When a group including movie studios and streaming video companies released a new streaming format called UltraViolet last October hardly anyone noticed. That’s likely to change now that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will open 25 stores inside of Target (NYSE: TGT) stores. The news was featured in Apple Insider. The website reports that According to a source familiar with Apple’s plans,…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) already gets a lot of prime display real estate at Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) stores. But that space may be expanding soon. A report at Apple Insider says…
Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) had poor December sales. That will not hurt its guidance, the company said. It announced The company is confirming its annual adjusted diluted EPS guidance in the range…
Douglas A. McIntyre After losing about a third of its value in the last year, Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) may start to be thrown around as a private equity takeover name. A report from…
In an apparent effort to blow out its existing inventory, Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has dropped the price of all its PlayBook tablets to $299 — regardless of memory size.…
Retailers hope that “mega Monday” sales continue a string of strong retail results. (Reuters) The MF Global disaster prompts requests that the systems for grain trading to be changed. (Reuters) Chinese investment…
Investors walked away from several retail stocks late this year. Those companies probably will continue to falter in 2012 and 2013. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:…
Congress makes a deal to keep payroll taxes low and unemployment benefits in place for two more months. (Reuters) The U.S. approves a Deutsche Boerse deal to merge with NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX). (Reuters)…
The list of reasons that Best Buy’s (NASDAQ: BBY) board should fire CEO Brian Dunn just got longer. A number of orders made by customers from bestbuy.com will not be delivered by…
Douglas A. McIntyre Andrea Jung was forced out as CEO of Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) after years of poor financial performance at the company. The CEO of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Brian Dunn, should be the…
A CME (NASDAQ: CME) executive says Jon Corzine knew about money that MF Global transferred to European accounts. (Reuters) Accounting problems at Olympus may make it a takeover target. (Reuters) Italian bond yields hit…
Stocks opened firmly higher this morning and the DJIA rose by more than 130 points in the first hour of trading. The dollar gained strength against the euro putting more enthusiasm into…
There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include LiveDeal Inc. (NASDAQ: LIVE), Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Paul Ausick Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) tried something different this year to boost its Black Friday sales. The store spent much more on promoting its goods and opened its stores…
Paul Ausick 