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What a difference a little competition makes. Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) were up more than 43 percent to $116.00 in pre-market trading Thursday, while rival, SodaStream (NASDAQ: SODA) fell almost five percent to $37.55. (Update: Shares initially traded lower, but...

Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com Twitter: First ever quarterly report disappoints investors Last night, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) reported its first ever quarterly report. The company announced that its fourth quarter EPS of $0.02 beat the consensus estimate of -$0.01....

After what looked to be another rough day at the open, the markets rebounded and ended down only fractionally. The Dow flat up at 15,440.23. The S&P was down 0.2 percent to 1,751.64 and the NASDAQ was down about 0.5 percent to close at 4,011.55. This morning, U.S. markets are sharply...

About a year after CBS rejected SodaStream's (NASDAQ: SODA) Super Bowl ad for attacking Coke and Pepsi, this year’s broadcaster, Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA), has done the same thing. For the same reason. The fact that the star of the commercial, Scarlett Johansson, sensually sips her...

Alcoa may have reported disappointing results last week, but the fourth-quarter earnings season really kicks off this week with reports from J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) on Tuesday. Big name financials will be well represented this week, with results due from the likes of...

Major indices ended the day little changed as investors and traders were not sure how to react to today's job reports. 74,000 jobs were added, well below the estimated 196,000. The report proved to be a complete contradiction to every other report previously seen. Related: ETFs Moving On The...

This weekend in Barron's online: where home prices may go in the next three years, and the prospects for Coca-Cola, Air France-KLM and more. Cover Story "Betting on the House" by Jonathan R. Laing. U.S. home prices are climbing again, points out this week's cover story in Barron's. But they...

Who would have thought that the 2013 would see such a popularization of a variety of home beverage options? In particular, Americans showed that they were ready to take the means of beverage production out of the hands of the big boys, like Coke and Starbucks and take matters into their own hands...

Family offices are entities established to invest for wealthy families. The goals of a family office can vary, but are generally to protect the assets, produce current income, and beat the market over the long term. For each of those, Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) is an ideal holding. Kimberly-...

After much anticipation and heavily speculation the Federal Reserve announced a $10 billion per month taper. Treasury purchases will be cut to $40 billion per month with MBS purchases cut to $35 billion per month. The Fed's move shouldn't come as a surprise as recent economic data and...

After starting the week hitting record closes yesterday, major indices slipped in today's trading session. Investors are anxiously awaiting next week's Federal Reserve meeting which it is becoming more and more apparent that tapering is set to begin sooner, rather than later. The meetings will...

This weekend in Barron's online: recommendations for investing in Latin America, as well as the prospects for Twitter, Discover, Boeing and Covanta. Cover Story "The New Latin America" by Reshma Kapadia. After more than a decade of solid returns, Latin American stocks are down eight percent so...

EnterpriseJungle, a predictive analytics company, does not have a multi-million-dollar contract with a venture capital firm. It does not have a Board of Directors filled with Silicon Valley's most recognizable names. But as corporate and individual users discover the benefits of EnterpriseJungle...

The third-quarter earnings crunch is underway this week. The financial sector will be well represented, with quarterly reports due from the likes of Goldman Sachs and American Express, as well as the tech sector, highlighted by Google and Intel. Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson are among the...

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) will kick off the new earnings season this week. Analysts are looking for revenue declines from these three, and only Wells Fargo to post year-over-year earnings growth. Since it has dropped out of the Dow Jones...