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Wal-Mart: Sales Up, Earnings Down?

Wal-Mart (WMT) said its same store sales for the period rose 4% in March. Sales for the five weeks ending April 6 were up almost 12% to $34.26 billion. That would appear to be…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Entrenched Corporate Leader: Eddie Lampert (SHLD)

Could You imagine Sears (SHLD-NASDAQ) without Eddie Lampert?  Last week we noted that one of Jim Cramer’s "CEO’s Who Get the Benefit of the Doubt" was also one of our most entrenched CEO’s.  Eddie…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Monsanto: Corn That Glows In The Dark

Getting farmers to use genetically-modified seeds has not been easy. Consumers are also wary of eating food that comes from these products. The EU and India actually have bans on the seeds. But, with…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Circuit City: What Is the Implied Floor For Shareholders?

After Circuit City (CC-NYSE) disappointed the street with earnings (again), this one started to get interesting.  Back on December 19, 2006 we added this one to a "watch list" for the BAIT SHOP, and…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Circuit City Strike Wall St. As Bad

Circuit City (CC) lost money last quarter. The company closed stores, and, at those open a year, sales were poor. Revenue for the quarter ending Feb 28 were flat at $3.9 billion. Earnings from…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Best Buy Sales Slow

Best Buy (BBY) announced earnings. Revenue for the fiscal quarter ending March 3 rose to $12.9 billion from $10.7 billion last year. But, comparable store sales, which rose 7,3% in the quater last year,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Wal-Mart: The Down Side Of Paranoia

Wal-Mart (WMT) fired an employee recently for intercepting a reporter’s phone calls. As it turns out, the practice may only be the tip of the iceberg. According to The Wall Street Journal, the employee…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Crocs Sues Its Way Out of Ugliness

Perhaps one of the more interesting ways of looking at companies is trying to garner the mindset of the company’s legal department and the "Legal Proceedings" section of annual reports.  Crocs (CROX-NASDAQ) filed its…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

YUM – Yum Brands Inc. – Globalization Drives Growth

By Saul Sterman 04/01/2007 Do you recall marketing 101? Here’s a quick recap. Use the ‘cash cow’ to build the ‘rising star’. Not bad, a whole semester in one sentence! The Yum cash cow…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 20 years ago

Cramer’s TOP 9 CEO’s This Week

Stock Tickers: COST, KSS, FD, JCP, RL, RSH, SHLD, SKS, VFC This entire week Jim Cramer featured a list of CEO’s that Cramer feels deserve "the benefit of the doubt," even if they have…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 20 years ago

Cramer: 2 More Great CEO’s (SHLD, RSH)

Stock Tickers: SHLD, RSHCramer also noted on MAD MONEY that he has two more retailers that he thinks their CEO’s deserve the benefit of the doubt, the end of this week’s series.  He noted…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 20 years ago