Corporate turnarounds are almost never engineered by a single person. A CEO who takes a failing company and makes it successful again obviously got help from management, a board, along with customers…
Companies locked in a struggle to remain viable and maintain their profits and sales sometimes begin to run out of customers. This happened to GM (NYSE: GM), which had a 50% share…
There was nothing wrong with Amazon.com’s (NYSE: AMZN) quarterly results when they are viewed through the lens of the e-commerce company’s battle with the bricks-and-mortar sector. America’s largest retailers have begun to…
The IMF “Fiscal Monitor” and ratings agencies have both warned Japan and the US on their growing debt loads (Reuters) Ford Motor’s (NYSE: F) annual profit may be its largest since 2000…
We examined nine companies whose plans to revive their fortunes have not succeeded and found several common themes. Managements often fail to appreciate the size of the challenges they face. Competition is…
Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) today reported same-store sales and estimated net income for its fourth fiscal quarter ending January 29th. Same-store sales at Kmart and Sears stores were off a combined…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Apollo Group inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU), Dot Hill Systems…
Douglas A. McIntyre Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) and Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) may seem like unlikely companies to get in a bidding war over a rival retailer. Logic and analysis aside, the Wall…
Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) has announced that its RoxioNow platform will be used for a new video download and distribution platform for none other than Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD). We recently…
Bonuses for bankers around the world will drop 7%. (Reuters) FCC commissioners voted along party lines to approve new internet access rules. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will launch a version of Windows…
Douglas A. McIntyre There has been just as much written about e-commerce as there is about bricks-and-mortar sales this holiday season, if a quick read of online business sites and financial publications is any indication…
Several experts estimate that as many as 130 million shoppers will visit stores or online retail sites on Black Friday. The number is deceiving. The National Retail Federation expects the holiday sales…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities. Baidu,…
So much for thinking that earnings season was over. Next week we have a another round of earnings, with the big focus being retail mixed with some technology earnings. On deck is…
