Costco Wholesale Corp
NASDAQ: COST
$971.88
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Closing Price on November 29, 2024
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thinkstockThe stock market is supposed to fall after reaching nearly all-time highs, because $85 billion in budget cuts have begun. But these will not move the stock market down, at least not for...
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courtesy of Office DepotRumors came out over the weekend that Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) finally are considering a long-awaited and long-speculated merger. This will...
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ThinkstockOne of the world’s leading luxury brand has filed a suit against one of the world’s largest discount retailers over allegedly false claims on engagement rings. Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:...
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courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.No company has a better reputation among American consumers than Amazon.com. The online retailer pushed Apple out of the the top slot this year, according to a recent...
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White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but...
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ThinkstockRetailers are announcing January same-store sales figures today. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of 2.8% year-over-year, compared with a 4.8% gain in December and a...
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Jon OggThe death of the endless growth of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is finally upon us. That is at least what J.P. Morgan Chase would lead you to believe. The bulge-bracket investment banking...
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ThinkstockSame-store sales for January are scheduled to be released this Thursday, and the consensus projection from research firm Retail Metrics calls for an increase of 2.8% compared with January...
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Wikimedia CommonsBased on a crude calculation of Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) holiday sales, its forecast revenue for the current quarter and its revenue growth rate, the e-commerce’s firm...
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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a string of solid earnings reports yesterday and after markets closed last night. As we note below, earnings results were more mixed today,...
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Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A (NYSE: ALU) raised to Neutral from Sell at...
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ThinkstockConsumer electronics retailer hhgregg inc. (NYSE: HGG) announced preliminary results for its fiscal third quarter this morning, and the results were not pretty. The company expects...
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ThinkstockRetailers are announcing December same-store sales figures today and, to tell the truth, expectations are pretty low. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of just 1.9%...
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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following yesterday’s gains with another good start. In Asia, the North Korean rocket launch did not cause markets to run for cover and a very solid...
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ThinkstockCostco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The big-box club store posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.95...
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