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While many people consider Pandora and Sirius to be direct competitors, they have very different business models and plenty of room for growth in their core businesses. Stock analysis firm Trefis explains that Pandora's popularity rides off its "free" and customizable services while Sirius's major selling point is ad-free content.

A rash of recent hack attacks prove that no data is completely safe online anymore. These security breaches, which are only likely to increase in number, leave Americans with the question of how much of their personal information they want online.

Fast-growing daily deal site Groupon on Thursday filed go public, the first step what will be one of the year's most hotly anticipated initial public offerings. The company estimated it would raise $750 million from new investors when it goes public, confirming weeks of speculation.

Mirror investing lets you link your investment account to someone else's: When they make a trade, you automatically trade too. It guarantees that the person guiding you has skin in the game, but is it really wise to put your investment decisions in the hands of a stranger?

The first thing I learned as a young investment banker who often stayed in pricey hotels in big cities -- but didn't have the budget that most guests at that hotel did -- was to figure out how a short walk could save me big. Why buy a candy bar or bottle of water for $4 or $5 from the minibar when...

Ford is expanding a recall of its popular F-Series truck line because of faulty airbags that can deploy unexpectedly and possibly lead to injuries, federal regulators said Thursday. The expanded action now includes some 1.2 million trucks from the 2004 through 2006 model years.

Toyota's recent recall woes may have pushed its U.S. sales lower during the past year, but they haven't stopped one popular model from setting a new milestone: The fuel-efficient Toyota Prius hybrid recently surpassed 1 million sales in the U.S.

Since hitting an all-time high several weeks ago, Apple's stock has gone through a turbulent patch. Investors meanwhile, are considering several issues that could dramatically impact the tech giant's future direction.

Google co-founder Larry Page is set to take over as the search giant's new CEO on Monday. But some worry he may not have the management skills to steer the Internet's most powerful company. After all, early investors made him step down as Google's first CEO in 2001. Will he fare better the second time around?

Two attorneys general have called on Google and Apple to ban DUI checkpoint apps -- which allow drivers to find police checkpoints for drunken drivers -- from their phone application stores. The move follows an announcement last week from four U.S. senators that Research in Motion, makers of...