Each year some large retailers face the fall-out of a weak holiday season. The problem was particularly acute in 2009 because the improvement from 2008 was modest if there was any improvement…
An adage in options trading is that the closest and most active strike prices tend to act as magnets that draw share prices that direction as options expiration date gets closer and…
These are Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised target to $160 from $130 at Barclays. Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:…
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) may want to take note. China’s largest search engine, Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), was taken down by hackers and several reports say users were pointed to an “Iranian Cyber…
Tonight on CNBC’s MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer continued with his stock picks for 2010 based on investment themes. We have already seen energy shortage picks, counter-terrorism and homeland security picks, and international…
Reuters: Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) has held private talks with Hershey (NYSE:HSY). Reuters: Oil dropped below $83 as China said it would tighten its energy policy. Reuters: GM will close Saab.
Like visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, the chiefs of the Hollywood studios and their bosses at the major media conglomerates want to extend the profits that they make on…
It is likely that there were very few winners among retailers this holiday season. Mid-market chains such as Macy’s (NYSE:M) and Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) probably had bad results. Perennially weak retailers which include Abercrombie & Fitch…
Customer satisfaction with the e-commerce operations at Neiman Marcus and Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD) was particularly bad this shopping season based on research covering the 40 largest US retailers based on internet revenue. The poll results come from…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in a thin week of coverage and Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Outperform but target raised to…
comScore, which measures online consumer behavior, is among the best companies at analyzing traffic to websites. comScore also decodes what people do when they get to their online destinations. The value of…
Reuters: GM is offering huge incentives to sell its inventory of Pontiacs and Saturns. Reuters: Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) will overhaul the pay of senior management. Reuters: The departing AIG (NYSE:AIG) general counsel will…
We have seen what appears to be a mixed bag of shares listed in the short interest of the most active NASDAQ tech stocks traded day in and day out. Apple Inc.…
The Kindle has become the most purchased item given as a gift in the history of the powerful e-commerce site, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). And, Amazon announced that “On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers…
In an unexpected announcement this morning, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) said it plans to extend its holiday season discounts beyond December 25th. The world’s largest retailer plans to offer a $50 Wal-Mart gift card…
