According to Reuters, Intel (INTC) received antitrust charges from a branch of the South Korean government. Reuters writes that Campbell (CPB) is seeking over $1 billion for its Godiva chocolate business. Reuters…
Wal-Mart’s (NYSE:WMT) new ad campaign is starting today. The company is ditching its "Always Low Prices" in favor of a new slogan: "Save Money. Live Better." Wal-Mart probably just got tired of…
When Wal-Mart (WMT) tried to makeover a number of its stores to attract higher income shoppers, the effort was a failure. Consumers simply could not see the world’s largest retailer at an…
Douglas A. McIntyre Just yesterday and the day before, the tone was looking to be that sub-prime fallout and the recent tightening on credit was helping to squash Joe Q. Consumer in the U.S. Yesterday,…
You have to love a morning where Target (NYSE:TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) have big news out on the same day. This morning both retail giants released August Same-Store-Sales. Surprisingly, both did pretty…
Wal-Mart (WMT) How did the world’s largest retailer get on this list? By being badly run. Down to $42.39 from 52-week high of $52.15. Blackstone Group (BX) Which is worse, retail or…
NBC has told Apple (AAPL) that it will not renew its long-term deal with the iTunes store. The GE (GE) unit is "the No. 1 supplier of digital video to Apple’s online…
Merrill Lynch downgraded Wal-Mart to a "sell" this morning, more humiliation for a management that has already proven that "if it can go wrong, it will go wrong". In the Merrill research…
Douglas A. McIntyre Wal-Mart’s (WMT) shares are already near a 52-week low. But, now word comes, by way of The Wall Street Journal, the the financially hard-hit Hispanic communities in the Southeast US and Mexico…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Isuzu and GM (GM) will increase their cooperation in South America to improve their share in the truck market. Reuters writes that Knight Capital (NITE) may have to refund…
Dell (DELL) gave the market some bad news this week. A number of its new PCs are shipping late during the critical "back to school" period because of problems with paint and…
According to Reuters, US Steel (X) will buy Canadian steel company Stelco for $1.1 billion. Reuters writes that Singapore’s state-owned Temasek Holdings has approached Nasdaq (NDAQ) about buying its stake in the…
Wal-Mart’s (WMT) shares are running. After a tough quarter, they dropped to under $43, but are moving toward $44 today, up 1.7% on rumors that a Chinese institutional investment fund could buy…
Dell (DELL) came out with a set of cool PCs with fancy colors and better displays. They are aimed at the consumer market. In the past DELL was mostly a direct seller…
Below are short interest figures for major companies traded on the NYSE as of August 15 compared to July 13, 2007 Largest Short Positions Ford (F) …