Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings for the Berkshire Hathaway empire. This cut off date is as of March 31,…
Retailers are reporting April same-store sales today and it looks like the predictions for modest growth will come true. Research firm Retail Metrics Inc. forecast that same-store sales would grow by just…
The major US stock indexes opened flat this morning but started to move higher following the better-than-expected ISM report on manufacturing (our coverage here). Construction spending in the US was a bit…
Canaccord maintains its buy rating on Hologic (NASDAQ: HOLX) after it announced a buyout of Gen-Probe for $3.7. Canaccord also reiterated its buy rating on Watson Pharmaceuticals (WPI: NYSE) Goldman Sachs upgraded Community Health Systems (NYSE:…
Last week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that it sold 35.1 million iPhones worldwide in the latest quarter. The figure is large, but not extraordinary. Some consumer products and consumer electronics companies sell…
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) is widely thought of as the king of high-end jewelry. While many local high-end jewelry stores compete with Tiffany in local markets, it is hard to imagine…
Jon C. Ogg Tesco (NASDAQ: TESO), the largest retailer in the UK, said it would add 20,000 jobs between now and 2014. It is the largest employer in the UK, with 270,000 workers. The move…
Retailers have been posting same-store sales figures for February this morning, and most are posting better-than-expected numbers — in some cases, much better than expected. We have reports from 15 companies: Costco…
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) issued extraordinarily strong February sales numbers along with its earnings for the period that ended February 12. Revenue for the quarter rose from $20.9 billion last year to $23…
Stocks started the day nearly flat before turning down on a poor report on US durable goods orders (more coverage here) and a slide in the Case-Shiller home price index (more coverage…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Charter Communications (NASDAQ:…
Investors did not think much of Walmart’s fiscal fourth quarter and full years earning. Walmart’s stock fell 4% immediately after its announcement. The one exception is that US sales, which have been troubled for years,…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into…
A new survey by Consumer Reports rated both in-store and online shopping. The poll covered responses from over 26,000 people Costco (NASDAQ: COST) ranked first, not surprising because of the reputation of…
Bricks-and-mortar stores have been concerned for some time that their shoppers would come to their stores, find products, and then go online to get the best prices. Store, in essence, has started…
