Smith is pushing for Yahoo to acquire AOL, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), some analysts are questioning Mayer's turnaround plans....

As part of of the ”Rise of the Rest” road tour, Detroit-based Stik.com received a $100,000 check from former AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Steve Case. “Rise of the Rest” is a four-day, four-city bus tour put on by UP Global, Revolution and Google for Entrepreneurs. It features pitch competitions by local...

AOL, Kinder Morgan and Tyco International are among the companies that have seen insider buying lately. So is Opko Health, which sees insiders frequently scooping up shares. Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of...

U.S. stocks struggled to stay in positive territory as earnings continue to come in mixed and investors and traders still showing a "risk-on" approach. The Dow closed at new record highs as the S&P 500 struggled to stay in positive territory for most of the day. The Nasdaq saw a strong end...

U.S. stocks were mixed as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen presented a prepared testimony which did not rattle investors. The Dow posted a triple-digit point gain after falling 43 points. The Nasdaq, on the other hand, declined as many momentum and Internet names were hit hard. Russian...

Highlights on the earnings front this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Disney, Keurig Green Mountain, Pfizer and Whole Foods Market, which are expected to post year-over-year earnings gains. Analysts expect Tesla Motors to say its earnings declined, and for Groupon and SolarCity to...

While early April saw falling interest by short sellers in many of the social media companies based in the United States, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) stood out for their significant short interest gains. However, the number of shares short in Groupon,...

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), which announced that its most popular sites were promptly updated after the 'Heartbleed' bug was revealed last week, is scheduled to share its first-quarter 2014 results Tuesday, April 15, after the closing bell. Investors and analysts will still be looking for updates on...

It has been about five years since one of the worst corporate mergers in history was officially terminated. It is hard to imagine now, but at one time America Online (NYSE: AOL) and media giant Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) were actually the same company. While this is not the venue to get into all...

This week Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced its plan to acquire Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) in what could be the largest merger of the year. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is rumored to have beefed up its iWatch development team even though the device itself has yet to be confirmed. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG...