5:06pm ET
Investing
The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
WMT Coverage Page 193
6:09am ET
Media
Video Game Sales Recover, Sony (SNE) Takes First Place
Price cuts work. In September, Sony’s (NYSE:SNE) PS3 outsold the Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii for the first time in recent memory. Industry research firm NPD said that the video…
4:02am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/20/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) beat earnings forecasts. Reuters: The IRS is probing some homebuyers’ tax credit gains. Reuters: The US is ready to bring more insider trading cases. Reuters: More US companies are…
12:55pm ET
Retail
Are Price Cuts Undermining Wal-Mart (WMT) Earnings?
Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has cut prices on products from food to book downloads to toys. It offers $4 prescriptions at its in-store pharmacies. Does the world’s largest retailer make any money on these…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:03am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/19/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: US corporations are concerned about the weakness of the dollar. Reuters: Bernanke says that global imbalances in trade and cash flows must be addressed. Reuters: Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is attacking new markets…
5:07am ET
Technology
Wal-Mart (WMT) Joins E-Book Wars
The competition in the e-reader and e-book industries gets more brutal by the day. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is the e-reader leader because of the success of its Kindle. Other companies including Sony (NYSE:SNE)…
4:04am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/16/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) posted strong results. Reuters: Bank of America’s (NYSE:BAC) Lewis will skip 2009 pay. Reuters: Japan Airlines says bankruptcy is an option to solving its problems. Reuters: …
4:04am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/15/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is having trouble justifying its huge bonuses. Reuters: Bruce Wasserstein, M&A giant and head of Lazard (NYSE:LAZ), died. Reuters: Congress will probe compensation at AIG (NYSE:AIG). Reuters: US…
9:53am ET
Retail
24/7 Wall St. TV: Wal-Mart Online: Beauty And Cheap Shipping
It just got a little harder to be in the health and beauty retail business either in stores or online. Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has started to sell products from a e-commerce section that…
Douglas A. McIntyre 9:17am ET
Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/14/2009) (WMT)(S)(RBS)(MSFT)(AIG)(LINTA)
Updated throughout the day. Updated 12.02 PM EST: Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) will have a national roll-out of its “no contract” cellular service which could put sales pressure on Sprint (NYSE:S) (Reuters) Updated 9.23…
12:39pm ET
Retail
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) Online: Health & Beauty & $.97 Shipping
It just got a little harder to be in the health and beauty retail business either in stores or online. Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has started to sell products from a e-commerce section that…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:03pm ET
Investing
Stocks That Missed the Rally (ABT, MO, AWK, BKC, ENER, GENZ, KR, ORB, WMT, LEAP, PCS)
Here we are going into yet another earnings season. We saw Monday how the market has rallied significantly from the March lows and the major indexes are even up in positive territory…
10:27am ET
Retail
24/7 Wall St. TV: NutriSystem Gets Into Wal-Mart
Nutrisystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI) announced that has aligned with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to allow customers to purchase a Nutrisystem 14-Day Starter Program for the first time in the retail channel. …
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:01pm ET
Retail
Nutrisystem Scores Wal-Mart Intro (NTRI, WMT)
Nutrisystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI) has just announced that has aligned with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to allow customers to purchase a Nutrisystem 14-Day Starter Program for the first time in the…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:01am ET
Media
Media Digest 10/5/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: A bear market could kill the extraordinary rally in corporate bonds. Reuters: Treasury will announce three more funds are buying toxic assets. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) will select an emergency…