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Retail
Walmart Gets Into Car Insurance
As Walmart works to keep its huge lead as the biggest retailer in the United States, it occasionally launches products and services that take it far away from its primary business --…
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Special Report
America’s Most Popular Stores
courtesy of Starbucks Corp.America’s most visited stores are popular for a variety of reasons. According to data provided by Placed, a consumer habits data service provider that monitors behavior of more than…
10:45am ET
Apps & Software
Apple Promotes Free Shipping, Free Returns
Courtesy of Apple Inc.Consumers expect free shipping and free returns from companies such as Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT). As a matter of fact, one of Amazon’s…
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Economy
Low-Wage Jobs Dominate Employment Recovery
ThinkstockThe median household income of Americans has not increased in a decade, when adjusted for what has been modest inflation. The poverty level has not fluctuated either, stuck around 16%. Those figures…
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Consumer Electronics
Will Amazon Lose Money for Years?
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) believes it has its competition on the ropes, right where CEO Jeff Bezos wants them. However, if he is to trounce his e-commerce, multimedia and cloud-based computer rivals,…
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Industrials
Plug Power Sinks on Secondary Offering
Fuel cell product maker Plug Power priced an underwritten secondary stock offering of 22.6 million shares at $5.50 Friday morning. Shares opened at $5.62 Friday, down 6.5% from Thursday's close.
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Retail
Inflation Evidence Grows in Retail: Walmart vs. Target, and Others
ThinkstockWith all the funny money printed and quantitative easing measures after the recession, it has been amazing that the cost of goods has not risen through the roof. In fact, it has…
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Retail
Amazon Now Tackling Costco and Sam’s Club?
Amazon.com is quietly taking aim at warehouse stores with a new service called Amazon Prime Pantry. Could it be that Amazon has come up with a solution to a nonexistent problem?
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Economy
An Increase in Minimum Wage Could Cost Business $15 Billion
ThinkstockThe Congressional Budget Office released a report that claims that an increase in the national minimum wage to $10.10 will cost American businesses $15 billion in 2017. The debate about the cost…
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Retail
Walmart Starts Wire Transfer Service
In yet another foray into the banking business, Walmart announced Thursday morning the launch of a money transfer service that allows customers to transfer funds to the more than 4,000 Walmart stores.
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Technology
Yahoo! Brings Founder Back to Board
In a proxy filing Wednesday, Yahoo! nominated founder David Filo to the company's board of directors. Filo left the board in 1996 but has been an advisor since the hiring of CEO…
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Economy
Workers Say Walmart Chairman Owes $7.8 Billion Tax
A new report from a coalition called Americans for Tax Fairness claims that Walmart, Chairman Rob Walton and the entire Walton family owe the United States some $7.8 billion in taxes for…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Citigroup, Equinix, IBM, Visa, Yahoo, Walmart and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. They include Citigroup, Equinix, IBM, Visa, Yahoo and Walmart.
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Retail
The Next Wave of Dead Retailers
Quarterly results for Abercrombie & Fitch, Bed Bath & Beyond, Family Dollar Stores and Staples suggest they face increasingly difficult business environments. Here is a look at these four retailers.
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Economy
Minnesota Raises Minimum Wage
ThinkstockYet one more state is about to raise the minimum wage. At the current rate at which states are taking this action, the move by some members of Congress to push the…