ThinkstockCostco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The big-box club store posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.95 on revenue of $23.2 billion. In…
Paul Ausick Guillaume Paumier / Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-3.0Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) was the No. 1 company on the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the 50 Best Places to Work for 2013. This…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on hopeful sentiment that negotiations related to the approaching fiscal cliff might show some progress. In Asia, that sentiment helped push shares higher at most…
ThinkstockThe top 1% in the United States are about to get much richer because of the number of corporations that have accelerated dividend payments into 2012 so that their investors can avoid…
ThinkstockGerman Economy Stable The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany improved a bit, which must be a relief for those who believe that Europe’s largest economy by gross domestic product continues…
The rate of special dividends from large great American companies is coming at an alarming rate. If the politicos in Washington D.C. are not paying attention to this about how taxes will…
Several retailers are announcing November same-store sales today, and the reports are generally good. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of 3.5% for the month, excluding the impact of drug…
ThinkstockCostco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) became the most recent company to pay out a special dividend to help its investors keep more money if taxes go up at the start of next…
Trey Thoelcke thinkstockAutonomy Founder Fights Back Autonomy founder Mike Lynch has decided again to attack the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) accusation that his big data company cooked its books before the U.S. public corporation…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Holiday retailers fall into at least two groups so far this year. One group includes companies that face low expectations. Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) and JCPenney…
Wikimedia CommonsOnce a month, research firm Comscore releases a list of the 50 largest websites in the United States by traffic. Month after month, even year after year, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Some stocks become so badly beaten down that they become improbable bets for rebounds. Right now, in retail, several are so battered that modestly improved results in Black Friday…
flickr / eschipulThere is a nearly endless number of criteria that measure how well CEOs perform, whether they are paid fairly, and what metrics should be used for determining chief executive compensation.…
Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia CommonsBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings. Many changes had been made in the June quarter…
courtesy of TargetSeveral retailers are announcing October same-store sales today, and the reports are generally good. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of 4.6% for the month, excluding the impact…
