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• Police: Security guard head-butted, sat on, driven away at Wal-Mart (and worse)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 165
  Two women trying to avoid arrest after allegedly stealing goods from a local Wal-Mart store head-butted, urinated on and drove off with a security guard. ...security guard attempted to stop the women from getting away with $45 in stolen merchandise. Marilyn Cole, 35,...was arraigned Tuesday. Cole was on parole for ...
  4 hours ago

• ($WMT) Wal-Mart Sales Up in U.S. and Europe

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 461
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ( WMT ) reported strong fiscal third-quarter earnings of 84 cents per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 81 cents. Earnings grew 9.1% year over year from 77 cents recorded in the year-ago quarter, and exceeded management’s guidance of 78 cents to 82 cents per share. ...
  12 hours ago

• (TGT) Initial Jobless Claims Fall Again

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 461
  Initial claims for unemployment insurance (or jobless claims) fell to 502,000 last week — a drop of 12,000 from last week’s revised level (and 10,000 from last week’s unrevised level). That brought the four-week moving average down to 519,750 — a decline of 4,500 from last week, and of 139,000 from its ...
  14 hours ago

• Man forced by kidnappers to purchase a PlayStation 3

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 796
  You can tell the recession is dramatically affecting folks all over the United States when stories about kidnappers forcing their detainee to buy them gaming consoles arise. Thats exactly what Kyle Yarkosky is alleging that David Daniels and another unnamed suspect did to him, after forcing him at gunpoint into ...
  20 hours ago

• Wal-Mart Profit Up, but Key Indicator Slips

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Revenue and profit were up at Wal-Mart more than expected, but sales fell 0.4 percent at stores open at least a year.
  2 days ago

• The Recession Is Still Very Much Alive.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 450
  There seems to be a growing divide in the current U.S. economy. On the one hand, you have the financial sector swimming in their bailout-induced profits like a modern day Scrooge Mcduck. In their circles, it appears as if the recession is over. On the other hand, you have average Americans seeing access to credit ...
  2 days ago

• Wal Mart Steps Up Preparation To Tackle Black Friday 2009 Sale

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  By Ranjan BhaduriNew York, Nov.12, (THAINDIAN News) Last year, Black Friday turned into a dark event at one of Wal-Mart’s New York branches. A worker at that store was crushed to death by a massive crowd rush. This incident taught the retail giant a bitter lesson and that is why they have stepped up crowd [...]
  3 days ago

• Advertising: Something to Rah-Rah-Rah About for Christmas

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Gap said “theres no accident” in the resemblance between its ads and “Glee,” the hit TV series on Fox featuring cheerleaders.
  3 days ago

• (KO) Keeping the Dollar Decline in Perspective

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 461
  The dollar has clearly been under pressure this year. Most of the graphs of it that you have seen probably look like the first graph below, which shows what the dollar has done against two indexes since the start of the year. The blue line is how the greenback has fared against the major currencies like the Euro and ...
  3 days ago

• Wall St. Takes a Breather and Shares Close Flat

  
  DealBook — Authority: 775
  A day after a spirited rally sent the Dow to its highest levels since the beginning of the financial crisis, Wall Street took a moment to breathe, with stocks showing little or no gains on Tuesday.
  4 days ago

• Calming the Black Friday Crowds

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The doors opened and the sprint began after a Wal-Mart store in Secaucus, N.J., began its post-Thanksgiving sales last year.
  4 days ago

• Former Wal-Mart Chief Joins P.E. Firm

  
  DealBook — Authority: 775
  Wal-Marts former chief, Lee Scott, has landed at private equity firm Solamere Capital.
  5 days ago

• Sony to Offer Film on Internet TV, Then DVD

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” will be priced at $24.95 for Internet TV and Blu-ray players.
  5 days ago

• Advertising: A Stratocaster for Max, and Other Mad Men Stories

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The actor Kevin Bacon, left, appeared with the Bacon Brothers, while Steven Quinn, a Wal-Mart executive, discussed the strains of the economy.
  6 days ago

• Walmart, Amazon now slash DVD prices: Whats next?

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 661
  Filed under: Competitive strategy , Wal-Mart (WMT) , Amazon.com (AMZN) , Target Corp. (TGT) Santa hasnt even been tugged down Central Park West yet, and Wal-Mart ( WMT ) is already slashing its prices. The market among major retailers is intensifying , with many offering products as loss leaders in order to ...
  6 days ago

• (BIG) Initial Jobless Claims Down

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 461
  Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell by 20,000 this week to 512,000. Last week’s numbers were revised slightly higher, so arguably the drop was 18,000, but that’s still a nice improvement. The four-week moving average dropped by 3,000 to 523,750. Since new claims can be volatile from week to week, the ...
  1 week ago

• ($WMT) Easy Comparisons Help Retail Sales

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 461
  Easy comparisons and relatively favorable weather helped increase same-store sales in the typically weak month of October for retailers, up 1.8% from the year-earlier level but below the 2% growth expectation. Results for this series, which tracks data for stores open at least a year from 30 major retailers, had come ...
  1 week ago

• Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks swell

  
  Forex and Stock Market information, MMO, SEO and IT guide — Authority: 125
  By Edward Krudy As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer. Comments from Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N), the world’s largest retailer, as well as from a host of smaller stores, will be ...
  1 week ago

• Wal-Mart Adding LEDs to 650 Stores

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 626
  Megaretailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to use LED lights inside 650 new and renovated stores.Cree Inc. has been selected to handle the installation, which involves replacing ceramic metal halide in the produce and electronics department, according to a press release.Wal-Mart is going with Cree’s LRP-38, a PAR38 ...
  1 week ago

• (WMT) China’s Economy Booming Again

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 461
  The World Bank now estimates that China will grow 8.4% in 2009, up from its June forecast of 7.2% growth. Like the U.S., China embarked on a large fiscal stimulus program, one that relative to the size of its economy is more than three times as large as the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act was. Well, surprise, ...
  1 week ago

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