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Media Digest (2/1/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 6:46 am

Facebook will launch an IPO to raise $5 billion. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) says costs may drive it to a loss this quarter. (Reuters) Sony (NASDAQ: SNE) appoints Kazuo Hirai ...
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Walmart’s E-commerce Woes Cannot Be Solved by a New Online CEO

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 6:44 am

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) added a new CEO to oversee its e-commerce operations. The general perception is that this business should be more competitive with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). That will be hard to ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (BRCM, NFLX, NOK, GOOG, VMW, STZ, MON, WOR, HELE, DNDN, ACOM, ZUMZ, OSH, BKS, AEO)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 4:05 pm

US markets opened lower today and finally managed modest gains by mid-afternoon. News from Europe on the reluctance of banks to lend, coupled with an higher-than-expected yield on a French ...
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Will Sony Buy NOOK? Big Value For Barnes & Noble

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 9:48 am

Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) lost 29% of its market cap on news that it might spin-off its NOOK e-reader operations. The book company is now worth only $850 million. ...
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Media Digest (1/5/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 6:33 am

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will complete the capital raise for its $16 billion fund. (Reuters) The EU agrees to an embargo on Iranian oil. (Reuters) Citing defense cuts, Boeing (NYSE: BA) ...
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The Best and Worst Online Stores This Holiday

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:30 am

Customer service surveys cannot entirely distinguish between true, direct customer service on the one hand and brand perception and reputation of the company providing the service on the other. A ...
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Retail Stocks Investors Abandoned May Be Crippled for Good

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 6:00 am

Investors walked away from several retail stocks late this year. Those companies probably will continue to falter in 2012 and 2013. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Sears ...
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Potential Upside for Specialty Retailers (SPLS, OMX, BKS, BID, PETM)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 7:30 am

With the focus on holiday shopping, now is a good time to have a look at potential upside gains in specialty retail stocks. We’ve looked at five stocks that we’ve ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/2/2011) Chrysler Victory, Google Chrome Surge

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:41 am

The sovereign debt problem in Europe gets more complex by the hour. The European Central Bank said it may intervene to buy paper issued by nations that are economically weak. ...
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Google E-commerce Plan May Further Damage Traditional Retailers

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:23 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will start an e-commerce business to compete with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). Amazon is the devil to struggling bricks-and-mortar companies that want more online sales. But Google eventually ...
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Media Digest (12/2/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:22 am

Auto sales reach a two-year high. (Reuters) Tom Glocer, the head of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), resigns and will be replaced by the COO. (Reuters) The intellectual property battle between ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GOOG, IAG, ERTS, STX, ONXX, CRZO, GIL, BKS, LULU, ISLE, KR, TLB, PEIX, LAVA, CLWR, STNG, HOVNP)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 4:05 pm

Equity markets opened slightly lower this morning, following yesterday’s big share price increases. For most of the day stocks traded slightly lower, although they have moved to a very slight ...
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Online Retailers Stealing Bricks And Mortar Business

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 5:18 am

The Monday following this year’s Thanksgiving, also known as Cyber Monday, was the highest-grossing online shopping day in U.S. history. According to research firm comScore, spending reached $1.25 billion, an ...
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24/7 Wall St. Preview – Week of November 28 – December 2 (ZOLT, TIF, ARO, AEO, BKS, JOSB, LULU, ZUMZ, BIG)

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 12:01 pm

With one holiday down and another on deck, the coming week offers something of a breather. Most quarterly earnings are out already, but there are several due next week that ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/14/2011) Boeing Record Order, Walmart Earnings

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:39 am

Big retailer earnings due this week. Earnings from Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are due this week. The numbers from Target and Walmart, particularly their guidance for ...
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