Online retailer Amazon (AMZN) hit a 52-week high last week. So did Priceline (PCLN), Expedia (EXPE), and eBay (EBAY). Even Overstock (OSTK) made the list. On the 52-week low side of the…
Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) is doing a large management suffle. Normally management shuffles spook investors and normally we don’t like to see them in good companies. But if this was being evaluated in…
Douglas A. McIntyre The lines are out. The costumes are on. Halo 3 is on imminent release. 10 minutes for the east coast. Halo 4, or the next version/series of Halo, is already under development. …
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said some companies fail for many reasons. If you have to have to US consumer spending, the rate cuts might not help. Cramer has…
By now, everyone on earth knows of the launch of Halo 3. Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bungie Studios is launching this at Midnight tonight. This should pretty easily surpass the $125 million in first-day…
The September short interest for NYSE stocks is out, and a number of big names in mortgages, retail ,and housing say bets against them move up. The figures compare shares short on…
Circuit City Stores, Inc. (NYSE:CC) is feeling the wrath of the trading gods today. At $9.05 it’s also putting in a new 52-week low under the prior $9.43 low, and this is…
Word is that Wal-Mart (WMT) will offer a sub-$300 back-to-school PC. Early versions may have Microsoft (MSFT) Windows but DeskTopLinux says that it will ship with Ubuntu Linux soon. Having a such…
Below are key short interest statistics for July. The figures are as of July 13 compared to June 15, 2007 Largest Short Positions Company …
Sometimes the media will take a little bit of news and carry it too far. CNN Money recently speculated that because Wal-Mart had good sales in consumer electronics during the four weeks…
According to Reuters, Rio Tinto (RTP) has launched a $38.1 billion takeover bid for Alcan (AL). Reuters writes that customers at JP Morgan have been confused by opposite calls on future plans…
How fast the world can change in retail, particularly when you are a troubled technology retailer. Circuit City (NYSE:CC) is hitting yet another 52-week low this morning. The company stock is down…
The record industry is being destroyed by a combination of cheap digital downloads and falling CD sales. Apple’s (AAPL) iTune operation is now the third largest seller of music in the US…
Apple’s (AAPL) position as a seller of music improves as each day passes. According to The Associate press, the online music store has passed Target (TGT) and Amazon (AMZN) both of which…
Best Buy’s (BBY-NYSE) Q1 2008 was a bit of a disappointment, although that is somewhat par for the course as the mood was fairly sour going into the report. The company posted…
