Several brands which were extremely powerful during the last few decades are about to disappear. Many of them no longer drive big sales. Some are a part of companies that are in…
Recessions make strange bedfellows. Of all the truly huge businesses in the US, save the oil companies, Wal-Mart (WMT) and Microsoft (MSFT) are having unusually good runs. Yesterday, the CFO of Microsoft…
Evidence, anecdotal or stronger, is emerging that Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) machines are selling poorly at retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). The lines of people looking for a…
Cott (COT) loses shelf-space at Wal-Mart (WMT). Falls to $2.42 from 52-week high of $17.33. USEC (USU) drops on high costs and plant closings. Sells off to $6.41 from 52-week high of…
Despite concerns to the contrary, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is still growing. It posted the first $100 billion quarter in its history. The world’s largest retailer said net sales for the fourth quarter…
Douglas A. McIntyre When tens of thousands of visitors make their way to China for the summer Olympics they may be greeted by a country heading into a deep recession. The Chinese government announced today…
Douglas A. McIntyre Most stocks trading under $10 probably traded much higher at one point or another. Trading below that price point is usually not a badge of honor. But, inexpensive stocks often make huge…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) backed the wrong horse in the fight for high definition DVD disks and players. Redmond sided with Toshiba and its HD DVD platform and shipped the Xbox 360 with…
It appears that Sony (NYSE: SNE) has finally won the battle for high-definition DVDs. Last week, Wal-Mat (WMT), Best Buy (BBY), and NetFlix (NFX) dropped the Toshiba HD DVD format in favor…
Tuesday we’ll get to see earnings out of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT). The estimates from First Call are $1.02 EPS on $106.9 billion in revenues. Next quarter estimates are $0.74 EPS…
These are the new combined holdings (alphabetically S-Z) from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) for the period ended December 31, 2007: Sanofi-Aventis (NSE: SNY) 3.569 million shares for some $162.5 million.…
A lot of smaller companies will continue to report earnings over the next several weeks, but almost all of the really big companies which are on calendar fiscals have put out their…
If Wall St analysts thought Wal-Mart (WMT) has problems in the US, they ought to stop by the retailer’s operations in Japan some time. According to Reuters the company said on Tuesday…
Douglas A. McIntyre Is Sears (SHLD) getting a little low on cash? A bunch of analysts think so. The cash balance that Sears showed in its last financial statement was a bit light. According to…
According to Reuers, Exxon (XOM) won a court order freezing $12 billion of its assets in Venezuela. Reuters writes that Congress has passed an economic stimulus package and sent it to Bush.…