The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on track to close out this week at its lowest point since April. As of 11:45 a.m.
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August 16 - News
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE:RSH) has a storied history.
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August 16 - News
It used to be you could hit a bookstore wherever you threw a rock. There was B. Dalton's, Doubleday, and Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, Inc.
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August 13 - News
Despite the eye-popping returns, Buffett uses relatively simple criteria to base his investment decisions.
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August 12 - Hedge Funds
The American consumer is slowly coming back from the worst recession in decades, but the road to financial health isn’t without a number of potholes.
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August 9 - News
Let me offer you a choice: you can buy a company's growing earnings at 15% or you can buy a company expected to grow earnings by 37%.
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August 9 - News
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported a loss in the second quarter that surprised Wall Street.
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August 7 - News
As many already know, Warren Buffett has a portfolio that is widely watched and imitated by expert and novice investors alike. After all, he is worth an estimated $46 billion...
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August 6 - News
For starters the online retailer is undergoing investigation for tax evasion and enduring employee strikes. These could cost Amazon.com, Inc.
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August 6 - News
For the past few years, the U.S. economy has been struggling, and though now it seems to be in the process of recovering, the retail industry still has some gains to realize.
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August 5 - News
In the recent debate about minimum-wage jobs and living wages, McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), and Yum! Brands, Inc.
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August 5 - News
Department stores appear to be good investments as we approach their earnings release dates.
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August 5 - News
Canada's Loblaw announced plans to buy Shoppers Drug Mart for $12 billion. That marries Canada's largest grocery chains with one of its largest drug chains.
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August 5 - News
The grocery sector has always been extremely competitive, and it is often those who offer the best deals that come out on top.
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August 5 - News
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) has worked really hard to create a deep discount model that has kept its customers happy over the years.
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August 5 - News
Few people would argue that it's easy to make ends meet with a minimum-wage job.
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August 5 - News
One of the most important economic trends in postwar America was suburban sprawl -- the spread of families further from city centers, to two-car garages and half-acre yards instead...
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August 5 - News
Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
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August 3 - News
Mortgage banking may steal the headlines, but when it comes to growth stories in finance, it’s all about the unbanked -- people who don’t have a bank account.
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August 1 - News
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE:RSH) has seen revenue declines over the past two years, swung to a loss in 2012, and consistently delivers negative net income.
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August 1 - News
On Thursday afternoon, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported a small loss for Q2, missing analyst estimates for EPS of $0.05.
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July 30 - News
Last week Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced its quarterly earnings, and the results were less than impressive.
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July 30 - News
You'd be surprised to know that Amazon.com, Inc.
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July 30 - News
After months of fighting off the advances of unwanted suitor Royalty Pharma, Irish biotech Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN) finally got an offer it couldn't refuse -- from...
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July 29 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY), GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 26 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Sourcefire, Inc.
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July 26 - News
Companies that supply us with goods that we need operate in a very stable part of the economy. They are rarely in the news because there is typically no news to share.
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July 25 - News
Despite Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 24 - News
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is the largest private employer in the world.
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July 24 - News
A SWOT analysis fills readers in on the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of a business. Some companies appear to be very lopsided by the end of this type of analysis.
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July 24 - News
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has been a controversial stock for years.
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July 24 - News
It's been a terrible year for multinational department store Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD).
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July 24 - News
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) has been a good stock for its shareholders, rising more than 35.2% and beating the S&P 500’s return of nearly 17.90%.
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July 22 - News
Expect to see online grocery sales expand in the coming years, as more online shopping opportunities are made available to the public.
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July 22 - News
Discount retailers have been performing mostly in-line with the general market this year. PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT), which is up 16% this year, is not an exception.
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July 22 - News
Have you ever seen an empty parking lot at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 20 - News
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) has collaborated with Visa Inc (NYSE:V) on a website offering financial advice to its employees featuring a sample budget scenario for a full...
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July 19 - News
There's been a lot of concern about dividend stocks of late as interest rates have started to move higher.
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July 19 - News
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)'s net sales in the company's first quarter were up about $2.02 billion, or 22%.
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July 19 - News
With giants like Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Tesco and Metro running over the small mom and pop stores, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) has done well to firmly...
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July 18 - News
The grocery business is not an easy one.
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July 18 - News
The food industry has gotten hot with M&A activities as The Kroger Co.
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July 17 - News
The biggest advantage to the online shopping stores over brick and mortar stores is that they do not face any barriers when targeting customers in any part of the world.
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July 17 - News
Despite its position as the leading Internet radio service, Pandora’s history as a public company has been a turbulent ride for investors.
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July 17 - News
America just witnessed the making of its 22nd publicly traded company to have an annual turnover of over $100 billion. The Kroger Co.
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July 17 - News
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) are some of the most powerful retailers in the world. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 17 - News
Fool columnist Alyce Lomax wrote a great article on Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) this week, and it got me to thinking.
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July 17 - News
Large companies have been looking for ways to increase profitability in every way possible.
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July 17 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 16 - News