6:26am ET
Retail
Wal-Mart’s One Dime Gasoline Discount
It may not seem like much when gasoline costs $3.70 per gallon of regular, but Wal-Mart will cut gas prices by a dime for the next 90 days. While it may not…
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Target Corp
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TGT Coverage
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Ten Brands That Will Disappear In 2012
Nokia24/7 Wall St. has created a new list of brands that will disappear, which includes Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD), Sony Pictures (NYSE:SNE), American Apparel (NYSE:APP), Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Saab, A&W All-American Foods Restaurants, Soap Opera…
6:38am ET
Retail
Sears May Move To Washington To Continue Its Failure
One of the major stories in the Washington press this mornings is not about the deficit, the Presidential race, or members of Congress who have resigned because of indiscretions. Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:…
1:26pm ET
Retail
Screening Retailers for High Dividends With More Upside Ahead (HD, FL, WMT, SPLS, TGT, SWY, GPS, LOW, JWN, RTH, XRT)
Investors need to consider one thing about investing in retail. This is quite likely to be the next bastion of dividend growth for investors seeking income to buffer market volatility in the…
9:09am ET
Investing
Stocks To Watch This Coming Week, The Unusual Suspects (AAPL, GOOG, DEER, XPO, FVE, LBTYA, LNKD, MMSI, MSFT, NFLX, SNE, NVS, SRDX, TGT, YHOO)
We have a lot to expect from the cast of characters in what we call The Unusual Suspects in the coning week. We will be watching trading in shares of Apple Inc.…
12:18pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Ackman & Pershing Square, More Formidable With More Capital (TGT, JCP, FDO, BBY, FO, C)
Bill Ackman and his Pershing Square could soon become a much more formidable activist when it comes to dealing with companies. Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) might have not been one of Ackman’s…
11:01am ET
Investing
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Worst Press Coverage (6/16)
Homeowners get clobbered in the press as the housing depression worsens. Hackers hit ADP servers and worry grows about safety of payroll data. Market revolt about Target earnings. The Flame Index started…
11:46am ET
Retail
Retail May Be The Next Major Dividend Growth Sector (LTD, WFM, KR, GPS, TIF, KSS, WMT, TGT, ANF)
The retail sector has historically not the place for income and dividend investors seeking high payouts. The reason is simple: razor-thin margins. Add in the notion that many new retailers are effectively…
6:20am ET
Media
Media Digest (5/24/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Experts say a Greek default would harm other EU nations and banks. (Reuters) Several insurers face large losses because of US weather damage. (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) will price shares to be…
6:53am ET
Investing
Another Sears Failure, A Chance To Sell It For Scrap
Eddie Lampert, the chairman and controlling shareholder of Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), has been accused of being a fool and poor operator more than once. Sears results proved once more than the…
6:31am ET
Media
Media Digest (5/19/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Strauss-Kahn resigned at managing director of the IMF. The Japanese economy has fallen into recession and should recover late in the year. (Reuters) LinkedIn priced at $45, the top of its range.…
8:53am ET
Investing
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St Market Report (5/18/2011) Strauss-Kahn, Oaktree Capital IPO
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 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…
2:54pm ET
Retail
Top Retail Earnings For This Week (URBN, HD, SKS, TJX, WMT, BJ, DDS, SPLS, TGT, DLTR, GME, SHLD)
We have already seen earnings come in as a disappointment from Lowe’s Companies today. We still have quite a few retailers on deck to report earnings this week. We compiled a more…
2:01pm ET
Retail
Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (JCP, LOW, URBN, DELL, HD, SKS, TJX, TSL, WMT, ALKS, BJ, DE, DDS, HPQ, PAAS, SPLS, TGT, ADSK, DLTR, GME, MPEL, CRM, SHLD, YGE)
It may seem like corporate earnings season is just about over, but next week we have a flurry of reports with some tech and a monster amount of retail companies. We have…
9:25am ET
Companies and Brands
Late Easter Really Boosts Retail Sales Data (COST, TGT, BJ, LTD, JWN, M, ARO, ZUMZ, HOTT)
Even though the month of April was one selling day shorter than March, the late Easter holiday more than made up for the shortfall at most retailers. The Thomson Reuters index of…