Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) reported an adjusted second-quarter net loss of $0.05 and $704 million in revenues before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year ago, the luxury department store...
In a move to get market share in the film industry in India, Disney (DIS) will make animated films for the market which will use the voices of local Bollywood actors much the same way as it uses...
Even though we're now in a seller's market for homes, that doesn't mean that buyers don't have some leverage. If you're selling your home, here are some tips to get that house sold at the price you...
Disney (DIS) had the kind of quarter that a company based on the fantastic should have. Diluted EPS for the second quarter increased to $0.58, compared to $0.44 in the prior-year quarter. Revenu rose...
Source: ThinkstockThe chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) never really ran the company. The family that has control of the book firm did. But someone had to be the fall guy as...
A war is beginning to take place over Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS).  Ron Burkle, a well-known activist investor who heads various activist investor funds under the name Yucaipa, is trying to go...
On Tuesday, we’ll get to see earnings out of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS). The estimates from First Call for the entertainment giant are $0.52 EPS on $10.04 billion in revenues.  Estimates for...
Earnings season is still going strong, but we are now getting into the late-cycle companies which have a one-month lag to their earnings reports.  Several key stocks are due this next week and we...
US retailers are reporting December same-store sales today, and here’s a wrap-up of the results as of about 10 a.m. this morning. Reports were in from Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), Target...
Before U.S. markets open on Tuesday, a Dow component and a defense contractor that flies under the radar are set to report results.
Japan hardly needs more cellphone services, The market is already crowded with offerings from Docomo, Softbank,  and KDDI. Price cutting by cell services to pick up market share is the business...
The cast of characters in this week’s Unusual Suspects is not any ordinary group of companies.  There are many key stocks to watch for investors that have carryover issues from last week or which...
We recently gave a breakdown of each and every DJIA component as far as which companies were and were not likely to raise their dividend payouts in the very near future.  The Walt Disney Company...
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is out with earnings and the report is a solid one compared to what we have seen elsewhere, yet it too saw mostly erosion in its business segments. For the...
Walt Disney Co.  (NYSE: DIS) is joining forces with Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube video-sharing site. Under the terms of the deal,  YouTube will offer clips from Disney’s ESPN...