8:09am ET
Retail
No Earnings Cure at Rite Aid (RAD, WMT, CVS, WAG)
Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) just can’t seem to get it right. Whatever the strategy is intended to be doing, it needs a real change in the world of a CVS, Walgreen,…
WMT Coverage Page 178
4:06am ET
Media
Media Digest (9/23/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The Chinese premier said he would not succumb to pressure from the US on the value of the yuan. Reuters: An SEC watchdog said the timing of the charges against Goldman…
6:31am ET
Investing
The Ten Companies That Will Signal The End To The Recession
The recession is, by the standard measurement, over. The National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee said the downturn ended in June 2009. Most polls of individuals and company executives…
6:46am ET
Investing
America’s Biggest Companies, Then and Now (1955 to 2010)
Today’s corporate America is dominated by service companies, tech firms, and huge retailers which have thousands of locations and hundreds of thousands of workers. At the end of the decade following WWII,…
6:17am ET
Investing
What Does Ron Burkle See In Barnes & Noble?
Ron Bukle’s fierce battle for Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is baffling for many reasons. The biggest mystery is why he is bothering at all. Barnes & Noble’s prospects are so…
4:44am ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 36
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
4:11am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/20/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) says its $20 billion escrow has paid out 19,000 claims which total $240 million. Reuters: The US said that BP has “killed” the leaking well. Reuters: Bank…
5:21am ET
Investing
Geithner Will Not Make A Yuan Decision On His Own
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made a weak defense for why the Administration had not named China as a “currency manipulator” when he testified before the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:02am ET
Investing
Several Portfolio Trades for Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B, BRK-A, COP, XOM, KFT, MCO, RSG, CDCO, HD, LOW, COST, WMT, MTB, WSC)
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has made many changes in portfolio investing approach through time. The one constant is his ‘forever’ strategy, which now only means a bit more…
4:33am ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 34
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
11:05am ET
Companies and Brands
Retailers See Role Reversal to Start September (COST, TGT, FDO, WMT, M, JCP, KSS, JWN, LTD, GPS, ANF, ARO, BKE, ZUMZ, HOTT)
Retailers are reporting August same-store sales numbers today, and on the whole the reports are positive after a very cautious and dismal July. August is prime back-to-school shopping time, the retailers second-largest…
11:40am ET
Jobs
CEO Conflict: Layoffs Boost CEO Pay (C, BAC, CAT, VZ, PFE, EMR, JPM, AA, WMT, MRK, JNJ, HPQ, DIS, IBM, T, F, UTX)
The Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank, has published its 17th annual survey of CEO compensation, noting, among other things, that CEOs of the 50 firms that have laid off…
5:54am ET
Investing
Young Women Outearn Men By A Mile For Awhile
Young women outearn their male counterparts by a mile. According to information from Reach Advisers published by The Wall Street Journal, “In 2008, single, childless women between ages 22 and 30 were…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:25am ET
Media
The Race For Online TV Will Have Few Winners
The race to sell TV and films on internet connections to the home and wireless connections to the smartphone has grown more fierce. In just the last day it has been rumored…
12:03pm ET
Media
Movie Download Competition, Getting Even Tighter (NFLX, CSTR, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN, WMT, TWC, CMCSA, GE, NWS.A, DIS)
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has almost certainly led to the downfall of the Blockbuster empire. Then Netflix (and Blockbuster) had to face competition from Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) over the Redbox video…