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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.…
Paul Ausick 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 --…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Fuel cell product maker Plug Power priced an underwritten secondary stock offering of 22.6 million shares at $5.50 Friday morning. Shares opened at $5.62 Friday, down 6.5% from Thursday's close.
ThinkstockWith all the funny money printed and quantitative easing measures after the recession, it has been amazing that the cost of goods has not risen through the roof. In fact, it has…
Amazon.com is quietly taking aim at warehouse stores with a new service called Amazon Prime Pantry. Could it be that Amazon has come up with a solution to a nonexistent problem?
ThinkstockThe Congressional Budget Office released a report that claims that an increase in the national minimum wage to $10.10 will cost American businesses $15 billion in 2017. The debate about the cost…
