Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has one more bit of evidence that it is acting as if it was its own stock index. Its exceptional share performance is worth a substantial portion of…
In an exclusive report, the New York Post says that Eddie Lampert, chairman of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) has been seeking a buyer for the company’s Lands’ End mail-order business. Lampert…
Paul Ausick After just five months on the job, Sears Holding Co. (NASDAQ: SHLD) marketing head Monica Woo has left the company. She is moving to privately held Mozido, a provider of white-label multi-channel…
Paul Ausick Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) has done a remarkably poor job as a retailer since Sears and KMart merged. The company has suffered such poor results that it has begun to close stores. It…
Douglas A. McIntyre 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 opened down this morning following on weakness in Europe following the G20’s refusal to provide additional funding to the IMF. But at the end of the first hour of trading, a…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. American Campus Communities Inc. (NYSE: ACC) Raised to Buy at Argus. American Electric…
Steve Wynn pushes major shareholder Kazuo Okada off the board of Wynn Macau. (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) makes a large profit on portfolio gains. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) legal fight with Proview International…
After a flat opening this morning, markets turned down before reversing course in mid-morning to return to positive territory, where they spent the rest of the day. A good report on new…
Shortly before noon ET today, all three major US stock indexes are showing gains, with the DJIA up about 47 points at about 12,985, the Nasdaq up more than 19 points at…
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) has reported earnings, but it is the restructuring efforts which are likely to get the most attention today. The basics were adjusted earnings of $0.54 EPS on $12.5…
Jon C. Ogg On January 25, new JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) CEO Ron Johnson, former head of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) retail operations, unveiled his vision for the retailer’s turnaround. His “Fair and Square” price plans would…
Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) has announced a staff cut of 100 positions at its corporate headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The parent of retailers Sears and Kmart employs about 6,600 people…
Paul Ausick Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) was set up as the chart of the day after the close on Wednesday. Thursday’s market weakness is not exactly cooperating but the unusual trading activity in…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Monday morning. Abercrombie & Fitch Company (NYSE: ANF) Reiterated Buy with $70…
