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Research Defends Home Depot After Hack Attack Reports
Despite the recently reported breach in online security and the hit that its share price took, Home Depot is likely not as bad off as many investors might think.
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Retail
Market Verdict: Home Depot Hack Not as Bad as Target Hack (So Far)
ThinkstockReports that Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) was investigating “unusual activity” for what many people believe to be a massive credit card hack took a toll on the nation’s largest home building…
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Apps & Software
Will Celebrity Photo Hack Cost Apple iCloud Customers?
The Apple iCloud service got hacked and hundreds of compromising celebrity photos got released onto the Internet.
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Apps & Software
PlayStation Network Taken Down by Hackers
Hackers appear to have taken down the huge Sony PlayStation Network.
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: HP, InterMune, MeetMe, Tesla and More
These are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades from 24/7 Wall St. for Thursday, August 21, 2014. They include Hewlett-Packard, InterMune, MeetMe, Target and Tesla Motors.
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Retail
Target’s Results Could Have Been Worse — and That’s Where They’re Headed
Target reported second-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. It also lowered its third-quarter and full-year EPS estimates.
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Investing
The 6 Top Earnings Reports for the Week Ahead
ThinkstockWe have entered the second half of August, a period of the year where there are fewer earnings and economic reports than normal. The long and short of it is that earnings…
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Companies and Brands
Supervalu Hacked and Customer Data May Have Been Stolen
Supervalu Inc.Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) reported early Friday morning that some of its food and liquor stores suffered a “criminal intrusion” of the computer network that processes payment card transactions. The breach…
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Retail
J.C. Penney’s Weak Online Sales
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Barely mentioned in the J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) earnings report was the tiny amount of its online sales for the quarter. Same-store sales may have improved, but the…
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Technology
Amazon, Google Squaring Off in Same-Day Delivery Battle
Google Inc.On Wednesday Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) said it was expanding its same-day delivery service to 6 new metropolitan areas bringing to 10 the number of cities where Amazon Prime members can…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Groupon, Micron, RingCentral, Target, Tesla, Monster, Pfizer and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street analysts for Wednesday, August 6, 2014. They include Groupon, Micron, RingCentral, Target, Tesla, Monster and Pfizer.
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Retail
Amazon Leads Retailer Growth With 852% Rise
If the case has not been proven that e-commerce has crushed the growth of traditional retail, a new study shows that the Amazon.com posted 852% growth between 2005 and 2013 to $44…
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Retail
Could Target Be the Next Sears?
When Target welcomes its new CEO, Brian Cornell, to the corner office next week, he will find a pile of problems that need solving. The biggest may be how to get customers…
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Retail
Target Hires New CEO From Pepsi — Why Did He Leave?
Target, desperate due to falling sales and a data breach that exposed personal information from tens of millions customers, hired a PepsiCo executive to be its new CEO.
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Retail
Back-to-School Season Isn’t What It Used to Be
ThinkstockThe back-to-school shopping season is traditionally second only to the end-of-the-year holiday season for retail sales. Sales could reach $84 billion — not really close to the nearly $600 billion for the…
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