Members of the Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) board are close to picking a new chairman. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) lack of success blocking rivals in court and the slow introduction of the iPhone…
Tiger Woods could win the U.S. Open this weekend and complete the comeback that may move him back into the spot as the world’s number one golfer, a position he held for years. Some…
Members of Congress have already tired of Walmart’s (NYSE: WMT) tardy reactions to its requests for information about a bribery probe in Mexico started a month ago by the world’s largest retailer. It…
Douglas A. McIntyre RadioShack (NYSE: RSH), at 90 years old, operates in over 7,200 locations. Even with those advantages, the company might as well fold. The company stands as a fine example of how better-run…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is back on the chart breakout watch and it has risen at a time that the broader markets have been selling off. The shareholder vote last week…
The G7 will hold emergency talks about the eurozone, with special consideration of Spain. (Reuters) A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that few Facebook users buy goods and services because of advertising and “likes,” and…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is in a bit of a strange situation due to its bribery scandal in Mexico. As the news headlines seemed rather shocking at the time, Wal-Mart’s stock…
Jon C. Ogg James Gorman, the CEO of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), went on the record to say his firm’s behavior was perfect as it led the initial public offering of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). Morgan…
Annual meetings of Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) will include questions about fracking. (Reuters) Ford (NYSE: F) will begin to buy out some of its pension funds. (Reuters) JP…
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) continues to be the cream of big box retailers. May sales were up 7% to $7.67 billion. Same store sales were up 6%. Costco is not as large as…
China’s Ministry of Commerce told the nation’s official news agency, Xinhua, that the People’s Republic will be the country with the most online retail volume in the world by 2013. U.S. e-commerce companies do…
China wants to do business in Europe. It is the world’s largest region by GDP, even if the economy has slowed. But many companies in European nations have lost some of their…
In a conference presentation earlier this week, Bill Simon, the CEO of US operations for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), made some comments about the 10 Walmart Express stores the company now…
Paul Ausick Retailers have fared better than many other sectors over the past year, with the majority of share prices having risen although price to book values remain negative. Thus, either the sector is…
Oil has hit an extraordinarily low price, below $90 a barrel for WTI crude. That is the lowest level since October. It shows no inclination to spike back up. PMI data from Europe and China actually…
