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Retail
Walmart’s War On The Competition
Walmart.com (NYSE:WMT) began to offer free shipping today on many items such as electronics, toys and jewelry. Most of the products in the program are not available in stores. The gambit is…
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Companies and Brands
Amazon’s Move Into Babycare (AMZN)
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is making another acquisition to move into specialty retail areas, this time in the realm of babycare products. Jeff Bezos and friends are acquiring a company called Quidsi,…
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Investing
Today’s Best Rumors (11/8/2010) AOL, Sara Lee M&A
Updated throughout the day. Aol (NYSE: AOL) has hired investment bankers to look at strategic option which may include a bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) (WSJ) Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) is close…
3:59am ET
Media
Media Digest 11/8/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Chine criticized the US for its QE2 program because it believe the move will add to much liquidity to emerging markets. (Reuters) Regulators have begun to examine Citigoup debt funds to see…
2:44pm ET
Investing
When P/E Ratios Become Challenging (LVS, NFLX, WYNN, AMZN, WYNN, BIDU, RHT, OPEN, CRM, AAPL, GOOG)
The most common method of valuing stocks is the good old P/E ratio that measures the share price versus the trailing 12-months earnings. For many tech and biotech stocks, that means that…
11:43am ET
Retail
Another Walmart Digital Disaster?
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) started a digital movie download service with Hewlett-Packard Corp. (NASDAQ:HPQ) in 2007 that lasted for about a year until it was shut down because of lack of consumer…
4:40am ET
Media
Comcast Is Not Dead, It’s Thriving
Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has been declared dead so many times that CEO Brian Roberts might want to dress up like a vampire for Halloween. First, the media declared Comcast its…
1:25pm ET
Media
Has Netflix Found The Internet Video Holy Grail?
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) is in the middle of the oldest dilemma on the Interne: how to make money doing cool stuff. It’s the old “why buy the cow when you can get…
4:08am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/25/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: What might have become a currency war before the G20 has turned to very tentative cooperation. Reuters: Emerging nations will have more say in IMF policies. WSJ: Bank of…
8:58am ET
Investing
Top Active Trader Alerts (ALGN, AMZN, ARST, BIDU, LIVE, ERIC, NFLX, RVBD, SNDK, VPHM)
Active traders have several big moves this morning that are on the trading radar screens. We are tracking key moves in shares of Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN),…
4:09am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/22/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The US will push a trade and foreign exchange agenda at the G20 meeting. Reuters: Fed officials are still not in agreement about quantitative easing. Reuters: American International…
8:05am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AGU, AMZN, BJ, COMV, ETFC, GRNB, MPEL, MCP, NGG, NFLX, STX, TSO, TXT)
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)…
7:01am ET
Retail
The Ten Holiday Gifts No One Will Buy In Stores
E-commerce sales are still below 10% of all retail sales in the US, but the category has posted a better growth rate than bricks-and-mortar revenue for some time. comScore reported that between…
2:00pm ET
Investing
Earnings Season Curse on High-Priced Stocks? (IBM, AAPL, ISRG, VMW, NFLX, AMZN, BIDU, GOOG, PCLN, GS, EMC, INTC)
There is an interesting theme that has been worth looking deeper into so far this earnings season. High-priced stocks that have seen significant runs higher have a bias against the stocks after…
6:09am ET
Retail
Holiday Spending Expected To Rise To $688.87 Per Person
The National Retail Federation says that the average consumer will spend $688.87 this holiday season–exactly–up from $681.83 last year. The 1% improvement is not likely to save the sector from another difficult…