courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: NYSE) is set to report its second quarter earnings on Thursday morning. The million dollar question for Wal-Mart is whether it will see a…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggStocks were firm on Monday morning, looking to add to the recovery bounce from Friday. Investors have now been given an opportunity to look for stocks that have pulled back that…
ThinkstockWe are now entering into mid-August and earnings season has seen its peak. While we are getting into the stragglers who report later than peers, there are also many key companies reporting earnings that…
ThinkstockWhile technology has been the top sector by far this year, the industrials as a whole have lagged the market dramatically. Most of Wall Street remains very positive about the balance of…
thinkstockAugust 6, 2014: Markets opened lower Wednesday morning on overnight weakness in foreign markets. There was little economic data published today and the three major indexes traded in (barely) positive territory for…
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…
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…
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.
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…
The roller coaster ride also known as Plug Power got another lift Tuesday following its announcement that Walmart has added more fuel-cell powered units to the original purchase order.
A Merrill Lynch analyst has raised his rating on grocery giant Kroger, citing an improving comparable sales outlook and growth in natural and organic and fresh foods.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms for Tuesday, July 29, 2014. They include AcelRx, Alcoa, Costco, Lululemon, Walmart and Trulia.
Amazon.com has been one of the greatest growth stories of the current generation. The problem is that all of this growth just hasn't ever equated to significant profits.
thinkstockJuly 24, 2014: Markets opened mixed again on Thursday as the DJIA once more lagged on weakness among some of the heavy-hitter blue chips. All three major indexes hovered around the flat…
A labor group made up of employees of Walmart has been pushing the company for nearly two years to raise its minimum annual wage for full-time employees to $25,000.
Paul Ausick 
