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In releasing Q1 earnings Tuesday, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) beat expectations but failed to show a profit. On revenue of $250 million, the company reported earnings per share on a non-GAAP basis, of $0.00. The street had expected a loss of three cents per share and revenue of $241.5 million. The...

CEOs say the darndest things. Mike Jeffries, the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), has repeatedly insulted consumers by saying that he only wants certain kinds of people (the "good-looking" ones) to shop at his store. Lululemon (NASDAQ: LULU) founder and former CEO Chip Wilson got in...

BlogHer co-founder and CEO Elisa Camahort Page is helping online writers everywhere earn more money through a bit of Internet fame and marketing flair. She discussed her enterprise on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday. “We're a network of 3,000 blogs and over 12,000 social profiles across Twitter,...

There's no glass ceiling for women on social media. A new infographic from Finances Online says that ladies are using social media more than their male counterparts. In 2013, 76 percent of U.S. women were using Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) , compared to only 66 percent of men. Women also beat out men on...

When one study reports findings that are different than conventional wisdom, Wall Street reads it cautiously. When numerous, well-respected research houses report findings that change the paradigm, that’s a big deal. 2013 was the year that the paradigm-shift took place in social media data,...

In 2013, world markets have seen record highs after a year of ultra-easy monetary policies and an improving global economy. Benchmark bond yields looked set to post their first annual rise since 2009 and Wall Street was poised to have its best year since 1997 with a 29 percent gain. Most...

Thank IBM for compiling a wealth of quality data over the holiday season. The company published a series of reports detailing consumer shopping habits over this year’s holiday season that started on Thanksgiving. The latest numbers prove what companies already know: You have to go where your...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) recently acquired social search company Topsy Labs Inc. for at least $200 million. Never heard of Topsy? If you’re looking to analyze all of the Twitter data since 2006, Topsy is (or was) your company of choice. You could figure out...

With Black Friday looming (or Black Thursday if you are so inclined), now is as good a time as any to consider a few tactics for avoiding overspending over the holidays. Despite your good intentions, the cheery music, bright lights, enticing ads and impulse displays in stores often trick...

IPOs are on track for their busiest year since the 2008 financial crisis, but are being met with less investor enthusiasm, according to the Wall Street Journal. From November 4 to November 8, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) was one of only 13 new issues that were priced above the listing company's...

With all the hype surrounding Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) IPO, many investors are starting to ask “who's next?” Pinterest's name can now be scratched off any potential list. CNET reported on November 6 that the popular photo-sharing website has no plans to join the ranks of other social media...

Communication is the cornerstone of any relationship, whether in business or at home. Without effective communication, even otherwise flawless relationships will inevitably have a very limited shelf life. The ways in which humans have communicated with one another over the last century have...

A recent survey by statista found that nearly one in three Americans (29 percent) log on to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) at least once during working hours every day. Second on the list was Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Mail which was visited by a little more than 24 percent of the U.S. workforce on a daily...

What does Twitter founder Jack Dorsey think of Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) use of hashtags? David Kirkpatrick, the founder and CEO of Techonomy Media, posed that very question to Dorsey during a panel at Techonomy Detroit this week. Dorsey's response was unusually succinct. "Not a fan," he replied...