Retailers are reporting July sales figures this morning, and so far there’s not a lot of excitement. July is the time when stores clear out summer merchandise to stock up on back-to-school…
The chance that Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) has decided to consider taking itself private has spawned a cottage industry of picking the next retailers that will make a similar decision. Barnes…
The weak 2.5% GDP showing for the second quarter has brought dozens of new theories into the shopping bazaar of explanations about America’s growth prospects. One school says that the effect of…
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…
The recession that began in 2007, and by some accounts is only barely over now, shut down and largely reversed the growth of most American companies. Those that grew through the period…
One of three respondents in a recent survey said they would spend less on consumer goods over the next 90 days than they said they would in June. The drop was 6…
2009 was the year that dividends were cut or went on hold. 2010 is becoming the greatest year of increases and initiations of dividends that the markets have ever seen. There are…
Reuters: The Fed Beige Book says some regions see economic slowing. Reuters: The China People’s Daily ran an editorial which encourages the US to take account of China’s rising power. Reuters: Amazon.com…
Analysts are moving stocks. These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Cut to Hold at…
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…
While there are a lot of small companies vying for market share in the rapidly growing alternative energy sphere, they’re not the only players in the game. Two established players reported earnings…
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) plans to put radio chips into clothing including underwear. The big box retailer wants to know what and how much people buy so it can order enough inventory. Walmart…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) beat Wall St. expectations but it stock did not move. Reuters: The pay czar will criticize Goldman Sachs Group, Citigroup (NYSE: C), and JPMorgan Chase…
Green Dot Corporation (NASDAQ: GDOT) has made its debut, and made it with some cheer. The prepaid finance company sold some 4,558,050 shares of its common stock at $36.00 per share. The…
Wall St did not like the results of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) last quarter and flogged the movie rental company’s shares as if they were Blockbuster’s, taking 10% off its market cap. Investors…
