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This weekend in Barron's online: the likelihood of another dot-com crash, predictions for 2015, as well as the prospects for Google, Wabtec, Masonite and more. Cover Story "Tech Stocks: This Time It Is Different" by Jack Willoughby and Alexander Eule. This week's cover...

It seems a week can't go by without another story relating to Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) mobile payment solution. This week was no different. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) announced that consumers can buy movies on iOS and play them on Android devices -- and vice versa....

Last week, The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) announced a new program, Coca-Cola Founders, designed to help entrepreneurs take advantage of the global company’s massive reach and resources. The announcement came at Fast Company's Innovation By Design Conference. As David Butler, Coke...

U.S. stocks reversed early morning declines and closed the day little changed ahead of Friday's job reports data, which will be released at 8:30 A.M. The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week by 8,000 according to data released today. Not...

Isabella Tanikumi might have a difficult time proving her case against The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). Tanikumi (whose birth name is Amy Gonzalez) sued Disney for $250 million. She claims that "Frozen," the studio's biggest animated film, takes most of its ideas from her book...

Following the sudden death of actor and comedian Robin Williams on August 11, several companies have found ways to remember and pay tribute to the comic force of nature. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) The company has a tradition of remembering recently deceased world figures, artists and members of the...

The tech industry remained calm this week as most of the big players prepared for their fall events. Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) highly anticipated iPhone 6 still remains a mystery, but a related rumor made headlines this week. Not to be outdone, the long-waited iWatch also made the news after...

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...

Disney (NYSE: DIS) researchers recently came up with a new algorithm that allowed them to print unique spinning tops and yo-yos. The results are unlike anything else the world has ever seen. Disney has not indicated that it plans to sell these items, but they were on display at this year...

While some large publicly traded companies such as Wal-Mart and Panera recently dropped its objections to raising the Federal minimum wage (currently $7.25 per hour), others have gone a step further. These five companies are paying above the minimum wage or have announced that they...

It may still be summer, but as far as retailers are concerned, it's time to get ready to go back to school. Retailers already gearing up include Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Disney (NYSE: DIS), Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS), Target (NYSE: TGT) and J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP...

U.S. stocks sold off after news reports began to surface that a Malaysian Airlines jet has crashed in Ukraine. While details have yet to be confirmed, a Ukraine minister claimed that the plane, which carried nearly 300 people, was shot down by rebels. Also not helping the market sentiment...