Amazon.com Inc.If the fourth quarter matters as much to tablet sales as it does to other consumer electronics devices, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will almost certainly have a huge lead. New research shows Kindle sales…
ThinkstockWhat would a huge holiday quarter look like for Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)? Revenue of $25 billion. At that level Amazon would prove that its sales can continue to grow at an unexpectedly rapid pace,…
ThinkstockWhat has become the largest day for online sales in any given year is nearly upon us again. Cyber Monday, the first Monday after the long Thanksgiving weekend, is right around the corner, and…
ThinkstockAt noon ET on Black Friday, online sales are up 7% compared with the same period a year ago and the average order value this year is $142.33. The data is collected and reported…
ThinkstockRetailers are well into their Black Friday shopping day by now and we thought we’d take a look at how the stocks at ten leading retailers are reacting to early news of shopper enthusiasm.…
Organovo Holdings Inc.Organovo Holdings Inc. (NYSEMKT: ONVO) is one of the more unusual 3D printing companies around. Instead of using plastic or metal as its printer medium the company has developed a way to…
ThinkstockA 30-inch natural gas pipeline owned by Energy Transfer Partners LP (NYSE: ETP) exploded in rural Missouri shortly before midnight on Thursday, the second gas pipeline explosion in as many weeks. The first occurred…
courtesy of TwitterThe most popular Twitter (NASDAQ: TWTR) hashtags, usually dominated by celebrity names, breaking news, and common terms like “climate”, have expanded during the busiest part of the holiday season. A few products and…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said this Black Friday morning, that it processed more than 10 million register transactions between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving day and that more…
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LPKinder Morgan Canada, a division of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, (NYSE: KMP), is preparing to file a formal application with the Canadian government to nearly triple the size of…
thinkstockNetwork and cable television program ratings were hammered by the travel patterns of people on their ways for the four day holiday weekend. Nothing the networks offered for Thanksgiving Eve did well, nor did anything on…
Wikimedia CommonsGoogle (NASDAQ: GOOG) does not want to be outdone by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) or the dozens of national retailers which have offered massive discounts on items to bring in foot and online traffic…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.Warren Buffett called Detroit land an asset of “huge potential”. That could only be true if the city’s finances were repaired enough so that tax revenue would outrun city expenses. For the…
ThinkstockBy most measures, close to a third of Americans are overweight if the scientific BMI measurement is used. Some smaller portion are “morbidly obese”, at the far end of the yardstick of those who…
ThinkstockSpain, one of the most badly damaged economies in Europe got a break as S&P raised its outlook on the nation’s sovereign paper to “stable” from “negative. The debt will keep its ‘BBB-/A-3’ grade. Spain…