The government-run China Daily newspaper is reporting this week that the 12th National People's Congress is considering a law that would tackle issues including unfair competitive...
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May 31 - News
It's been a good earnings season for the high-end brands.
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May 31 - News
In his State of the Union address earlier this year, President Obama called for Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour by 2015, with automatic adjustments upward...
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May 31 - News
The business landscape is rapidly shifting, but the outlook still seems bright for those who utilize the day, fundamental, or technical trading approaches.
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May 31 - News
So this morning, I ran across a Forbes article that concluded that business is becoming deprived by technology.
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May 30 - News
Obamacare has been controversial since it was first proposed, and the debate about the law has only gotten more heated as more of its provisions take effect.
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May 30 - News
When things go bad for high-profile Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), it can get ugly.
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May 30 - News
If you own Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) stock, 2013 has been a great year so far.
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May 30 - News
On Thursday, Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 30 - News
With about 17% of the world’s population, an emerging middle-class of young consumers and an increased rate of urbanization, Africa is starting to become the ‘new China’ ...
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May 30 - News
Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) is a relatively smal company with a market cap sitting at a hair under $6 billion.
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May 30 - News
When looking for promising candidates for your stock portfolio, certain big names might easily come to mind, such as International Business Machines Corp.
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May 30 - News
Last week, Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) announced another quarter of a large loss which led to another sell-off for investors of the company.
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May 30 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Liberty Media Corp (NASDAQ:LMCA), Charter Communications, Inc.
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May 30 - Hedge Funds
A long-standing dispute between credit card issuers Visa Inc (NYSE:V) and MasterCard Inc (NYSE:MA) and the businesses that accept consumer payments via those instruments is...
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May 30 - News
Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) both have something magic going on. And it's all about customer service.
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May 30 - News
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT)’s results for its fiscal 2014 first quarter were quite average.
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May 29 - News
The Marketplace Fairness Act, currently under consideration by the U.S.
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May 29 - News
Perhaps Tim Cook's best-known claim to fame is that he constructed what's widely regarded as the best supply chain in the world for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).
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May 29 - News
The moment I look at Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s logo, I am dumbstruck by the way it has stayed true to its vision of providing A-to-Z products.
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May 29 - News
With the economy starting to improve, you might think Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR)'s fortunes will reverse.
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May 28 - News
I was on the lookout for market leaders in niche markets and I came across Spartan Stores, Inc.
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May 28 - News
Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG), despite its name, is not a “dollar store” in the traditional sense.
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May 28 - News
Over the last year or so, I've read a lot about how Best Buy Co., Inc.
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May 28 - News
It is hard to buy food or pay rent when you are unemployed. Double-income families can usually handle the effects of unemployment by relying on one income instead of two.
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May 28 - News
In Part I of this article I looked at the first half of Best Buy Co., Inc.
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May 28 - News
Billionaire George Soros managed to return an average 30.5% per year between 1969 and 2000.
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May 28 - Hedge Funds
I know that some investors are going to disagree with whatever I say about Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). The company's stock performance has been nothing short of amazing.
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May 28 - News
Retailers, such as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) and Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), are looking for Silicon Valley start-ups that will help their online businesses grow.
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May 28 - News
It seems that the drawbridge has slowly been lowered over the former online merchant moat, and now the big "brick-and-mortar" stores are crossing the bridge.
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May 24 - News
Is Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) a first-rate investment today? Money managers are turning bullish.
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May 24 - News
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) was in 52 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March.
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May 23 - News
Big box retailers have a huge underutilized asset at each of their stores, their roof. As these companies look to lower operating costs, companies like Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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May 23 - News
Tomorrow, Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 23 - News
This morning's earnings release from Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) contained a few surprises -- and not the good kind.
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May 22 - News
Once again, retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) was listed as the top company in America on Forbes' recent list of the top 500 companies (by annual revenue).
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May 22 - News
I was an early online shopper.
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May 21 - News
On Wednesday, Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 21 - News
With consumer staple stocks continuing their grind higher, so far with no end in sight, it’s becoming difficult to find stocks in the sector that are still trading at low valuations...
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May 20 - News
Is retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) truly a bellwether of the health of the U.S.
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May 20 - News
Richard Pzena is one of the most successful value investors, managing nearly $20 billion as of April 2013.
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May 20 - News
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is perhaps the most feared retailer in the United States.
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May 20 - News
As a longtime shareholder of OLED technologist Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ:PANL), I'm sure I'm not alone in saying it has felt like an eternity since the first 55-inch...
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May 19 - News
For the fourth week in a row, all three of the major U.S. stock indexes have risen.
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May 19 - News
Editor's Note: J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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May 17 - News
When a $226 billion a year business is about to change, it makes sense for investors to pay close attention to the potential winners and losers.
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May 17 - News
Stocks treaded water most of the day before dipping late in the session on remarks from the Fed about cutting its stimulus program.
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May 17 - News
E-commerce sales have exploded in recent years and have grown exponentially with consumers' widespread adoption of smartphones and tablets.
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May 16 - News
As promised at the end of Part I of this two-part article, in Part II, I am presenting three more selections that will help investors round out a well-diversified, income-producing...
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May 16 - News
