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Top Insider Trades: WES FCX YELP UIHC

By Jonathan Moreland, founder of Insider Insights and author of Profit From Legal Insider Trading. NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It is a victory for common sense. Tracking the trading behavior of company executives, directors and large shareholders in the stocks of firms they're registered in as "insiders" has proven to be profitable, according to both…
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Yelp to Present at Piper Jaffray TMT Conference

SAN FRANCISCO, March 5, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, today announced that management will present at the Piper Jaffray TMT Conference  in New York, NY on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at  1:00 p.m. ET.(Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050511/SFW134LOGO )A webcast of the presentation will be available on the…
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Yelp — 'The digital age's Yellow Pages,' — tries to remain revolutionary by …

By Emily Tian, Peninsula Press An excerpt from this article is below. Read the full story on the Peninsula Press. Yelp's Chief Operating Officer, Geoff Donaker, right, spoke at Stanford Tuesday, explaining the company's place in the global market and responding to questions about companies that buy ads with Yelp. (Photo: Emily Tian, Peninsula Press)…
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Local search update for Google Maps iOS could hurt Yelp

Google has updated its outstanding Google Maps application for the iPhone with the capability to search for your contacts’ addresses and lots of easy-to-search local business data. Apple’s Maps app received a lot of criticisms after it debuted for iOS 6, but thankfully Google came along and released a standalone Maps app that blew it…
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Is Facebook Graph Search a Dud?

Recs 0 By Steve Heller More Articles March 4, 2013 Comments (0) In this video, Motley Fool contributor Steve Heller goes through the basics of Facbook (NASDAQ: FB  ) Graph Search and what that means for investors. In particular, he resists calling Graph Search a Yelp (NYSE: YELP  ) killer because it's lacking some crucial ingredients. After…
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To Cover Medical Bills, the Uninsured Get Creative

Ever skipped an annual physical or postponed surgery because you dreaded the bills? Insured or not, you're in good company. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 48.2 million Americans under age 65 did not have health insurance in 2011. Even a number of people with insurance didn't get off easy, as millions…
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10 Things Online Reviewers Won’t Say

1. “Trust in us may be misplaced.” Which juicer makes the smallest mess, and what hairstylist does the best blowouts? Consumers increasingly look to online reviews to help them decide what to buy and where. In December, visits to the popular local-business review site Yelp.com were up 15%, year-over-year, according to Web traffic analysis site…
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Beware: A Groupon Campaign Could Slash Your Yelp Rating

Surprise - Groupon Margins And Stock Price Crash Tim Worstall Contributor Is Google To Buy Groupon? And What's Fun If It Does Tim Worstall Contributor Beware Groupon Tim Worstall Contributor Groupon: Probably Not Sustainable Tim Worstall Contributor Here’s a very interesting little piece of economic research. Or, if you prefer, an application of the economics…