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…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will sell its new iPhone in its own retail stores and in Walmart (NYSE: WMT). The should allow the handset and consumer electronics company will have the iPhone…
So much for a double-dip recession, or at least that is what the waves of new share buybacks and dividend hikes from big key companies are saying. In recent days we have…
MarketWatch: The Nikkei dropped 3.8%. Reuters: The euro dropped to a four-year low as investors exit risk. Reuters: Foxconn will up wages after suicides. Reuters: Economists expects a slowdown but not a…
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is going for the headline effect this morning at its 40th Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The company announced that its Board of Directors has just approved a…
Jon C. Ogg Walmart (NYSE: WMT) plans to help 1.4 million of its US workers to get a higher education. The company announced that “Walmart’s Lifelong Learning Program will make it more convenient and more…
Reuters: More doubts about the global economy arose as the G20 prepares to meet. Reuters: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) is not sure about the future of AIA. Reuters: …
There have been an extraordinary number of suicides at Chinese electronics company Foxconn which does a great deal of work for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Foxconn recently raised salaries by 30%n which may address…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
These are some of this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Raised to Buy at UBS. Blue…
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) announced very impressive earnings for the quarter ending May 9. Revenue rose from $15.5 billion to $17.4 billion. Net income jumped from $210 million to $306 million. Same-store sales…