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Adidas Vs. Nike: Which Sportswear Giant Will Win The FIFA World Cup?
Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 5:40pm | 934The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia kicks off Thursday on Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA). The month-long tournament is expected to attract billions of viewers from over 200 countries, making it a marketing dream. The likes of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Visa (NYSE: V), Budweiser (NYSE: BUD), and McDonald's (...
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Will Facebook's Live-Streaming Efforts Trump Twitter's Periscope?
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 9:23am | 421Social media site Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has been working to claw its way back into investors' favor over the past year after the site's user numbers began to taper off and analysts started to question whether the site had staying power. One of the Little Blue Bird's latest strategies has been a...
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5 Big Companies Seriously Investing In 3D Printing
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 12:38pm | 896Although 3D printers haven't exactly reached mass-market status, that doesn't mean the technology hasn't caught the attention of some big names. Here are five companies that have shown much more than passing interest in 3D. General Electric General Electric’s (NYSE: GE)...
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5 Apps Every World Cup Fan Should Have
Sunday, June 22, 2014 - 12:18pm | 138World Cup fever is at an all-time high this year. From Google.com to national TV ads, websites and everything in between, virtually no one will be able to escape the hype surrounding the world's largest sporting event. Diehard football fans (or "soccer fans," for those of you who are in America)...
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How 6 Companies Have Turned To Music For The World Cup
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 2:46pm | 799FIFA World Cup advertisers have a problem. Although the World Cup is the single most popular sports event on the planet, it features a game in which there are few opportunities for commercials. Soccer is played in two 45-minute halves, mostly without a break. Second, soccer is global. The...
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The World Cup And FIFA 15 Could Take EA To New Heights
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 1:22pm | 541The world's largest sporting event could help Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) sell more games in 2014. "It's time to pop the cork and have some parties," Hilliard Lyons analyst Jeff Thomison told Benzinga. "The console ownership is going well, people are starting to buy...
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Bank Of America: Buy Activision Blizzard Over Electronic Arts
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 3:49pm | 355Justin Post, research analyst at Bank of America issued a research note on Thursday in which he favors Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) over Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) on the belief that Activision will have more “title excitement” over the next few months. Electronic Arts recently released...
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Can The Super Bowl, FIFA World Cup Predict The Stock Market?
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 3:50pm | 385Every winter, millions of Americans gather to watch the biggest football game of the year. Most of them are unaware, however, that the outcome could have an impact on investors' portfolios. Stephen Eckett, author of The UK Stock Market Almanac 2014, has studied the unlikely effects that major...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 3:33pm | 239Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet 4 Ways Americans Keep Wasting Their Money The Kardashian Kard is no more. The prepaid debit card promoted by the surgically enhanced coven of Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian will no longer occupy tweener...