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Charlie Munger once described the secret of success as “take a simple idea and take it seriously.” While that can be applied to many aspects of life, it is nowhere more important than in the stock market. The one simple rule to succeed in the markets doesn't involve fancy chart...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) briefly rallied to a $700 billion market cap this week, highlighting the Mac-maker's success as the largest enterprise in the world. Now that the dust has settled, investors only have one question: Which company will hit $700 billion next? "I would put my...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) might not retire Beats Music after all. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant was expected to close the service and possibly integrate the technology into its own line of music products -- iTunes and iTunes Radio. According to the Financial Times, Apple now...

Time Warner Inc's "Harry Potter" franchise taught film studios that they can win big by splitting movies -- particularly the last chapter in a series -- into two parts. Instead of producing one billion-dollar motion picture, Warner Bros. earned more than $2 billion from Part 1 and 2...

IntraLinks Holdings Inc (NYSE: IL) in association with the M&A Research Centre at Cass Business School, City University in London, just released a study titled "Masters of the Deal: Part 1." The study identified the drivers of shareholder value from M&A activity by drawing...

"Toy Story 4" will mark 20 years of "Toy Story" from Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) and Pixar, adding to a long heritage of franchises and characters that make their way onto the screen after years of inaction, both from Disney and elsewhere. Take “Maleficent,” which...

The current Ebola crisis has stolen headlines from other major diseases. One of them is HIV. On November 4, a group of French scientists brought HIV back to the forefront when they announced they had found the genetic mechanism for a “spontaneous cure” of the dreaded disease....

Since its announcement of an open-source platform, Spark, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has been busy. Jeff Kowalski, the company's CTO, unveiled a prototype printer, Ember, during his keynote at the recently concluded Inside 3D Printing conference. This was followed by the announcement of...

The recent crash of the Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered spaceship has drawn attention once again to the dangers of space travel. The reality of buying a ticket to space seems to be just around the corner. However, Virgin Galactic’s recent tragedy has put a spotlight on the legal...

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX) announced Monday that the company has joined the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Cloud OS Network. The deal means that Fanatical Support will now be available for the Microsoft Cloud Platform, including Windows Server with Hyper-V, System Center and Azure...

In January 2015, General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) will begin selling a new variation on its Cheerios brand that will contain the usual oats as well as quinoa, spelt and KAMUT brand khorasan wheat. These grains are unified not by their healthful qualities, but by their age: They are all considered...

As the week comes to end, Benzinga takes a look back at some of the top trending auto news stories. Hyundai And KIA Settle With U.S. Regulators South Korean-based Hyundai and Kia were fined $100 million by U.S. regulators for violating the Clean Air Act. The automakers were accused of over-...

Does Snapchat -- the popular startup that rejected a $3 billion offer from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and a $4 billion offer from Google Inc -- have what it takes to change media? The company is reportedly seeking media partnerships with a number of big companies, including ESPN, Spotify and CNN,...

3D printing may have penetrated mainstream consciousness, but it only recently came to Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE). Early last year, the company announced new features integrating 3D printing into its flagship software, Adobe Photoshop. The new features enable users to convert 2D...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently had another bad quarter and disappointed investors. Can the company ever turn things around? "The whole business model of not making money on the core delivery business -- I think that is gonna be a major problem," John Thompson, CEO and...