Why HD Supply Is a Smart Play on Long-Term Construction Trends
Filed under: Investing HD Supply Holdings is one of a myriad of examples that illuminates the potential of spin-offs. The company was spawned out of home-improvement behemoth Home Depot and is...
View ArticleHow Did Citigroup Inc Get It So Wrong?
Filed under: Investing The Federal Reserve released its annual Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, or CCAR, stress test results, which show which banks will be allowed to increase their...
View ArticleStarbucks Vs Dunkin' Brands
Filed under: Investing Shares of Starbucks have pulled back from their 52-week high of $82.50 as investors had concerns about slower same-store sales growth in the first quarter and the month of...
View ArticleAfter Market: Foreign Fears Outweigh Upbeat Economic News
Filed under: Market News, Global Economy, International Trade, World Markets Stocks drifted lower on Thursday despite some generally upbeat economic news. Fourth-quarter GDP was revised higher and...
View ArticleIs Target Dumb for Pursuing Smart Cards?
Filed under: Investing Taking the position of "better late than never," Target is accelerating its $100 million investment into chip-enabled smart card technology to help rebuild consumer trust after...
View ArticleWal-Mart's Battle With Visa Can't Hold Back the Dow
Filed under: Investing Stock markets are slightly higher today after the Commerce Department reported that personal income and spending both rose 0.3% in February. Considering the weather the country...
View ArticleWhy the Dayton Flyers Stand to Make Big Money by Reaching the Elite Eight
Filed under: Investing I don't know about you, but I love a good fairy tale. Especially when it involves Cinderella and a basketball. This year, the role of Cinderella is being played by University of...
View ArticleCan Paramount's 'Noah' Weather a Box Office Storm of Controversy?
Filed under: Investing People take their religious beliefs very seriously, so when movies are made based on stories from their sacred texts, controversy is to be expected. That's the scenario Paramount...
View ArticleWhy Accenture's Slow Growth Isn't as Bad as It Seems
Filed under: Investing The market didn't like Accenture's second-quarter earnings, sending shares down 5%Ā after the company's seventh straight quarter of weak sales growth. But according to nearly...
View ArticleHow a Brazilian Downgrade Hurts Itau Unibanco, Banco Bradesco, and Banco...
Filed under: Investing Bad newsĀ is coming from the emerging markets again. On Monday, Standard & Poor's decided to cut Brazil's credit rating, arguing that the sluggish economic growth and its...
View ArticleAfter Blasting Through the Roof, Can Five Below Take Dollar General Under?
Filed under: Investing Source: Five Below March 26, 2014 is turning out to be a pretty good day for shareholders of discount retailer Five Below . After the company announced fiscal fourth-quarter...
View ArticleVince Shows Strength in Its First Quarterly Release as a Public Company
Filed under: Investing Vince , the newly public luxury brand, has just released its earnings report for the fourth-quarter of fiscal 2013. The results came in mixed in comparison with expectations and...
View ArticleThe Economic Wild Card That Could Send the Dow to Record Highs
Filed under: Investing Although investors might be disappointed that theĀ Dow Jones Industrials ended Friday up just 59 points after rising as much as 150 points earlier in the trading session, the...
View ArticleYou're Being Followed... but That Might Not Be a Bad Thing
Filed under: Investing Photo: Flickr/Roberto Verzo It's a fact of the Internet that when you're online, you're most likely being tracked. That's especially true while shopping online. Now,...
View ArticleAfter Market: Jittery Investors Fear Putin Won't Take the Weekend Off
Filed under: Market News, Global Economy, Stocks, World Markets, Investing Stocks ended Friday in positive territory, though they gave up most of the day's gains in the afternoon as investors grew...
View ArticleBox Office: 'Noah' Winning Big Overseas, Lions Gate Hopes 'Divergent' Will Hold
Filed under: Investing Noah and Divergent should top this weekend's box office. Credit: Lions Gate/ViacomĀ I hope you're ready, because this weekend's box office pits mankind's troubled past directly...
View ArticleDid Facebook Just Pull a Google?
Filed under: Investing On Friday's Tech Teardown, host Erin Kennedy and Motley Fool tech and telecom bureau chief Evan Niu take a look at the top stories from the market this week in tech. Evan takes a...
View ArticleIs Darden's Olive Garden Stepping Up?
Filed under: Investing There's no denying that Darden Restaurants' Olive Garden chain is in the midst of tumult. The Italian eateries have not generated positive store traffic in some time. Extreme...
View ArticleFor the Telegram App, Facebook Inc. Just Changed Everything
Filed under: Investing Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp may be driving millions to leave the messaging platform for a competitor known as Telegram. Fool contributor Tim Beyers examines the numbers in...
View ArticleOil Theft in Nigeria Continues to Plague This Company
Filed under: Investing Despite Nigeria's vast oil riches, the sector has been plagued by persistent oil theft and vandalism over the past several years. According to some estimates, this so-called...
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