5:17am ET
Investing
Short Sellers Move Back Into Banks, Tech
Short sellers pushed back into banks and other financial firms during the period that ended on July 15. It may be that they sensed earnings would be weak. Or, that the recent…
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Target Corp
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9:48am ET
Companies and Brands
Summer Retail Sales, Focus on Price (COST, TGT, LTD, M, JWN, AEO, GPS, HOTT, WMT)
Retail sales reports for the month of June are arriving thick and fast this morning, but the news is lukewarm at best and the outlook for the back-to-school season is soft. Consumer…
12:29pm ET
Retail
Wal-Mart Shakes Up Executive Suite
For a while there, during the economic downturn that started in the second half of 2008, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) looked like it had found a large number of new customers for…
3:35am ET
Media
Media Digest 6/22/2010
Reuters: The White House budget director will leave. Reuters: China’s state-owned banks are buying dollars. Reuters: Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and the FTC are in talks to settle a market abuse case. Reuters: …
3:16pm ET
Investing
Big Dividend & Buybacks Keep Coming (BG, FRX, IN, KBR, MON, VIA, WMT, CAT, FDX, TGT)
So much for a double-dip recession, or at least that is what the waves of new share buybacks and dividend hikes from big key companies are saying. In recent days we have…
4:44am ET
Retail
Walmart To Aid Employees To Get College Educations
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) plans to help 1.4 million of its US workers to get a higher education. The company announced that “Walmart’s Lifelong Learning Program will make it more convenient and more…
8:28am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (IRE, BCSI, FNFG, MON, OVTI, PG, RHT, TGT, WFC, WMT)
These are some of this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Raised to Buy at UBS. Blue…
1:14pm ET
Companies and Brands
Next Week’s Can’t Miss Earnings Reports (ABK, LOW, HD, WMT, HPQ, DE, AMAT, GME, SPLS, TGT, BRCD, DELL, GPS, MRVL, SHLD)
Earnings season is already winding down, but don’t think it is over yet. Next week we still have much in retail and we still have DJIA components and major tech companies reporting…
8:21am ET
Investing
Top Day Trader Alerts (ADCT, ALU, FRE, FNM, JDSU, MED, MPEL, NBG, QCOR, TGT)
There are many movers today, but a lack of the double-digit gainers and losers we have seen. The movers on news this Thursday for day traders and active traders are ADC Telecommunications…
5:42am ET
Consumer Electronics
Kindle: Hostage To Its Own Fame
Amazon (NASAQ: AMZN) announced that it would begin to sell its Kindle digital book reader in some Target (NYSE: TGT) stores. The news was viewed as a big “win” for Amazon, which has…
3:39am ET
Media
Media Digest (4/22/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The head of GM says taxpayers may get their entire investment back. Reuters: Obama will urge tougher rules on Wall St. Reuters: The CEO of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) attacked…
5:25pm ET
Retail
Kindle Comes to Target, A Smart & Expected Move (AMZN, AAPL, TGT)
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) issued a press release after the closing bell today that is confirming what has gone around the rumor mill for some time. The Kindle ebook reader from Amazon.com…
6:10pm ET
Investing
Wal-Mart Top Management Made $65 Million As Shares Faltered
The top five officers at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (NYSE: WMT) made $65 million in aggregate in the company’s fiscal year ending January 31. Shareholders did not do quite as well. Wal-Mart shares rose only…
3:28am ET
Investing
America’s Most Successful Second Place Companies
“Never look over your shoulder. Something might be gaining on you.”–Satchel Page Jack Welsh once said that GE would sell any division of the conglomerate that was not No.1 or No.2 in…
5:55pm ET
Retail
Cramer’s Anti-Greece Stock Militia (BBBY, TJX, GS, EOG, WYNN, ROST, TGT)
It’s been a while since we covered Jim Cramer on CNBC’s MAD MONEY, probably for multiple reasons other than many of his shows seemed to be taped educational pieces. But tonight after…