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Moneyball Economics founder and CEO, Andrew Zatlin, understands the subject of vice in a way few others do. In part two of Benzinga’s conversation with Zatlin, the economist discussed luxury spending and the role of vices like gambling and prostitution in predicting economic activity....

Benzinga will host the first-ever Benzinga Fintech Awards Gala on April 8 in New York. Held at the swanky Tribeca Three Sixty, the event will honor the best companies in the fintech space. "We deeply believe there's a better way to help people take control of their financial future and...

“We may not have communicated well enough to investors about what to expect,” said Organovo Holdings (NYSE: ONVO) CEO Keith Murphy in an exclusive interview with Benzinga. Murphy outlined two factors that, in his view, may have contributed to impatience on the part of investors....

According to Merchant Cash & Capital founder, President and CEO Stephen Sheinbaum, the big takeaway from the most recent NFIB Small Business Optimism Index was that that optimism is edging up in the business community. Sheinbaum, who spoke with Benzinga, noted, “In particular, you...

Who will be the next Apple? What company with what disruptive idea will turn the world of technology upside down? In this series, Benzinga interviewed CEOs of several technology startups that are making waves today in hopes of making a difference tomorrow. One of the problems with defining a...

Every year around this time, gasoline prices go up as refiners transition from "winter blend" to "summer blend." This year, however, according to GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst, Patrick DeHaan, "It's inevitable that retail prices will climb aggressively in weeks...

"The activity we did (in 2014) represented 140 different transactions and about a hundred different contracts. That's a lot of business," Store Capital Corp (NYSE: STOR) CEO Chris Volk told Benzinga. "You've got 240 business days in a year and you are closing on 140 of...

Compuware Corporation and BMC Software, have integrated three software solutions into one package designed to save companies up to 20 percent of the cost of monthly license charge (MLC) costs paid to mainframe providers like International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM)....

According to online interactive platform Codecademy, education is broken. Company co-founder and CEO Zach Sims told Benzinga, “We're still operating in a system in which education costs students tens of thousands of dollars per year, but doesn't promise return on investment....

Intralinks® Holdings, Inc.’s (NYSE: IL) decision to partner with PEI Services (PEI) to give Intralinks DealNexus users access to profiles of more than 57,000 portfolio companies was seen by Intralinks as a huge plus for online deal sourcing. “PEI is so exciting,”...

“As Americans take to the road for Christmas travel, they've all been given a gift that keeps on giving: falling gas prices.” That, according to Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst with gasoline price website GasBuddy.com, was good news for consumers Monday, “...

Following a buyout by Chicago-based Thoma Bravo LLC, Detroit-based Compuware Corporation was taken private and split in two. One of the two new components retained the Compuware name, will remain in Detroit and will be headed by new CEO, Chris O’Malley. Benzinga spoke with O’...

Privately, CEOs are probably like most people, fed up with gridlock in Washington and feeling somewhat powerless to do anything about it. Based on the “polite declines” Benzinga received when reaching out to several corporate leaders for comment, however, many preferred to keep...

For a corporation that CEO Bruce Cazenave described “in the grand scheme of things” as “still what we consider a smaller company,” Nautilus, Inc. (NYSE: NLS) has not lacked when it comes to a large and impressive product lineup. In addition to its famed namesake, the...