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Stocks closed broadly if modestly higher Friday on light volume as traders avoided making any big bets ahead of a long holiday weekend. The equity markets closed up for the third straight day and extended their winning ways to a third consecutive week.

What's the status of Startup Nation? Fledgling tech companies are smaller, more numerous and a bit crazier if you ask top executives and investors gathered at the Supernova 2009 technology conference in San Francisco this week. Prominent angel investor and venture capitalist Dave McClure puts it...

Is Facebook actually cash-flow positive? Could this lead to another Internet IPO boom? __________________ Short interest is at its lowest levels since February 2007. What does this mean? __________________ Uber-investor DE Shaw has been loading up on shares of Priceline (PCLN). __________________

A late-day rally led by financials pushed stocks higher just before the closing bell, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped back to close down 26 points, or 0.3 percent, at 8,058. The broader S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both finished slighly higher for the day. Energy stocks were among the...

Following a horrendous week in the stock market, many investors may want to shy away now. But could this be the exactly right time to get back into the stock market? If you decide it is, here are a few suggestion, as well as some warning, from BloggingStocks and around the Web: Crocs (CROX) isn't...

U.S. futures were sharply lower Friday morning, indicating stock markets could have a rough day on Wall Street ... once again: Before the bell: Stock futures point to more losses on Wall Street today General Motors Corp. (GM)'s Saab, the Swedish-based subsidiary, filed for bankruptcy protection...