Will Wal-Mart Topple GameStop's Used Games Empire?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 1 hr 48 mins ago
Source: walmart.com . GameStop has been on a roller coaster over the past year. Rumors that the Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PlayStation 4 would include system-level features to block the playing of used games caused fears that the...
A Fool Looks Back
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Mar 22, 5:00AM CDT
Wal-Mart has always been a place to get cheap products, but now it wants to get even cheaper for diehard gamers. The world's largest retailer announced this week that it will begin accepting used video games as trade-ins that can be exchange for...
Why Wal-Mart's Plan to Enter the Used Video Game Business Is a Serious Blow to GameStop
Bob Ciura, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 21, 2:30PM CDT
When the largest retailer in the world targets a company's core business in its crosshairs, there's reason for that company to be concerned. That's exactly what Wal-Mart plans to do in the area of used video games. Wal-Mart will soon allow...
How Wal-Mart Could Destroy GameStop
Timothy Green, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 20, 12:32PM CDT
Pre-owned video game sales total roughly $2 billion per year, and GameStop currently owns a big chunk of it. The rise of digital distribution poses a threat to GameStop's business model, but a larger, more near-term threat is Wal-Mart Stores . ...
'Fast Money' Recap: Shaken by the Fed
at The Street - Thu Mar 20, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discussed the market reaction to the Fed's policy statement and which sectors will benefit most.
Equities Updates, Most Active -- Research on Inovio Pharma, Oi S.A., GameStop, and Banco Bradesco
PR Newswire - Wed Mar 19, 7:00AM CDT
The trading session on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 ended on a higher note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 16,336.19, up 0.55% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,333.31, up 1.25%. The S&P 500 finished the session 0.72% higher at 1,872.25. The gains were broad based as nine of ten sectors ended the session in positive. During the session healthy gains in the Information Technology, Health Care, and Energy sectors positively impacted the broader market. Investor-Edge looks at some of the equities which attracted the most attention and traded the most shares during the session. These include Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMEX: INO), Oi S.A. (NYSE: OIBR), GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME), and Banco Bradesco S.A. (NYSE: BBD). Free technical research on INO, OIBR, GME and BBD can be downloaded upon signing up at:
Microsoft Rumors Pump Up Dow, While Wal-Mart Threatens GameStop
Jeremy Bowman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Mar 18, 9:00PM CDT
Stocks surged for the second straight day today, making last week's slide a distant memory, as remarks from Russian President Vladimir Putin calmed markets. Putin said he did not wish to seize further parts of Ukraine, but still defied Western...
Investor Beat: GM's Recall Debacle Continues
Alison Southwick, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Mar 18, 7:06PM CDT
In the past two months, General Motors has recalled more than 3.3 million vehicles globally, as the company's struggles with its ignition switch recall continue. Now, in its latest attempt to regain control of the situation, the company is tapping...
4 Stocks Moving: Is Microsoft Office Coming to the iPad?
Alison Southwick, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Mar 18, 6:54PM CDT
Amazon.com announced that it will release a video streaming device in early April, to compete with devices such as Roku, Apple TV, and Google's Chromecast. Microsoft stock is up today, on news that new CEO Satya Nadella may unveil the Office...
Why Game Stop, The TJX Companies, Inc., and Newmont Mining Are Today's 3 Worst Stocks
John Divine, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Mar 18, 6:31PM CDT
Even though the U.S. and the EU both started economic sanctions against Russia as the country formally annexed Crimea from Ukraine, Wall Street reminded itself that those issues were half a world away on Tuesday. Relieved that the conflict hadn't yet...
Can Wal-Mart Take On GameStop?
Andrew Marder, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Mar 18, 5:01PM CDT
Today, Wal-Mart announced that it is going to try to bury GameStop 's still-warm corpse by accepting used video games for trade-in. GameStop's unique selling point has always been the fact that it is the one big chain where you can go and trade...
Business Highlights
By The Associated Press - AP - Tue Mar 18, 4:53PM CDT
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Stocks gain after reports on housing, Ukraine
By STEVE ROTHWELL and MATT CRAFT - AP - Tue Mar 18, 4:15PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Encouraging news on the economy gave the stock market a boost on Tuesday.
Beazer and GameStop are big market movers
AP - Tue Mar 18, 3:30PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:
Walmart to Buy Used Video Games - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Mar 18, 3:05PM CDT
Walmart has recently announced plans to accept used video games from its customers and offer store credit in return as an initiative to expand its trade-in program.
Wal-Mart to Accept Video Game Trade-Ins in Stores; How Will GameStop Respond?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Mar 18, 2:51PM CDT
Wal-Mart has decided it wants to own the used video game industry. That could be very bad news for GameStop as it struggles with declining sales for traditional games despite the release of a new generation of gaming consoles. What is...
Cramer: Buy Take-Two (TTWO), Electronic Arts (EA) Over GameStop (GME) and Wal-Mart (WMT)
at The Street - Tue Mar 18, 2:04PM CDT
TheStreet's Jim Cramer says Wal-Mart's (WMT) announcement that it would accept used video games as trade-ins, and the potential effect on GameStop (GME), has left him "cold" on hardware gaming. He prefers the digital plays, specifically Electronic...
Microsoft Powers the Dow's Triple-Digit Jump
Dan Carroll, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Mar 18, 1:36PM CDT
The markets have sustained yesterday's rally as investors hope for the best following Russia's move to formally annex Crimea. While the situation is still in flux, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has made the most of investor optimism, rallying...
Wal-Mart takes aim at $2B used video game market
By MAE ANDERSON and KEN SWEET - AP - Tue Mar 18, 4:15PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart plans to start buying used video games from shoppers at stores in a move that goes after the bread-and-butter business of GameStop.