5:06pm ET
Investing
The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
Companies
/Consumer Defensive
Target Corp
$164.72
▲ $0.71 (+0.43%) today
Markets open · 2:28pm ET
TGT Coverage
Page 76
4:02am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/20/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) beat earnings forecasts. Reuters: The IRS is probing some homebuyers’ tax credit gains. Reuters: The US is ready to bring more insider trading cases. Reuters: More US companies are…
5:07am ET
Technology
Wal-Mart (WMT) Joins E-Book Wars
The competition in the e-reader and e-book industries gets more brutal by the day. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is the e-reader leader because of the success of its Kindle. Other companies including Sony (NYSE:SNE)…
5:55am ET
Retail
Wal-Mart (WMT) Is The Next Wal-Mart
The New York Times has joined a long line of media and analysts who say that Amazon (AMZN) will menace bricks-and-mortar superstore retailers the way that it did the traditional book shops…
7:00pm ET
Investing
Shorts Flee Tech Stocks (MSFT)(INTC)(ORCL)(CSCO)
Short sellers moved out of tech stocks in large volumes at mid-month. Based on short interest figures as of August 14, shares short in Intel (INTC) fell 33% to 88.3 million. The…
7:53am ET
Investing
Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, AA, ANN, ASMI, KLIC, MDAS, MSFT, BPOP, TGT, DIS)
These are Wednesday’s top ten analyst research summary upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street brokerage firms: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna. Alcoa (NYSE:AA) Cut to Neutral…
8:27am ET
Companies and Brands
Target Core Brand Re-Launch, All About Lower Prices (TGT, WMT)
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) was hurt as the recession took hold and customers had to go searching for cheaper and cheaper products. Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) was the winner there. Now Target…
2:59am ET
Investing
Media Digest 6/19/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Investors are putting money into emerging markets except Eastern Europe. Reuters: Stanford will go to court for a $8 billion fraud allegation. Reuters: RIM’s (RIMM) outlook disappointed. Reuters: CEOs at bailed out…
3:40pm ET
Retail
Chart Alert: Wal-Mart (WMT, TGT, COST)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is supposed to be the retail winner in a depression or recession as more and more consumers are forced to shop at the world’s largest retailer whether…
11:08am ET
Investing
Unusual Dividend Tracking (CAT, CLX, MSFT, TGT, TSCM, VMC, ACAS, IAF)
Dividends in general are used as the historic underlying measurement of companies and their abilities to stay profitable at current levels. Today and last night we have seen some rather unusual dividend…
4:00am ET
Retail
Sales At Ann Taylor (ANN) Hold Steady
Over the past week, the 24/7 Wall St.–The Channel Checkers poll surveyed Ann Taylor (ANN) locations to gauge business trends at the ten retailers. We asked the following questions: 1. On a scale of…
4:46am ET
Retail
Wal-Mart (WMT) Becomes The Nation’s New Employment Agency
Many big-box retailers including Best Buy (BBY), Target (TGT), and Costco (COST) are struggling as the recession beats down their same-store sales. General retailers such as Sears (SHLD) are not faring any…
6:43am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades (BBT, CMA, FEIC, GOOG, HBI, HD, LOW, NEM, PLT, ROP, TGT, TSCO, WMT)
These are top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research notes we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: BB&T (BBT) Raised to Market Perform at KBW. Comerica (CMA) Raised to…
2:58am ET
Investing
Media Digest 6/2/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Global consumer confidence is improving. Reuters: GM (GM) filed for Chapter 11 and expects a quick exit. Reuters: Most US retailers probably had sales drop in May. Reuters: China gave Geithner…
2:15pm ET
Investing
Imminent Change to DJIA 30 (GM, F, CSCO, ORCL, AAPL, GOOG, CL, HON, PEP, TGT, AMZN, MDT, ABT, GS, BRK-A)
Word is out that the Dow Jones Indexes team is set to release the name of the replacement for General Motors (NYSE: GM) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. We have heard…