Walmart Inc

NYSE: WMT
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Closing Price on October 3, 2024

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Not many things test a brand’s strength more than a price increase. Nike (NYSE: NKE) said it will increase what it charges for most products by 5.2% because of rising costs for materials including...
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) cut 5% of the employees in its trading operation (Reuters) Congress added another stop gap budget bill to take the federal government’s funding through April 8...
The market capitalization of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) moved ahead of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) last year. It was a humiliation for the world’s largest software company which held the distinction...
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) profits will probably be higher but hurt by gas prices. (Reuters) Lehman Bros has set November 17 as the date to get approval of its bankruptcy plan. (Reuters) Problems in the...
There has been an interesting trend of late that might lead investors to wonder if they should be involved in or not.  Dollar stores and discounters seem to be in the middle of an economic magic...
“We will encourage the best firms to acquire or build up overseas operations and to license or acquire famous global brands in order to obtain international recognition and improve the image and...
Japan was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake. (Reuters) Chinese insurance regulators passed on details of the AIG (NYSE: AIG) disaster to local insurance companies, according to WikiLeaks. (Reuters)...
On a day when lower oil has not prevented a triple-digit drop in the DJIA and a larger 1.7% drop in the S&P 500, we wanted to see what was working out there.  There are select single-story...
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...
Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) now has a serious issue for its shareholders to consider this weekend. The dollar store chain has rejected a $7.6 billion buyout offer from Nelson Peltz.  While...
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...
Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million...
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...
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....
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...