Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) managed to actually beat earnings projections and managed a gain in revenues.  The hardware and home improvement store posted earnings per share with a drop of...
It was probably predictable that the housing market would catch Home Depot (HD) from behind and drag it to the ground. That certainly happened last quarter.Home Depot reported a fiscal 2008 fourth...
A proxy fight at Home Depot? Could be. Rational Investors wants an independent committee of the household retailer’s board to do a strategic review and look at management performance. After...
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer has a trade for the weekend: Union Pacific (UNP) is great because it is up after lowering guidance and shows how bullish the market is for...
Adobe (ADBE) will launch a version of its video software which will allow high def streaming over the internet. It will use the H.264 MPEG standard. The ADBE Flash player, into which the new feature...
A recent survey by the Consumer Electronics Association indicates the US consumers plan to purchase a lot more smartphones, high-definition TVs (HDTV), cameras, and tablets this year. Some 22% of US...
It was impossible for Home Depot (HD) to post good earnings. It relies too much on the troubled housing industry. But, its earnings were cut by a huge amount, a signal that home building and...
Home Depot (HD) had a fairly poor quarter, but it was a bit better than expected.What was more important is that it held to its guidance for the rest of the year, a sign that the data from its retail...
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $0.64 and $14.25 billion in sales before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year ago, the home...
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported first fiscal quarter results this morning that were better than the consensus estimate, but full-year EPS guidance did not meet the prior estimate and the...
The July Fourth holiday may be behind us for another year, but Best Buy must not have gotten the memo. Here are some of the 4K Ultra HD TVs on offer at Best Buy stores and online.
HD Supply Holdings announced Thursday before the U.S. markets opened that it had priced its secondary offering.
HD Partners Acquisition Corp. (AMEX: HDP) (AMEX: HDP.U) (AMEX: HDP.WT), a SPAC, has been liquidated today. The Company will pay out $149,622,864.99 of the trust funds available to shareholders,...
This morning’s July data for existing home sales, or used homes, posted another gain and this makes it the fourth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors.  This...