NYSE Boots National Bank of Greece
The New York Stock Exchange announced on Friday that it has commenced proceedings to delist the American Depositary Shares (ADRs) of the National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG). Friday was the last trading…
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Marijuana Price Jumped 10% Last Week to $1,895
For the week ended Friday, November 27th, the spot price index for a pound of cannabis increased by $166 (about 9.6%) from $1,729 in the prior week to $1,895. The simple (non-volume weighted) average…
Black Friday Online Sales Up 21%
According to IBM’s measurements, Black Friday online sales rose 20.7% as mobile sales moved ahead of desktop, through 6 PM. Almost certainly, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was the primary beneficiary, due to its extremely large…
Ford Gets No Sales, Ditches Promotion
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) thought it had a winner back in October when it announced a two-month promotion called “Friends & Neighbors.” Essentially the offer included a no-haggle sales price of around $200…
The 52-Week Low Club for Friday
November 27, 2015: Here are four stocks trading with heavy volume among 42 equities making new 52-week lows today. U.S. markets closed at 1:00 p.m. ET today. Vale SA (NYSE: VALE) posted a new…
The 4 Stocks That Balanced the DJIA on Friday
November 27, 2015: Markets opened mixed on Friday but only narrowly up or down from Wednesday’s close. No economic data was due out today and there was little corporate news as well. A stronger…
Automakers Promote Black Friday Sales
New light vehicle sales have been stronger than retail sales in general, and there is some speculation that car and light truck sales could have a negative impact on Black Friday retail sales. Auto…
Disney Shares Hit by ESPN Subscriber Losses
The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) filed its 2015 Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday. The day before a holiday and a long weekend is typically a good…
Amazon Pushes Fashion, Prime, and Consumer Electronics
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) fought a battle on two fronts on Black Friday. In the first, it heavily promoted membership to its Prime service, which includes streaming video and aims at Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) and…
Walmart’s Hottest Deals Of The Year
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has a number of products on which its has offered prices reductions. According to the world’s largest retailer these are the “hottest deals of the year”. Walmart’s challenge is that every…
Arkansas Leads States Where People Face Black Friday Violence
Arkansas is the state were it is most likely shoppers will have violent encounters while shopping. The forecast was posted by research site Estately According to Estately management: To determine just where it’s most dangerous to…
What Consumers Are Buying on Black Friday
Online sales are expected to rise again this weekend as all those promised Black Friday deals finally kick-in. Many retailers, including Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) have been running…
Predicting Black Friday Sales Is a Losing Game
Reading the tea leaves hoping to produce an accurate forecast of Black Friday weekend sales essentially always makes for a good story that turns out to be wrong. That doesn’t stop nearly everyone from…
Are You Really Saving Money Shopping on Black Friday?
In a survey of consumers completed in mid-October by website BestBlackFriday.com, nearly two-thirds of consumers said that they do not believe they will get the best holiday season deals by shopping the Black Friday…
Oil Rig Count Drops by 9 as Inventories Continue to Rise
In the period ended November 25th, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the U.S. totaled 555 compared with 564 in the prior week and 1,572 a year ago. Including 189 other rigs…