6:17am ET
Investing
The Ten Industries That Pay Women The Least
Women continue to struggle for equal rights in the workplace. For at least two decades, they have earned 80% of the wages of men doing equivalent jobs. That should be a shock…
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6:07am ET
Retail
Walmart Gets Cheap
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is known for “every day low prices.” It is probably the primary reason people shop there and it has made the company the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart, for some reason,…
5:48am ET
Retail
Amazon And The Commercial Real Estate Disaster
Many of the largest mall operators in the US have gone into default. The Wall Street Journal recently said that the problem is caused by the effects of the economy on small business…
2:01pm ET
Commodities & Metals
Commodities Watch: Corn, Cattle Futures Booming; Ethanol Makers Could Give Up Federal Tax Credit (SWY, KR, WMT, WEN, JACK, MCD, YUM, C, CS, MS)
It’s time for our daily look at commodity prices and developments that will carry over ahead in commodities. Corn and cattle prices top today’s news and these both have many implications on…
4:16am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/30/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Consumer morale and home prices dropped sharply according to two surveys (Reuters) Gold and oil rose on concerns about Libya and the movement in equities (Reuters) The new chief of Twitter wants…
4:05am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/29/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Off-exchange traded fund BATS will go public to challenge NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ). (Reuters) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has take a sex bias case against it to the Supreme…
4:14pm ET
Energy
Commodity Watch: Glencore Watch; Bracing for Cotton (XSRAY, LIZ, WMT, JCP, GPS, PKX, BP, RDS-A, XOM, CVX, COP, BRGYY, BHP)
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International AG is expected to conduct an IPO on the Hong Kong exchange around the end…
4:02pm ET
Investing
Glencore Readies IPO, While Cotton Prices Predicted to Fall (XSRAY, LIZ, WMT, JCP, GPS, PKX, BP, RDS-A, XOM, CVX, COP, BRGYY, BHP)
Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International expects to conduct an initial public offerin gon the Hong Kong exchange around the end of April. The company aims to raise $10 billion with this…
2:58pm ET
Retail
Can iPad2 Save RadioShack? (RSH, AAPL, BBY, WMT, T, VZ)
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is seeing shares higher today on news that it will be selling the iPad2 from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) at about 500 stores throughout the country. The initial…
4:05am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Facebook may hire the former White House press secretary Gibbs (Reuters) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will reopen stores it had to shutter in Japan (Reuters) Jobs may be the lagging indicator for a…
5:26am ET
Retail
Free Shipping Becomes Freer
The L.L. Bean website says the retailer will offer free shipping for any order placed with the company. Unlike other retailers there will be no minimum purchase price to qualify. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:…
4:31am ET
Investing
The 10 Companies That Will Save The American Economy
America lost its lead as the world’s top manufacturer to China. That is in part the basis of the argument that China’s Gross Domestic Product will pass America’s sometime before the middle…
5:09am ET
Retail
No Recovery At Best Buy
The market does not expect much from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). The company is about to release quarterly figures. Analysts think that results will be hurt by low TV sales. Best Buy…
4:07am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/23/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Japan’s markets fell on concerns about contaminated drinking water (Reuters) The US has stopped imports from the area around Japan’s nuclear disaster (Reuters) The damage to Japan could cost $300 billion (Reuters)…
6:06am ET
Investing
Google Is World’s Most Valuable Brand
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the world’s most valuable brand with a $43.3 billion valuation. It is followed by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), Bank of…