Can Sears Sales Overcome Its Old Stores Problem?
Earnings from Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) were so awful that Wall Street pushed its stock price down close to 10%. The question is whether the company can overcome the ...Read Full Story »
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Bill Gates Tops Bloomberg Billionaires — for Now
In the battle of the billionaire lists, Forbes has held the high ground for years. Now, Bloomberg Billionaires has taken a prominent spot in media coverage. That was boosted yesterday when ...Read Full Story »
Walmart (WMT) Earnings Show Ability to Tackle Amazon (AMZN)
Wall Street considered almost all the news from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s (NYSE: WMT) earings as bad. U.S. comp sales declined 1.4% in the 13-week period from Jan. 26 to April 26, 2013, ...Read Full Story »
What Is Important: Crowded Airplanes and Bloomberg Billionaire Winners
Record Air Traffic This Summer For those who do not have to travel by air this summer -- don't. The number of seats filled will hit near-record levels. Airports will be ...Read Full Story »
Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The European Central Bank may begin to identify weak banks and deny them aid. (Reuters)Foxconn, once one of Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) largest suppliers, says it needs additional time to ...Read Full Story »
Closing Bell for Thursday on Wall Street: Markets Open Mixed, Fail to Hold Gains
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning following a blizzard of data releases on the U.S. economy. Before that data came out, however, there was some positive data out of ...Read Full Story »
Walmart Stock Hit by Decline in International Earnings
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) reported first-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened this morning. The retailing giant posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.14 on revenues of $114.2 ...Read Full Story »
Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway New Stock Holdings: Value, Dividends, Growth
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett released the conglomerate's stock holdings as of March 31, 2013. This 13F filing with the SEC shows that the company's total equity ...Read Full Story »
Closing Bell for Wednesday on Wall Street: Markets Open Soft, Close with a Flourish
U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning following a number of data releases related to the U.S. economy. Producer prices declined in April and the New York manufacturing index ...Read Full Story »
Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Data show that economic activity in Germany slowed sharply in the first quarter while France fell into recession. (Reuters) Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) starts to deliver the 787 Dreamliner again. ...Read Full Story »
L Brands, Zumiez Lead Rise in April Retail Sales
Retailers are announcing April same-store sales figures today. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 3.5% year-over-year, compared with a 2% gain in February and a 1.4% gain ...Read Full Story »
Tesla, Groupon, Sony Face Earnings Challenge
Several companies announced earnings recently, and each one has to withstand suspicions that their successes will be short lived. Based on what some investors can see in the numbers, the ...Read Full Story »
Costco, Other Chain Stores Report Retail Sales for April Tomorrow
Same-store retail sales from many of the country’s largest chains are scheduled to hit the tape tomorrow. Sales in February and March rose just 2% and 1.4%, respectively, so the ...Read Full Story »
J.C. Penney Trouble Beyond Repair
J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) traded up a little after the retailer gave details about results for its latest quarter. The investors who stepped in made a mistake. The ...Read Full Story »
Succession Planning at Walmart: Insiders Only Need Apply
Since founder Sam Walton stepped down as the company’s CEO in 1988, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has had three CEOs, all of whom had long experience with the company ...Read Full Story »
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