In this article, we've compiled a list of 17 companies that accept bitcoin, all of which are major, publicly traded companies.
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May 5 - Lists, News, Tech - Comments
If you are a technology fanatic and a computer enthusiast, chances are that you’ve wondered what the fastest supercomputers in the world are capable of; and get ready because...
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November 12 - Lists - Comments
Bridgewater Associates -- founded by Ray Dalio, who famously predicted the global financial crisis in 2007 -- is a $150 billion hedge fund with a wide spectrum of institutional...
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March 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Farallon Capital Management, in latest filing, disclosed that it initiated a position in Sycamore Networks, Inc.
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January 14 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
After a rocky start to the month, Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners, the activist and event-driven hedge fund managed by the New York–based investment firm of the same name, ...
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December 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Legg Mason’s Bill Miller is struggling to find the ‘extraordinary’ value in the US he did last year, and said equity markets could rise even higher in 2014.
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November 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
It has been about 100 hours since William Ackman revealed his Pershing Square hedge fund’s nearly 10% stake in both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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November 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
There aren’t many broad market exposures more distrusted right now than emerging markets.
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November 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
A growing number of managers of very large, well-known hedge fund firms have been going on a shopping spree, placing big bets on name-brand retailers or their suppliers in recent...
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November 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Steven Cohen’s company has agreed to pay, plead guilty to all criminal charges and close its investment advisory business in a deal reached with Manhattan U.S.
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November 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
In the hedge fund world, there are dozens of transactions made on a daily basis, and if you’re a regular reader of Insider Monkey, you likely understand that some are more important...
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October 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
This weekend Stan Druckenmiller sat down with the WSJ to talk about hiscontinued crusade for entitlement reform.
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October 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Winton Capital Management Ltd., the $24.5 billion hedge-fund firm founded by David Harding, said profit plunged 64 percent last year after its main fund posted just its second...
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October 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Biggest online stores: For numerous entrepreneurs, the advent of the Internet has represented a new way of looking at businesses and making a profit.
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September 25 - Lists - Comments
Public company going private: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s stock plummeted by 17% on Friday and an extra 5.6% today, following the pre-announcement of very weak second-quarter...
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September 23 - News - Comments
BlackBerry takeover: Takeover targets are some of the most widely discussed companies among investors and traders alike.
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September 23 - News - Comments
Buying version two of a product is almost a universal rule for consumers. This is true for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and its Surface RT.
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September 23 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Newell Rubbermaid Inc.
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September 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), in partnership with Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TEF) and QUALCOMM, Inc.
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September 16 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE), Autodesk, Inc.
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September 16 - News - Comments
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 16 - News - Comments
Carl Icahn’s asset allocation strategy originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com.
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September 14 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor's Note: Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), EZchip Semiconductor Ltd.
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September 13 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
Icahn is famous for investments like this where he takes an active role in trying to unlock shareholder value, but he is actually a successful value investor with a long history...
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September 13 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Last November, I announced my intention to create a portfolio of 10 companies that investors had effectively thrown away and given up on, in the hope of showing that deep-value...
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September 13 - News - Comments
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 12 - News - Comments
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 12 - News - Comments
Tesla Motors sells its popular electric cars through its website rather than local dealerships, a business move that has made it the target of legal battles backed by powerful...
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September 12 - News - Comments
Activist investor Carl Icahn said he bought more shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) on Wednesday as the company's stock price slid.
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September 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Today's vehicles are marvels of modern technical innovation. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), for example, has an interface in its cars that allows them to be controlled remotely...
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September 11 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Dell Inc.
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September 11 - News - Comments
Everyone's talking about the consumer tech giant these days, but ICahn couldn't resist patting his own back with his timely purchase of Netflix, Inc.
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September 11 - News - Comments
The computer hardware industry is a perfect example. Leading players managed to boost sales at a double-digit pace in the 1990s and again the past decade.
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September 10 - News - Comments
On September 9th, billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, who manages Icahn Capital (find Icahn's favorite stocks), conceded his battle over Dell Inc.
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September 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 10 - News - Comments
Tiger Global Management, Chase Coleman's more than $11 billion stock-focused hedge and private equity fund firm, is set to launch a long-only vehicle, according to two people ...
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September 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Though known the world over as a successful industry-changing electric vehicle, the Model S appears to have a weakness in its supposedly secure Application Programming Interface...
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September 9 - News - Comments
Last November, I announced my intention to create a portfolio of 10 companies that investors had effectively thrown away and given up on, in the hope of showing that deep-value...
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September 6 - News - Comments
Now that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has agreed to acquire Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)'s device business, the company can't dance around the fact that it makes...
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September 5 - News - Comments
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), one of the grand old ladies of the tech industry, has seen its prospects evaporating for quite some time now.
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September 5 - News - Comments
The Motley Fool's readers have spoken, and I have heeded their cries.
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September 5 - News - Comments
Today let's look at investing giant Carl Icahn, who has made billions, partly by taking large positions in companies and pushing for change in them.
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September 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor's Note: The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAIN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ:IEP), Nuance Communications Inc.
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September 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Dell Inc.
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August 30 - News - Comments
Earlier this month, legendary corporate raider Carl Icahn announced via Twitter that he owned a stake in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).
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August 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
With major industrial giants like Siemens, Germany is no small fry.
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August 28 - News - Comments
Earlier this month, legendary corporate raider Carl Icahn announced via Twitter that he owned a stake in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).
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August 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) and Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) are two closely compared competitors, operating in many of the same industries.
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August 27 - News - Comments
Last November, I announced my intention to create a portfolio of 10 companies that investors had effectively thrown away and given up on, in the hope of showing that deep-value...
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August 23 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Nuance Communications Inc.
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August 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments