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Technology
FuelCell Energy Earnings Reality Check Gets a Tad Better
FuelCell Energy reported mixed second-quarter fiscal 2014 results after markets closed Tuesday. Shares traded down about 16% in after-hours trading.
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Retail
Sears Stock Dives Again
Jim Henderson, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) posted first quarter earnings on May 22nd the stock price actually rose from a closing price the night before of $36.56 to…
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Retail
Why Whole Foods Is Losing Customers
The worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 index so far this year is Whole Foods Market. Is the store in trouble, or do investors expect too much?
10:55am ET
Economy
Fortune 500 Companies Reach All-Time Sales Record
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The 500 largest corporations in the United States posted profits of more than $1 trillion last year, the first time ever to reach that level and, of course,…
6:41am ET
Jobs
Could Amazon German Strikes Spread to U.S.?
The strikes by Amazon.com warehouse workers in Germany are no longer just a pesky problem. The Verdi labor union wants to move to collective bargaining to improve the lot of almost 10,000…
10:15am ET
Retail
Why J.C. Penney Is Down 50% in the Past Year
Following an initial rush of enthusiasm after the company reported fourth-quarter results in late February, shares of J.C. Penney have traded in a band between about $7.25 and $9.75.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Dominated the Market
thinkstockMay 29, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following reports that U.S. GDP contracted by 1% in the first quarter and that new claims for jobless benefits fell to 300,000. Pending home…
6:38am ET
Retail
Walmart Needs a New Board
Walmart needs a new board. The conclusion of a recent report about Walmart's need for more independent directors was not aggressive enough to solve Walmart's severe governance flaws.
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Retail
First-Quarter Retail Earnings Downright Awful So Far
ThinkstockBy the end of last week, some 70% of retailers on the Retail Metrics Retail Earnings Index had reported first-quarter earnings, and the news has not been good. Retailers are missing expectations…
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Media
Google Strengthens Position as Top U.S. Site
Google further cemented is position as the number one Web property in the United States based on April data. comScore reports that Google sites had 192.3 million unique visitors.
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Retail
Thousands of Major Retailer Locations Could Close This Year
As retailers post poor earnings, the possibility that major retailers will eliminate thousands of locations in total has increased. Some announcements about "downsizing" have already been made.
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Retail
Why Does 7-Eleven Have 52,000 Stores?
7-Eleven Inc.From a single location in Texas in 1927, the 7-Eleven empire has grown to more than 52,000 stores in 15 countries. Those stores are no longer owned by a U.S. company…
8:25am ET
Retail
E-Commerce Rises 12% in Q1
E-commerce revenue is not rising at the rates it was several years ago, but it is still rising faster than retail in general. Desktop retail e-commerce spending rose 12% in the first…
9:30am ET
Retail
Why Walmart Cannot Grow in America
In three of the past four years, Walmart has posted a year-over-year decline in U.S. same-store sales, and the gain the company posted in its 2012 fiscal year was a skimpy 0.2%.
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Retail
UBS Says Rising Inflation Will Help These Four Top Stocks to Buy
courtesy of Whole Foods MarketInflation always seems like a dirty word we don’t want to talk about. In reality, the Federal Reserve is praying for some, and there are sectors that actually…
