Walmart's New Tool Provides Competitors' Prices
Filed under: Company News, Retail, Consumer Goods, Food & Beverage, Wal-Mart Jacquelyn Martin/AP By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO NEW YORK -- The "Every Day Low Price" king is trying to shake up the world of...
View ArticleAfter Market: Biotechs, 3-D Printing Cut Into the Week's Stock Gains
Filed under: Technology, Earnings, Market News, Biotechnology, Stocks The biotech sector was in the spotlight on Wall Street on Friday, and not in a good way. Biotechs have been stellar performers for...
View ArticleZuckerberg Says Obama Steps on NSA Spying Not Enough
Filed under: Company News, Facebook, Security, Scandals and Lawsuits, Barack Obama Alex Wong/Getty ImagesFcebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, arrives at the White House for a meeting Friday with...
View ArticleRegulators Failed to Spot Deadly GM Defects Others Saw
Filed under: Company News, General Motors, U.S. Government, Automotive Industry, Auto Recalls David McNew/Getty Images By Julia Edwards, Eric Beech and Karl Plume WASHINGTON and CHICAGO -- Retired...
View ArticleKrispy Kreme Doughnuts Is Shrinking With a Vengeance
Filed under: Investing It's said that Krispy Kreme Doughnuts founder Vernon Rudolph, besieged by passersby lured into the entrance of his wholesale doughnuts business by the delicious aroma of hot...
View ArticleWhat Occidental Petroleum Corporation Might Look Like After the Split
Filed under: Investing In February of this year, Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), one of America's largest independent oil companies, announced that it would be spinning off its California assets and...
View ArticleWhy Today's Solar Sell-Off Is No Reason to Panic
Filed under: Investing Solar stocks are taking it on the chin today as nearly every stock in the industry is down big, some nearly 10%. SolarCity  continues last week's slide and is the biggest loser...
View ArticleNetflix Is No Match for Vaporware
Filed under: Investing Tech stocks are getting hammered today, and Netflix is one of its biggest losers. Shares of the video service were trading as much as 8% lower in the morning. Netflix is a...
View ArticleOne Stock That Finally Grew Up
Filed under: Investing Photo: JDR It was almost like finding $20 in a pair of old jeans. I recently stumbled on an old find -- Universal Insurance Holdings . We reunited after I first found it in 2010....
View ArticleWater Water Everywhere, but Not a Drop to Spare
Filed under: Investing Clean water is a commodity taken for granted by many. In many parts of the world, clean water is not so easy to come by, and many charities and worldwide organizations devote...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: Lions Gate Shares Rise on Big 'Divergent' Win, 'Muppets...
Filed under: Investing Divergent was dominant in its first weekend box office. Credit: Lions Gate, Disney. It's official, Divergent fans: Your favorite novel-based dystopian future just cemented its...
View ArticleCaterpillar Inc. Trades Lower After China Data, and Boeing's Tanker Project...
Filed under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrial Average  was trading 20 points lower, or 0.13%, by midafternoon after investors digested new manufacturing data. Markit's initial Manufacturing...
View ArticleWill Disgruntled Amazon.com Customers Turn to This Competitor?
Filed under: Investing Amazon.com  just raised the cost of its Prime membership by $20, to $99 from $79. This is great for the stock and doesn't hurt consumers that much. For me, it's the price of one...
View ArticleChina's Proposed Smoking Restriction Will Be a Problem for These Companies
Filed under: Investing China is the final frontier for tobacco companies, one of the few nations worldwide where the consumption of cigarettes is still rising. This is a great opportunity for companies...
View ArticleIs Kroger Worth Investing In?
Filed under: Investing Kroger recently reported an excellent fourth quarter and full fiscal 2013, though the news was perhaps lost in the shuffle over the merger between Safeway and Albertsons. Kroger...
View ArticleCan Panera Bread Drive Some Momentum With a Menu Upgrade?
Filed under: Investing Source: Panera Bread. Leading restaurant chain Panera Bread has risen to the top echelon of the fast-casual category by offering quality food at a reasonable price. The chain has...
View ArticleThis Small Apparel Retailer Is Growing in a Big Way
Filed under: Investing In the world of investing, popular apparel retailers like Nike and Under Armour often garner the most attention from investors while lesser-known companies in the space are...
View ArticleApple-Comcast Talks Shows Power of New Media
Filed under: Investing U.S. stock markets are mixed today after a reading of manufacturing activity slowed and fear of conflict in Ukraine increased again. Markit's "flash" U.S. Manufacturing...
View ArticleThis Retailer Continues to Persevere
Filed under: Investing In the competitive world of fashion retail, the strongest protection against encroaching competition is brand strength. For as long as I can remember, Ralph Lauren has been a...
View ArticleThe Latest Buzz From Starbucks Could Be a Game Changer
Filed under: Investing Source:  Starbucks If you've ever had a hangover in the morning, one of the first things you may desire is a piping hot coffee from Starbucks . How ironic is it that now...
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