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Retail
Walmart Earnings Slammed by Weather
Walmart reported disappointing first-quarter 2015 results before markets opened Thursday morning due to severe weather in the United States.
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Technology
Plug Power Disappoints Investors
Plug Power reported first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. The net loss was greater than expected, but so were revenues. Shares fell in premarket trading.
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Economy
Vermont Raises Minimum Wage to $10.10
ThinkstockVermont’s legislature did what many members of Congress and the president would like to do. It raised the minimum wage in the state to $10.10 from $8.73. The federal minimum wage is…
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Retail
Is Walmart Fully Valued Going Into Earnings?
Retail behemoth Walmart is expected to post $1.15 in earnings per share (versus $1.14 a year ago) on less than a 2% revenue gain to $116.25 billion when it report its results…
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Retail
Walmart Expands Summer Sales
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), with sales at its U.S. stores flat year-over-year for several quarters, needs strong revenue through the Memorial Day to Labor Day period. If it can…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Steered the Market
thinkstockMay 9, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Friday and wobbled along all day to finish with a small gain. Tech stocks got a burst of support in the last half-hour of trading…
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Technology
Amazon’s Sunday Delivery an Effort to Retain Sales
Residents of 15 more U.S. cities are now eligible for Sunday delivery of their orders from Amazon.com. The service is available only on some items and in designated cities.
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Technology
How Alibaba Measures Up Against Amazon and eBay
Courtesy of AlibabaWith the filing of the first documents for its initial public offering (IPO) behind it, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. offered the first view of its size, finances and profitability. The…
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Investing
Warren Buffett’s Nine Top Dividend Stocks
White House Photo by Pete SouzaAfter finishing last year strong, U.S. equity markets had a volatile start this year, pulling back from all-time highs. Stocks have recovered since and, so far this…
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Economy
States With the Lowest Minimum Wages
ThinkstockFrom 1998 through 2007, the federal minimum wage was set at $5.15 an hour. Over a three-year period, the minimum wage rose to $7.25 in 2010, and that’s where it stands today.…
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Retail
Walmart Gets Into Car Insurance
As Walmart works to keep its huge lead as the biggest retailer in the United States, it occasionally launches products and services that take it far away from its primary business --…
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Special Report
America’s Most Popular Stores
courtesy of Starbucks Corp.America’s most visited stores are popular for a variety of reasons. According to data provided by Placed, a consumer habits data service provider that monitors behavior of more than…
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Apps & Software
Apple Promotes Free Shipping, Free Returns
Courtesy of Apple Inc.Consumers expect free shipping and free returns from companies such as Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT). As a matter of fact, one of Amazon’s…
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Economy
Low-Wage Jobs Dominate Employment Recovery
ThinkstockThe median household income of Americans has not increased in a decade, when adjusted for what has been modest inflation. The poverty level has not fluctuated either, stuck around 16%. Those figures…
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Consumer Electronics
Will Amazon Lose Money for Years?
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) believes it has its competition on the ropes, right where CEO Jeff Bezos wants them. However, if he is to trounce his e-commerce, multimedia and cloud-based computer rivals,…