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Murata Electronics North America (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing) recently announced its plans to acquire Peregrine Semiconductor (NASDAQ: PSMI). Shares of Peregrine rose more than 60 percent after the deal was announced. If one analyst's prediction comes true, Peregrine...

Citing U.S. intelligence officials, Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the Islamic State ISIL could be raising more than $2 million a day –- much of it from oil sales. The oil comes from seven oil fields and two refineries in northern Iraq, which ISIS controls, along with six out of 10 oil...

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) recent purchase of Twitch should not be taken lightly. The online retail giant acquired the live streaming video platform for $970 million. The surprising deal might appear pretty straightforward, but there are five key things not everyone knows about it. 1. Twitch...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly planning to take on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) advertising business. This rumor begs one key question: Is this a battle Amazon can realistically win? "I wouldn't bet against Amazon on anything," Dan Sahar, co-founder and VP of Product...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) officially announced that it had acquired Twitch for $970 million this week. The deal came weeks after reports indicated that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) would acquire the firm. "I think it's a great move by Amazon," Dan Sahar, co-founder and VP of Product...

Sales of yoga apparel have risen 45 percent year over year, according to analysts at SportsOneSource. During the same time period, yoga participation also grew... by 4.5 percent. Analysts at Barclays may have noticed the same trend. Those analysts stated that the U.S. athletic apparel market (...

CNET, NDTV and numerous others reported that China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) had leaked the iPhone 6 on Weibo. Diehard Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) users quickly pointed out that the image -- which features three iPhones (in black, gray and gold) and a new tagline ("Even Better") -- had been...

Before Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) officially acquired Beats Electronics, many analysts speculated about alternative mergers. Spotify was one of the first companies that came up, followed by Pandora (NYSE: P), Bose and others within the music business. Now that the Beats deal is over, further merger...

Premarket and after-hours trading are a mystery for many individual traders. With help from Rob Friesen, Dennis Dick and Dan Steinberg of Bright Trading, this three-part series attempts to tackle some of the questions surrounding extended hours investing. The first part examined added risk and...

Moviegoers are hungry for The Hunger Games, but not everyone is willing to pay for a legal download. Tru Optik, a startup that provides real-time and predictive audience intelligence for the media, entertainment and advertising industries, estimates that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has an...

There's a good chance your next new vehicle will be manufactured in Mexico. As a new article in Forbes notes, the Mexican government in recent years has secured free trade deals with 44 countries --- compared with only 20 such agreements between the U.S and other nations. That means about...

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) recently launched a new video ad product for advertisers. The product is expected to rival Facebook, which is the current leader in this area of social media. "Tweets can go viral, but videos can also go viral and I think videos can go viral faster," Sean Udall,...

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) is rumored to be interested in acquiring Xbox Entertainment Studios from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Few analysts were interested in talking to Benzinga about the rumor, which may turn out to be completely false given Microsoft's official statement on the matter....

While fashion fads continue to come and go, one fad appears to be picking up momentum: Jeans are no longer cool. According to a report by CBS San Francisco, total jeans sales in the United States are down six percent year to year, following a growth of denim over the past decade. Say It Ain...

Disney (NYSE: DIS) is currently embroiled in a pricing, promotion and product placement battle with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). The two companies can't seem to agree on any of those issues. Consequently, Amazon is preventing consumers from pre-ordering Disney's movies on DVD or Blu-ray. Two...