8:35am ET
Retail
Walmart Shares Clobber Amazon This Year
Amazon's shares have underperformed the Nasdaq this year. The index is more than 13% higher, but Amazon's shares are up 8% or so. In the meantime, Walmart's stock has risen by nearly…
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1:45pm ET
Retail
Walmart Starts Holiday Sales While It’s Still 90 Degrees in Phoenix
Walmart is launching its first holiday deals on Friday this week. While that may seem a bit early, there's a good reason to start early: the holiday shopping period is much shorter…
Paul Ausick 10:04am ET
Retail
How Amazon Is Stealing Search From Google
Amazon trails search advertising leader Google by a wide margin but its market share is growing while Google's is declining. Here's the e-commerce giant's secret.
10:35am ET
Retail
Walmart Seeks Help for Personal Shopping Service
Walmart is reportedly in discussions to spin-off all or part of its Jetblack personal shopping service.
Paul Ausick 12:00pm ET
Health and Healthcare
Unusual Settlement Deal Proposed for Opioid Lawsuits
Five drugmakers are considering a proposal that would have them contribute to a trust established as part of the bankruptcy settlement by Purdue Pharmaceuticals and be released from liability in the hundreds…
7:30am ET
Retail
5 Must Own Stocks for What Could Be a Record Q4 Holiday Season
24/7 Wall St. screened the Merrill Lynch research universe for stocks rated Buy that could benefit from the consumer strength and found five that could be big winners in the fourth quarter.
9:35am ET
Retail
Does Walmart’s New Grocery Delivery Program Raise the Stakes?
Walmart has announced a same-day delivery service that will roll out to 1,600 of its stores by the end of this year. The new service highlights a battle among grocery stores to…
9:02am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Cloudera, Dollar General, GE, Lyft, Match, MongoDB, Palo Alto, Papa John’s, Slack, Walmart and More
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Thursday included Cloudera, Dollar General, General Electric, Lyft, Match, MongoDB, Palo Alto Networks, Papa John's, Slack and Walmart.
2:05pm ET
Retail
Walmart to Stop Selling Certain Kinds of Ammo
Walmart will stop selling certain types of ammunition in all its U.S. stores and take other steps the company hopes will lead more diligence in gun sales.
Paul Ausick 1:25pm ET
Investing
10 Lessons of Sanity From Warren Buffett During Insane Markets
Being called the Oracle of Omaha has to mean something. Here are 10 lessons of sanity for investors to always consider when markets begin to act less than sane.
2:00pm ET
Retail
Can BJ’s Become the Next Costco or Sam’s?
It's one thing to say that BJ's Wholesale Club beat its earnings expectations, but it's another to wonder if it eventually could become the next Costco Wholesale, or even the next Sam's…
8:25am ET
Investing
15 Top Defensive Stocks for the Next Recession at Sky-High Valuations
Here are 15 defensive stocks that most investors would agree will see their businesses hold up relatively well, even if a recession lands sooner than expected, but these are also trading at…
9:50am ET
Retail
Why Walmart Is So Loved After Earnings, and Why It’s Beating Amazon in 2019
24/7 Wall St. has tracked multiple analyst views on Walmart in the wake of its earnings report, which has shown itself to be largely immune to the dominance of Amazon.com.
9:05am ET
Investing
Friday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Walmart, Nvidia, Amgen, Applied Materials, Alibaba, Intel, Merck and More
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Friday included Alibaba, Amgen, Applied Materials, Intel, Merck, Nvidia and Walmart.
8:10am ET
Retail
Will Walmart Earnings Be Enough to Put Smiles on Investors’ Faces?
Walmart reported fiscal second-quarter results Thursday morning that beat expectations. Along with improved guidance, investors are liking what they've seen.
Paul Ausick