9:40am ET
Retail
The Bullish and Bearish Case for Best Buy in 2014
Best Buy remains in a state of turnaround, although you do not hear the reports of its future death any longer. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to run the bullish and bearish cases…
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9:03am ET
Retail
Wall Street Picks Retailers That Were Winners and Losers During Holidays
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Investors in retailer stocks already know two things about holiday results. The first is that, over the past month of 2013, the rising tide of the stock market…
8:15am ET
Technology
Microsoft, Amazon Slice Into iPad Market
While Apple's iPhone showed gains in its post-Christmas share of usage, its iPad did not fare as well. The iPhone was the only smartphone to post a usage share gain in the…
6:26am ET
Technology
Android And Chrome Begins to Seize PC Market
The desktop, laptop and tablet markets are supposed to be dominated by Apple and Microsoft. But both face erosion of their leads by the same major culprit of the erosion that has…
8:23am ET
Retail
Amazon Could Reach $100 Billion Revenue in 2014
There were 20 U.S. companies with $100 billion of sales or more in 2012. Amazon.com will join that short and elite list next year.
6:41am ET
Retail
After-Christmas Sales Could Badly Damage Retailers
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Whatever many retailers made in profits over the holiday season might wash away with after-Christmas sales. USA Today has made the point that discounts seem greater than usual.…
10:05am ET
Media
America’s 50 Largest Websites
courtesy of AOL, IncThe battle between Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) for the lead in U.S. unique visitors continued into November. Once again, the portal edged out the search firm–based…
7:45am ET
Retail
Holiday Retail: A Boom for Electronics and Apps Sales, a Likely Bust for Apparel
The signs have been pointing to a good holiday sales season for electronic gear like smartphones and tablets. But for many for the brick-and-mortar retailers, like Old Navy and Abercrombie & Fitch,…
6:16am ET
Retail
Big Retail Pushes “Free Shipping” as Holiday Shopping Ends
As retailers face having only days to improve their sales results, they have turned to a part of their playbook that did not even exist a few years ago -- free shipping.
2:15pm ET
Retail
Online Spending Keeps Up Torrid Pace
ThinkstockIt seems like we get new data every day reinforcing the message that online shopping (and spending) is better than ever this year. While we don’t know yet if this is poaching…
6:41am ET
Retail
Is The Best Buy Stock Run Over?
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.The shares of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) are up almost 250% this year. The company’s management has staged a turnaround, at least partially. But the progress is…
6:27am ET
Health and Healthcare
Can One Man Fix Healthcare.gov?
ThinkstockThe Obama administration appointed former Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) executive Kurt DelBene as senior advisor to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services. She is the person most blamed for the broken Healthcare.gov…
12:27pm ET
Retail
J.C. Penney Stock Off to a Bad Start on Tuesday
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.At one point Tuesday morning, shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) had dropped nearly 4.5% before bouncing back. There have been so many problems at the…
8:45am ET
Retail
Could Google Be This Year’s Holiday Retail Winner?
ThinkstockUPDATE, December 17, 2013, 1:10 p.m. — As we noted in our story on online sales earlier Tuesday morning, Google’s Product Listing Ads and Google Shopping have shown the largest percentage growth of…
8:00am ET
Investing
Eight Stocks That Will Have Huge Volume Friday Around S&P 500 Rebalance
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThis Friday, trading volume on some top stocks in the S&P 500 will soar. In addition to the normal volatility and volume associated with quadruple witching, the S&P…
