Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced some of its statistical results for the holiday shopping season. While it is labeled "it’s best ever holiday season," other stores around the country and around he web…
According to Reuters, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) has bought control of Marmon Industries for $4.5 billion. Reuters writes that US retail sales were up a disappointing 3.6% for the holidays. Reuters reports that…
Only good news for Apple (AAPL). At least that is how Wall St. looks at the holiday prospects for the maker of Macs, iPods, and iPhones. Apple’s shares hit $199.33, an all-time…
A look at the top-selling PCs on Amazon (AMZN) shows that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Apple (AAPL) are doing unusually well. The HP Pavillion line is doing especially well, as are the Apple…
Which companies are likely to big holiday sales? In the video game category Activision (ATVI) and Nintendo are the leaders on the Amazon (AMZN) bestseller list for video games. Activision (ATVI) has…
Which companies are likely to have a good Christmas and fourth quarter? A look at Amazon’s (AMZN) "Best Sellers" lists may say something. In the "Electronics" category the Apple (AAPL) iPod, Gamin…
The online e-commerce business is booming this year. The total value of goods bought online is up 19% for the period from November 1 through December 11 to $20.49 billion. This past…
Not many stocks are likely to double. Even well-run companies like Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are not likely to move 2x even with great results. The market caps are already too large and…
The NASDAQ has issued its short interest report for month-end reading for November, and out of the "New Four Horsemen of Tech" it appears that Google was the only one who saw…
December 6 was the biggest online sales day in history, at least according to comScore. Online buyers spent $803 million dollars that day. up 28% from the same day last year. It…
We were quite interested in Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) upcoming product release for the new e-book reader, the Kindle. Interestingly enough it almost immediately sold out of its initial supply and gave its first…
Jim Cramer on TheStreet.com videos is staying positive on his "Horsemen of Tech" and he said that today is mark-up day and fund managers will want to own these winning names going…
There was an interesting event this week in New York City that was attended and covered by 24/7 Wall St., and that was the 3rd annual VALUE INVESTING CONGRESS. Fund managers, investment…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to comScore, "online retail spending was strong on both Thanksgiving Day (up 29 percent to $272 million) and “Black Friday” (up 22 percent to $531 million), outpacing the season-to-date growth rate."…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is apparently already sold out of its new Kindle electronic book reader. That is what the launch and intro page for the Kindle notes. What is not clear is if…
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