Dollar General Q2 Earnings Beat Due to New Stores, Increased Traffic
Dollar General released better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings report before the markets opened on Thursday.
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Starbucks Sued Over Teavana Mall Store Closures
Mall operator Simon Property Group is suing Starbucks seeking to stop the coffee and tea retailer from closing stores in Simon malls.
Robust Natural Gas Demand Could Be Huge for 4 Top Stocks
While oil prices have been range-bound for much of this year, the interesting area that many energy investors are turning their attention to is natural gas, and with good reason.
Harvey, Labor Day Holiday Could Push US Gasoline Prices Higher
Gasoline shortages that can be attributed to tropical storm Harvey will begin to appear in other parts of the United States by Friday, pushing pump prices higher as the Labor Day holiday weekend begins.
Hurricane Harvey to Hurt Car Sales, but Can’t Stop GM’s Progress
Analysts are almost universal in their opinion that Hurricane Harvey will cut into U.S. car sales in August. However, the forecast that GM will have an extremely good month has remained.
Will Whole Foods Workers Be Replaced by Amazon Technology?
For some time, robotics experts have forecast that robots will replace many of the jobs within the retail industry. This is particularly true for checkout functions and packaging.
North Korea and Debt Ceiling Tie as Disasters for US Economy
The American economy seems impossible to derail. However, two factors, completely unrelated, could ruin current progress.
6 Most Important Things in Business Today
Disney will cut staff at its ABC television operation, Uber's new CEO predicts that company will go public sometime in the next three years, and other important headlines.
Most Famous Band From Every State
The United States is one of the largest exporters of modern music. The world loves to listen to American music — most of the top-selling global artists of all time are American. Many of…
Wednesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers Among the S&P 500
The S&P 500 index closed up about 0.5% Wednesday on a day that saw all three major indexes finish on the up side.
Otonomy, Mondelez Drop into Wednesday’s 52-Week Low Club
Otonomy, General Electric, Mondelez, and Teva all posted new 52-week lows on Wednesday.
Cisco, Goldman Sachs Prop Up DJIA on Wednesday
Cisco Systems, Goldman Sachs, Caterpillar, and Microsoft were helping the DJIA stay in the green Wednesday.
1.5 Million Americans a Year Make Medication Errors
Taking more than a prescribed amount of medication leads to nearly 1.5 million calls annually to U.S. poison control centers.
Amazon Alexa, Microsoft Cortana Devices Will Soon Talk to Each Other
Amazon and Microsoft this morning announced an agreement that will result in users being able to use each company's voice-recognition software to talk to devices made by the other.
ImmunoGen Riding High on Jazz Pharma Deal
ImmunoGen announced this week that it has decided to partner with Jazz Pharmaceuticals, and investors have pushed Immunogen shares to a new 52-week high.