Dollar stores are still king… Unemployment is expected to remain high, or at least ‘under-employment’ will reign as a continued theme ahead. This presents a challenge for many retailers out there which…
The results of Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) for the September quarter were impressive, even if they are already priced into the retailer’s shares. Net sales for the fiscal 2010 fourth quarter, the…
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is raising cash. The turnaround retail giant is selling $500 million in senior secured notes due in 2018, and concurrently it is selling $165 million in notes…
Jon C. Ogg The recession is, by the standard measurement, over. The National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee said the downturn ended in June 2009. Most polls of individuals and company executives…
Today’s corporate America is dominated by service companies, tech firms, and huge retailers which have thousands of locations and hundreds of thousands of workers. At the end of the decade following WWII,…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
Earnings season isn’t quite over yet. We still have some rather large, some giant, earnings on deck next week. We have an earnings duel between The Lowe’s Companies (NYSE: LOW) and The…
Most of the analysis about super-brands focuses on companies and products that have been prominent in the last few decades – companies like Apple, Google, Toyota, or Starbucks. According to how many…
Public companies dismiss CEOs all the time. The firings can be due to incompetence, malfeasance, or tensions with boards of directors or founders. 24/7 Wall St. has chosen nine sitting CEOs who should…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) has raised its dividend, and the raise is substantial even if the yield is not. The higher-end and luxury apparel retail department store hiked its dividend from $0.16…
Earnings season is already winding down, but don’t think it is over yet. Next week we still have much in retail and we still have DJIA components and major tech companies reporting…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) sold off on news of trouble in Europe. The region is critical to the tech company’s sales. Citigroup (NYSE: C) shares also lost ground. There are concerns about how…
Reuters:  UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) and Continental’s (NYSE: DAL) boards approved a merger. Reuters:  Investors are concerned about the Greek rescue package. Reuters:  Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) defended Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS)…
