Costco Wholesale Corp
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The market does not expect much from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). The company is about to release quarterly figures. Analysts think that results will be hurt by low TV sales. Best Buy management counters...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) took a page from the dividend competition playbook when it raised its payout. The stock market has not been a huge helping hand for the shares so far. Still, we...
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When the going gets tough, the tough raise their dividends. At least that’s the way it seems with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), which is having trouble meeting its revenue goals in its US...
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Retail may be getting another good month of numbers for February 2011 if Retail Metrics is correct. The research firm noted, “Expectations for discounters, department stores, drug chains and...
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Earnings season may be winding down but there are still sector-moving companies due to report earnings this week. We will be watching earnings for AutoZone Inc. (NYSE: AZO), Tech Data Corporation...
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Next week looks like the wind-down of earnings season with the exception of the off-calendar quarter companies. There are no DJIA components we saw on the calendar but there are several big stocks...
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Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) just issued another piece of nasty news. It will close its nine branded stores in China. It is another in a series of signs that the electronics retailer is in a steep decline....
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The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) both reported earnings this morning. Both also gave two very different reads on the economy and the implications may be in place...
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When does time run out for Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke? The stock market seems to believe he has done a good job. Wal-Mart’s stock trades at $55.38, about midway between its 52-week high and 52-week...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 31, 2010. That makes these his new 2011 holdings and...
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All that snow in January didn’t keep shoppers at home, apparently, as retailers posted a 4.2% increase in same-store sales for the month. That topped estimates that had started at 3.1% growth...
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Retail stores are reporting December sales today and the news is, at best mixed. Retailers reporting already include Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), BJ’s Wholesale...
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The rumors and thought of private equity in retail is going on and on, oddly enough with the same player. BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. (NYSE: BJ) is the newest target according to many web reports,...
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There has been just as much written about e-commerce as there is about bricks-and-mortar sales this holiday season, if a quick read of online business sites and financial publications is any...
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Last week we identified the ten Warren Buffett investments with the most implied upside. But we also found that there were many Buffett investments in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) which...
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