Integrated Device Technology shares hit a multiyear high early on Tuesday after it was announced that the Japanese semiconductor firm Renesas Electronics would be acquiring it.
The Sierra Club is chasing around Target (TGT) and some other US corporations for not reporting that some of the toys it has been selling have levels of lead that are two high. At least based on EPA...
DVDs and e-books that sell for under $10 is one thing. Appliances that sell for $3 is another. Target (NYSE:TGT) is offering toasters, coffee makers, and slow roasters at $3 each, according to data...
Big box retailer Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) this morning announced a 7.3% same-store sales boost in March compared with March 2011. The company’s CEO was pleasantly surprised:March sales were well...
Canadian gold miner Apollo Gold Corp. (NYSE: AGT) is negotiating with its lenders for an additional $70 million to complete the company’s Black Fox project in Ontario. The company may make the...
Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) just posted its same-store-sales figures for October, and it is considerably better than the situation over at Fall-Mart.  Target posted a gain of +4.1% on a comparable...
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights A publicly-traded UK investment trust finds profit and purpose in energy efficiency. SAN FRANCISCO (Callaway Climate Insights) — If it’s not...
Target’s (TGT) forecasts for September were off, way off. Instead of a 4% to 6% increase in same store sales, the big retailer is giving out a number of 1.5% to 2.0%. According to Reuters on a...
IDT shares soared after it released its fiscal fourth-quarter financial results and announced share buybacks.
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) has reported its Q1 net income of $602 million, down from $651million in the same quarter in 2007.  It saw a 1.4% drop in earnings per share to $0.74 EPS on store...
Almost two-thirds of Americans say a recession is likely in the next year and a majority believes the economy is already faltering, according to a Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times survey. That means that...
Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) already partly deconglomerized in a three-way break up of the company.  Now its core parent company is splitting up what is left of the operation into three...
The desert kingdom of Dubai has come up with a novel way to pay its debt–it will roll it over to another day in another year sometime in the future. It will give creditors an IOU of sorts, which...
Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) will report earnings Tuesday morning with a conference call to follow.  Shares closed up Friday but are down with the market today.  First Call is expecting EPS to...