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Top Stocks Of 2013 Run Gamut: Solar, Drugs, Tech, TV

Fifteen companies with $1 billion-plus market caps bagged stock gains above 300% in 2013, all but two of them tech and drug stocks. Four solar stocks made this list, led by Canadian Solar (CSIQ), up 777%. The others: SunPower (SPWR), up 431%; SolarCity (SCTY), up 376%; and SunEdison (SUNE) up 302%. Solar’s progress was partly an industry recovery story — and that could continue into 2014. In 2013 “we were coming off two decimating years in the

Twitter Stock Run-Up Attracts Some Short Sellers

As microblogging network Twitter’s stock price climbed last month, the amount of short interest in the stock also rose — as some investors bet that the stock would reverse course. Most every stock attracts some short sellers, but Twitter’s short interest did jump. After Twitter’s (TWTR) Nov. 7 IPO, the stock wasn’t a “hot” one for short sellers, says Tim Smith, executive vice president of the Astec Analytics unit of financial services software

Facebook, Twitter, Netflix In Tech Top 10 Stories

From peeling back the NSA onion to wearing gadgets that turn your wrist or eyeglasses into data devices, IBD’s Top 10 tech stories of 2013 add intrigue and wonder to the high-tech revolution. Even beyond Apple, Google and Amazon, 2013 stacked up well on the tech-newsworthiness scale. Can 2014 top this? 1. NSA Surveillance Disclosures The biggest tech story of the year dropped in early June, with reports in the U.K.’s Guardian and the Washington