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Short Sellers Retreat From Pandora, Move On eBay (EBAY, P, YELP)
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 12:08pm | 1009Read More...Among the social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Pandora Media (NYSE: P) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) saw significant swings in short interest between the October 15 and October 31 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Facebook...
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eBay, Angie's List Buck Short Interest Trend In Social Media (ANGI, EBAY, ZNGA)
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 9:17am | 972Read More...Among the social media companies based in the United States, Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI) and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) saw significant upswings in short interest between the July 31 and August 15 settlement dates. They bucked the trend, though. Short interest in Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ:...
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Little Movement in Short Interest in Social Media Stocks (EBAY, YELP, ZNGA)
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 1:10pm | 991Read More...Among the social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Yelp (NYSE: YELP) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the June 14 and June 28 settlement dates. Shutterfly (NASDAQ: SFLY) also saw the number of its shares sold...
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Senate Passes Online Sales Tax – House in Doubt
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 9:45am | 649Read More...The U.S. Senate Monday voted 69 to 27 to pass legislation allowing states to require online retailers to collect sales tax whether or not they have a physical presence in the state. It probably doesn’t matter, at least not for now. The Senate is one thing; the House of Representatives is...
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Three Top Performing BRIC Stocks (CBPO, GSH, VIPS)
Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 3:13pm | 795Read More...The cover story in this week's Barron's offers suggestions for a more sophisticated strategy for investing in emerging markets. Gone are the days when all it took to make money was to buy the index or a fund that did not stray far from it. Among the BRIC countries, the large emerging economies...
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Four Retail Stocks That Doubled in Six Months (BONT, LL, OSTK, ZLC)
Monday, November 5, 2012 - 3:22pm | 853Read More...Major retailers are beginning to share their third-quarter results, with JCPenney (NYSE: JCP), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom among those on tap this week, and with big-box store operators Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) on the schedule for next week. Between that...
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Barron's Recap (8/4/12): How to Play Energy Now
Monday, August 6, 2012 - 9:33am | 727Read More...This weekend, Barron's online discussed the prospects for the oil and gas sector, the case for Activision, a look at Baltimore, profiles, interviews, book reviews and more. Cover Story "How to Play Energy Now" by Andrew Bary. The oil sector bull case has long been that demand from emerging...
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Is Patrick Byrne Finally Victorious in the Fight Against Naked Short Selling?
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 10:10am | 542Read More...Is Patrick Byrne making progress in his fight against what he believes are fundamental flaws in the American financial markets? According to the The Register, the Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) CEO might have finally caught a break. The Register cites a piece by The Economist, “America's dodgy...
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Benchmark Initiates Coverage On Overstock.com
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 7:31am | 106Read More...According to Benchmark, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) coverage is initiated with $18 price target. Benchmark reported that it initiates coverage of Overstock.com (OSTK) with a Buy rating and an $18 per share price target. “Overstock is a pure-play Internet ecommerce liquidation company with a...
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Benchmark Initiates Overstock.com With Buy Rating, $18 PT
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 6:37am | 24Read More...Benchmark has initiated coverage on Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) with a Buy rating and $18 price target.
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Patrick Byrne Amends Suit Against Goldman Sachs To Include Charges of Racketeering (GS, OSTK)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 11:43am | 500Read More...Speaking on the Salt TV Network recently, President and CEO of Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) Patrick Byrne referred to his company as “bold” and revealed that, in November 2010, after four years of fighting, a judge forced Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to turn over some documents that prompted Overstock...
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Overstock Adds RICO Claim To Goldman Sachs/Merrill Lynch Suit (OSTK)
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 5:55pm | 223Read More...As a result of evidence gathered through discovery in its prime brokerage lawsuit, Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) has filed a motion in California State Court to amend the suit to include claims under New Jersey's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. For a redacted version...
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Do You Remember Overstock.com (OSTK)?
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 1:40am | 113Read More...Overstock.com (OSTK) was once a major player in the online retail space. Overstock.com has sense become an afterthought with the rise of eBay, Amazon, and Craigslist. The company is now a small cap player with just a $350 million dollar market cap. The company is fighting for survival in the midst...
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Bank of America Updates Price Target for Overstock.com
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 9:53am | 104Read More...Shares of Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) have been leaping higher over the past three months, but Bank of America/Merrill Lynch (NYSE: BAC) is out with an investor note today saying that the company is fairly valued at $22.00-23.00. Analysts cited comps that “got slightly more difficult,” as well as...
