Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has continued to be the most dominating brick and mortar force in retail, even if it is far from the most attractive and even if it has…
The coming week has many key earnings reports, some tech and some retail. We have tracked the major reports by day, shown Thomson Reuters estimates, as well as given price action, and…
Updated throughout the day The SEC is exploring who knew about the downgrade of US debt to AA+ before the information was public (WSJ) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) may but the Brazilian operations…
Douglas A. McIntyre What on earth are investors supposed to do when T-Bonds offer almost zero income? Interest rates are now so low that the price-risk in long-term Treasury bonds is too great. Ben Bernanke…
Just a day after closing its MP3 music download offering, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has launched a streaming video service for the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Walmart already offers…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) became the most valuable company in America yesterday when its market cap passed Exxon Mobil’s (NYSE: XOM). The move draws attention to what market capitalization means, and why it…
Short sellers moved into bank stocks ahead of the sell-off based on data for the period that ended July 29. Shares sold short in JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) rose 17% to 33.6 million.…
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) says QE3 was likely after the Fed’s recent comments. (Reuters) HSBC (NYSE: HBC) sells its U.S. credit card business to Capitol One. (Reuters) China not likely to raise…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) briefly became the most valuable company in the world today. When it hit $364 billion in worth, it passed long-time leader Exxon Mobil. Over a span of two years,…
Although stock buybacks have never been among our most preferred methods of returning capital to investors, stock repurchase plans can indicate to investors that a company’s management believes the ship is not…
Updated throughout the day. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is in talks to buy Carrefour Brazil (Reuters) Ben Bernanke may announced QE3 today (various) HSBC (NYSE: HBC) may sell its credit card business (FT)…
Douglas A. McIntyre When your business hasn’t shown much sign of growth for several years running, maybe it’s time to change strategy. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has been trying to grow its business organically…
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) faces a strike of 45,000 of its workers. Members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers walked out because Verizon wants sharp cuts…
Jon OggEach morning we cover numerous analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research firms which we think will have an impact on stocks and sectors. After each week we review…
Many economists don’t believe that the US debt ceiling is the biggest problem the country faces. In their view the most compelling issue is unemployment, currently at 9.1% and, given the nearly…
