6:07am ET
Retail
Walmart Gets Cheap
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is known for “every day low prices.” It is probably the primary reason people shop there and it has made the company the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart, for some reason,…
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3:10pm ET
Commodities & Metals
Earnings Calendar: Top Earnings To Watch Next Week (AA, JPM, DRWI, CHKP, FCS, HAS, MAT, SVU, CBST, GOOG, JBHT, BAC, SCHW)
Next week is supposed to mark the launch of earnings season. It will still be a tad light compared the two weeks that follow, but there are some market-movers and some sector-movers to…
4:09am ET
Telecom & Wireless
HTC Takes A Ride On Androids Coat Tails
Taiwan handset maker HTC posted earnings which nearly tripled last quarter to $513 million. The firm owes a substantial share of its success to Google. A very large portion of the HTC…
3:32am ET
Media
Media Digest (4/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The members of the Federal Reserve are more divided about what steps the central bank should take next to mute inflation and help the expansion. (Reuters) Americans are telling the Fed that…
10:02am ET
Investing
What Problems at Google? Raised Estimates With $800 Target (GOOG)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been trading in a very mixed fashion of late and this week brought up concerns that something may have diminished again. Just don’t tell that to Canaccord…
Jon C. Ogg 4:49am ET
Jobs
The US Companies Adding The Most Employees
The unemployment rate rose so fast in 2008 and 2009 that in some months the US lost more than 500,000 jobs. That trend has only begun to reverse itself this year, and…
4:22am ET
Media
Media Digest (4/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The ECB is likely to raise rates and more may come this year (Reuters) Portugal sought aid from the EU as its ability to raise money faltered (Reuters) A top M&A lawyer…
10:00am ET
Investing
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: April 5 The Companies With The Most Bad News
Note: The Flame Index scans thousands of news sites 24 hours per day and ranks companies getting the most negative press right now. The Flame Index Media Analysis Algorithm crunches the data…
8:27am ET
Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/5/2011) Living Social Capital, Google FTC
Updated throughout the day. The FTC will begin an antitrust probe into Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) search business (Bloomberg) Living Social will raise $400 million (WSJ) Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:19am ET
Apps & Software
The Case For Breaking Up Google
Like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) before it, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has become two or three companies. Its dominant business of search is no longer much of a growth engine.…
4:04am ET
Media
Media Digest (4/5/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Republicans plan to cut $6 trillion from the budget over the next decade (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be investigated by the FTC (Bloomberg) The FAA will begin inspection of most older…
8:00am ET
Consumer Electronics
Apple Stock Chart Outlook, Wavering to Very Ill (AAPL, QQQ, SPY, T, VZ, GOOG, MSFT, NFLX, AMZN)
Using technical analysis may often feel like alchemy even under normal circumstances. Using it on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is especially tricky. Nonetheless, Apple’s stock chart has wavered for weeks. Now, Wall…
10:41am ET
Investing
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: April 1 The Companies With The Most Bad Press
The press pounded on Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) as David Sokol, a key Warren Buffett aide, resigned in shame, causing concerns about governance at the conglomerate. Toyota (NYSE: TM) stayed on the…
4:15am ET
Media
Media Digest (4.1.2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
David Sokol’s trading in Lubrizol before Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK) bought it may cause regulators to review the transaction. (Reuters) The Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency said pay of…
4:03am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/31/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
A former Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) trader launched a $1 billion fund of his own (Reuters) Geithner said inflexible currencies are the world’s biggest monetary problem (Reuters) Brent rose to $116…