courtesy of FordThe Mustang. Ford’s (NYSE: F) storied sports car, now aged, got a makeover. The publicity the new auto got was extraordinary. But, it did not help the No.2 U.S. manufacturers shares. The…
ThinkstockYesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate had dropped to 7% for the first time in five years, based on November numbers. American employers added 203, 000 jobs. But, by…
What do the demographics of American’s shoppers look like, and where do they shop based on their incomes? Gallup claims it knows, Americans with annual household incomes of $75,000 or more are significantly more…
ThinkstockMany holiday season analysts point to the skies to determine how well retail sales may do. Their logic is that very bad weather will keep people out of malls and shopping centers. Many of…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.News comes out of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) every day, making it one of the longest running dramas in American businesses — one that is now more than…
courtesy of Tesla MotorsTesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) and its chief executive officer, Elon Musk, could not do a single thing wrong. Sales of the company’s electric cars rose so quickly beyond expectations that…
ThinkstockThe data about unemployment in Europe has been grim since before the recession. However, while the jobless rate has improved throughout much of the world, in the economically weakest nations in Europe the rates…
ThinkstockThe Wall Street Journal has published a rumor that China Mobile Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHL), by far the largest wireless carrier in the People’s Republic, will begin to sell the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone.…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The holiday season seems as good a time as any to question whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) can afford to pay its workforce, some of whom make as little as…
courtesy of Ford Motor Company24/7 Wall St. is not a site about cars, although we write about the car industry often. Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is treating the launch of its new Mustang…
courtesy of TargetMany retail stocks are higher over the past month. Investors have either received hard news, or have seen forecasts, that the largest companies in the sector, which include Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:…
Courtesy Volkswagen AGU.S. car and light vehicle sales grew 8.9% to 1,245,325 in November. Most of the largest companies reported record sales. Two large global manufacturers were left well behind — Volkswagen and Hyundai. Each…
ThinkstockCyber Monday online holiday sales reached $1.735 billion, which is an increase of 18% from 2012 and a record. J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) said its same-store sales rose 10% in November, which…
ThinkstockE-commerce has come of age, and is no longer the little brother of bricks and mortar retail. What proponents of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have known all along, research released today supported–online holiday sales are…
courtesy of National Electric Vehicle SwedenFor some reason, the latest owner of the SAAB car business believes it can resurrect an auto brand that is among the most thoroughly destroyed in the past several years. Saab…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesRBS says stocks could rise 30% next year. A slew of other investment banks and market analysts may not be that optimistic, but there is plenty of talk about the Dow Jones…
Courtesy Sony Corp.Sales of Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 reached 2.1 million units worldwide, temporarily giving it bragging rights over Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox. Given that the PS4 just launched and that…
nationsonline.orgPeople who “suffer” the least are concentrated in a few areas, according to a new poll from Gallup. These countries have a number of circumstances that are common among their populations as well. The…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has to have a spectacular record for the 2013 holiday shopping season. So do the Sears and Kmart divisions of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.Car companies are not exactly giving their products away, but as the year draws to a close many are gambling as they take on the burden of interest rates, normally carried…