S&P may cut its outlook on France’s AAA debt. (Reuters) A judge blocks the $285 million settlement between Citigroup (NYSE: C) and the SEC. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) says Kindle sales rose…
Shares of embattled Web 2.0 e-coupon IPO Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) fell another 9% to an all-time low of $14.85. Shares have traded as high as $31.14 since the offering. Skeptics believe that the…
The mid-November NASDAQ short interest may have been lost in the Thanksgiving and Black Friday shuffle, but there were some very interesting and in some cases startling short interest factoids in the…
Crude oil is at $99.55, up 2.90% Gold is at $1,723, up 2.03%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed up 1.97% to 18,038. Japan’s Nikkei closed higher by 1.51% to 8,283. The U.S. 10-year is at 2.08%, up 0.11%. The FTSE…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) said sales of its Kindle soared on Black Friday. In a press release, the largest e-commerce company said: Black Friday  was the best ever for the Kindle family and the…
Douglas A. McIntyre comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR)  reported U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 25 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $12.7 billion has been spent online, marking…
Several retail research firms believe that “Black Friday” store traffic could trump that of the last three years. But, that does not mean the shopping season will be a success. The “Black…
Douglas A. McIntyre Many stores are planning to open early on Black Friday in an effort to get a jump on holiday shopping, but spending increases are not expected to rise more than 3% or…
The purchasing managers indices of China, German and France all signaled slow growth or contraction in November. It is a sign that demand for exports and consumer expenditures are in free fall. China and…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is back with some dirt cheap offers in smartphones, and some of these may seem to be good to be true. While this may include Verizon Communications Inc.…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is supposed to thrash Walmart (NYSE: WMT) in sales increases this holiday season. That should make Amazon the better investment. Wall St. believes otherwise, though. Over the past month, shares in Walmart are flat,…
The CEOs of Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) are at the ends of their respective ropes. If each company has poor holiday sales, as is expected, both chief executives likely…
The weekend break in equity trading may produce more anxiety than relief. As Friday draws to a close, most stock markets probably will be down for the day, and certainly will be…
Greek citizens stage large protests. (Reuters) Citigroup (NYSE: C), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) could be affected when S&P updates its credit ratings on the world’s 30 largest…
BMW said its expects double-digit percentage growth in the U.S. in 2012. And Cadillac says it will launch two new models to compete with BMW next year. Both brands have had sales…
