China’s GDP rose 8.9% amid talk that the increase was caused by the nation’s $585 billion stimulus package and not a significant improvement in its huge manufacturing and export engine. The news…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: China’s GDP rose 8.9% and the government said it would stick with its liberal monetary policies. Reuters: Larry Summers said the US recovery is on track. Reuters: More Americans will delay…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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)…
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: …
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…
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 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…
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 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…
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. …
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