Walmart Inc
NYSE: WMT
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Closing Price on September 27, 2024
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The worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 index so far this year is Whole Foods Market. Is the store in trouble, or do investors expect too much?
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courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The 500 largest corporations in the United States posted profits of more than $1 trillion last year, the first time ever to reach that level and, of course, a new...
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The strikes by Amazon.com warehouse workers in Germany are no longer just a pesky problem. The Verdi labor union wants to move to collective bargaining to improve the lot of almost 10,000 warehouse...
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Following an initial rush of enthusiasm after the company reported fourth-quarter results in late February, shares of J.C. Penney have traded in a band between about $7.25 and $9.75.
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thinkstockMay 29, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following reports that U.S. GDP contracted by 1% in the first quarter and that new claims for jobless benefits fell to 300,000. Pending home...
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Walmart needs a new board. The conclusion of a recent report about Walmart's need for more independent directors was not aggressive enough to solve Walmart's severe governance flaws.
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ThinkstockBy the end of last week, some 70% of retailers on the Retail Metrics Retail Earnings Index had reported first-quarter earnings, and the news has not been good. Retailers are missing...
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Google further cemented is position as the number one Web property in the United States based on April data. comScore reports that Google sites had 192.3 million unique visitors.
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As retailers post poor earnings, the possibility that major retailers will eliminate thousands of locations in total has increased. Some announcements about "downsizing" have already been made.
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7-Eleven Inc.From a single location in Texas in 1927, the 7-Eleven empire has grown to more than 52,000 stores in 15 countries. Those stores are no longer owned by a U.S. company but by a Japanese...
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E-commerce revenue is not rising at the rates it was several years ago, but it is still rising faster than retail in general. Desktop retail e-commerce spending rose 12% in the first quarter of this...
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In three of the past four years, Walmart has posted a year-over-year decline in U.S. same-store sales, and the gain the company posted in its 2012 fiscal year was a skimpy 0.2%.
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courtesy of Whole Foods MarketInflation always seems like a dirty word we don’t want to talk about. In reality, the Federal Reserve is praying for some, and there are sectors that actually benefit...
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courtesy of WhiteHouse.govBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released its holdings as of the end of the first quarter of 2014. We were originally not expecting many major changes to the...
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thinkstockMay 15, 2014: Markets opened lower on Thursday and traded lower all day as the market headed for its second straight losing day. The 10-year Treasury note was in demand again today, pushing...
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