Walmart, the world’s largest retailer and the largest company in America based on sales and employees, has tried to argue since the beginning of the recession that it can revive its moribund…
Douglas A. McIntyre Eddie Lampert, the chairman and controlling shareholder of Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), has been accused of being a fool and poor operator more than once. Sears results proved once more than the…
It seems that being a junk bond credit investor still allows you to pick from a whole slew of companies that should not be junk bonds. Unfortunately, you as an investor will…
It seemed for a while that some experts believed that gasoline prices would not affect consumer behavior much. Statistics showed that people would still take summer trips. Car pools and public transportation…
Douglas A. McIntyre Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
BP plc’s (NYSE: BP) deal to drill in the Arctic dissolved as its venture with Rosneft faltered (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) will release results early after a note from its CEO was…
Jon OggWe have already seen (some) of the position changes of Warren Buffett, but the old guy wouldn’t share many ‘confidential positions’ so we are whale watching in other ponds. We wanted to…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) is out with its new portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2011. These have been broken down into two separate groups of ‘A to L’ and…
We have already seen earnings come in as a disappointment from Lowe’s Companies today. We still have quite a few retailers on deck to report earnings this week. We compiled a more…
IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged with sexual assault in NYC (Reuters) Glencore raised the mid-point of the price range of its IPO (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) recalled 1,000 Playbook…
It may seem like corporate earnings season is just about over, but next week we have a flurry of reports with some tech and a monster amount of retail companies. We have…
GS.COMGoldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) may be the most hated large financial firm in the world. That does not seem to have hurt its business prospects. It may even help them. Companies…
Groupon is supposed to be one of the 24/7 Wall Street Top 17 IPOs to Watch in 2011. That hasn’t changed, but our skepticism is growing at the same time that internet…
Today’s alternative energy review includes more than the offer by France’s Total SA (NYSE: TOT) to acquire a controlling interest in SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA). There’s also a new biofuels plant in…
No matter what Ben Bernanke says about a slow economic recovery or what improved GDP growth and lower unemployment signal, many Americans still believe the economy is in horrible shape. “More than…
