Seaborne shipping is experiencing a boom and bust period now as container shipping is having a difficult time meeting demand while dry bulk shipping continues its free-fall. The Baltic Dry Index, a…
Retail sales reports for the month of June are arriving thick and fast this morning, but the news is lukewarm at best and the outlook for the back-to-school season is soft. Consumer…
Today may seem like a poor example of growth and sector dominance when you consider that the news catalyst has a shadow over its peers. Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) beat…
The Sam’s Club division of Walmart (NYSE:WMT), which primarily does business with small companies, means to do what banks will not. It has started a test program to offer loans of as…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is about to become the No. 2 provider of VOD services in the US based on the success of video content sales and rentals from the iTunes store.…
For a while there, during the economic downturn that started in the second half of 2008, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) looked like it had found a large number of new customers for…
Reuters: Democrats will make a final push for financial reform. Reuters: Hurricane Alex is likely to affect clean-up efforts in the Gulf significantly. Reuters: Oil will have its first quarterly drop in…
Investors love the safety of dividends. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to look for some of the safest dividends in the large-cap universe. Many of course are DJIA components, as you would expect. …
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…
Updated throughout the day. GM may launch its IPO next month and set auto finance deals with several financial firms. (WSJ) Providence Equity Partners is in talks to buy Hasbro (NYSE: HAS).…
Odds are strong that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will sell one million iPhones today. The smartphone will launch in the US and several large wireless markets including the UK, France, Germany, and…
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) will add dozens of stores in the Chicago areas and about 12,000 jobs over the next five years. The move has the blessing of the city. “Our city is…
Douglas A. McIntyre 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…
Reuters: Credit rating agencies will not be heavily regulated under the new financial reform bill. Reuters: AT&T (NYSE: T) had privacy problems with its iPhone 4 order system. Reuters: The EU, IMF,…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is by a number of measures the most visited retail site in the US, the most successful e-commerce company in the world, and the online retailer with the biggest…
