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American Stocks Dominate Global Equities
More American companies are among the 20 largest in the world than at any time in the past decade. This is because earnings at U.S. companies have risen faster than the rest…
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Walmart Inc
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August Retail Sales Set for Lowest Growth in Three Years (PSUN, ARO, BIG, ANF, TJX, ROST, WMT, AEO)
Retail sales have been soft since early summer, and August doesn’t appear to be a get-well month for retailers either. Research firm Retail Metrics projects that August sales will rise just 1.7%…
2:18pm ET
Retail
The Value of SUPERVALU (SVU, KR, SWY, WMT, TGT)
We wrote this morning about the ongoing M&A chatter about SUPERVALU Inc. (NYSE: SVU). The store is seeking a buyer for the whole company, but so far most of the interest has…
11:54am ET
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Top U.S. Websites in July (GOOG, MSFT, YHOO, FB, AOL, AMZN, CMCSA, WMT, TGT, VZ)
Digital media research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released its ranking of the top 50 U.S. web properties for July and the list is topped by the usual suspects. comScore counted…
6:32am ET
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Media Digest (8/23/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve signals it may ease monetary policy as early as next month. (Reuters) HSBC China PMI estimates hit a multimonth low at 47.8, down from 49.3 in July. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard…
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Media Digest (8/21/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank do not think the rise in food prices will bring a global financial crisis. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the largest company by market…
10:52am ET
Retail
Market Tears Lungs Out of Best Buy, Shares Off 7%
Either the market does not believe that Best Buy’s (NYSE: BBY) new CEO Hubert Joly, former head of hotel operator Carlson, can turn the consumer electronics retailer around, or fears have grown…
6:27am ET
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Pension Fund Sues Walmart for Access to Documents
It was revealed on Thursday that the Indiana Electrical Workers Pension Trust Fund IBEW has sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT). The Indiana union pension fund owns shares in Walmart and wants…
Trey Thoelcke 4:03pm ET
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 16, 2012: Markets Rise After Decent Data, Earnings Reports (KMI, SPLS, KYAK, ANF, AXP, A, AMAT, CSCO, LTD, NTAP, PETM, SINA, DLTR, DANG, GME, ROST, SHLD, WMT, ARO, CRMT, BRCD, GPS, MRVL, ANN, FL, SJM, PERY)
The three major US stock indexes opened somewhat higher this morning following better-than-expected data on UK retail sales and an inline reading on Eurozone CPI (more coverage here). The news out of…
8:06am ET
Retail
Walmart Earnings Just Okay (WMT)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $1.18 and $113.5 billion in sales before markets opened today. In the same period a year ago, the retailing giant…
Paul Ausick 4:07pm ET
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 15, 2012: Markets Don’t Impress Again (ETR, GBG, OCZ, RGR, JIVE, JDSU, PEIX, PAAS, ANF, A, CSIQ, DE, SPLS, TGT, A, AMAT, CSCO, LTD, NTAP, PETM, SINA, DLTR, DANG, GME, ROST, SHLD, WMT, S, SPLS, CSIQ)
The three major US stock indexes opened somewhat lower this morning following an announcement from the Bank of England that it would not change interest rates nor asset purchases. In Asia, the…
11:23am ET
Retail
US House Committee Getting Tough with Walmart
The top-ranking Democratic members of two House committees have sent a letter to Michael Duke, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), offering the company one last chance to comply with requests…
Paul Ausick 10:12am ET
Services
More Ads Coming to Facebook
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is testing an advertising service that allows companies to place more promotional messages in the News Feeds of users, even if those members or their friends have not…
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/15/2012) Payment System to Compete with Google
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: Several of the largest retailers in the country, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), will launch a…
8:21am ET
Retail
Target Shares Rise on Solid Beat (TGT, WMT)
Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $1.12 and $16.78 billion in revenues before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year ago, the big-box retailer…