Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: High Hopes and Low-Expectation Stocks
at The Street - Tue Jul 15, 7:00PM CDT
Stick with companies where any good news will be met with big gains, Cramer says.
Wal-Mart Takes On Amazon.com -- and Itself
Rich Duprey, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 15, 7:40PM CDT
Although often seen from the outside as a stodgy, old-line type of department store, Wal-Mart has also been recognized for some time now as a technology leader in retailing. It was an early adopter of RFID tag technology, pushed for...
Amazon to gain from IaaS shift
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Jul 15, 6:13PM CDT
Corporate IT departments are ready to move to cloud-computing systems, says Pacific Crest Securities. Amazon Web Services, e-commerce giant Amazon's (AMZN) cloud-computing services unit, could benefit from the shift as cloud...
Groupon: Successful Turnaround or Identity Crisis?
Andrés Cardenal, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 15, 5:00PM CDT
Groupon is going through a profound transformation, and the company is generating impressive sales growth. But profitability is still scarce, and companies such as Amazon.com and RetailMeNot represent serious competitive challenges for...
Business Highlights
By The Associated Press - AP - Tue Jul 15, 5:00PM CDT
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Office Depot Adds Samsung SMART Printers to Product Line - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jul 15, 2:50PM CDT
Office Depot (ODP) has taken its Samsung collaboration one step forward by adding wireless printing and tablet technology to its line of products.
Why You Should Avoid This Recent IPO
Wade Michels, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 15, 2:38PM CDT
This will be a controversial article with my co-workers, in fact, some of them may get on my case. But that's why I love working for The Motley Fool, my company values differing opinions. And as you'll see, some of us disagree greatly on the merit of...
Kroger Is Seen Getting Less Competition From Wal-Mart
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Jul 15, 1:58PM CDT
Grocery-store chain Kroger's operating margin growth could benefit from a changing product mix and diminishing competition from Wal-Mart. BMO Capital Markets has upgraded Kroger (KR) to outperform from market perform and raised the price target to 58...
Do Big Box Stores Mean Big Value for Investors?
Gunnar Peterson, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 15, 12:30PM CDT
Wal-Mart and Lowe's are fixtures on the US shopping scene. Do either of them measure up as candidates for investments of your hard-earned money today? The economic crisis hit the general economy and the recovery has taken awhile to get around...
Amazon.com Up 11.3% Since SmarTrend Uptrend Call (AMZN)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jul 15, 11:22AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) on June 5th, 2014 at $317.42. In approximately 1 month, Amazon.com has returned 11.27% as of today's recent price of $353.20.
Why the Cost of Spotify and Other Music Streaming Services Must Increase
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 15, 11:07AM CDT
The music business has taken a beating the past few years as the industry struggles to find a model that works. Since pirating songs became something anyone with a computer could easily do, album sales have plummeted. That was somewhat mitigated...
Amazon Cloud Unit Sales Near $5B; Turning Point?
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Jul 15, 10:31AM CDT
Corporate America is finally ready to buy cloud-computing services, says Pacific Crest Securities, which sees upside for Amazon.com (AMZN)'s Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others. The biggest users of cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) --...
Target: Life After the Data Breach
Dan Moskowitz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 15, 9:00AM CDT
Target.com As we all know by now Target suffered a data breach, but will it matter down the road? A few years from now, you may shrug and look at it as a short-term hiccup in the retailer's history. It could even be looked at as a long-term...
Will eBay (EBAY) Miss Earnings Estimates? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jul 15, 8:38AM CDT
eBay Inc. (EBAY) is set to report second-quarter 2014 results on Jul 16. Last quarter, it posted a 1.75% positive surprise. Let's see how things are shaping up for this announcement.
Fortinet offers on-demand virtual web application firewalls for Amazon web Services
M2 - Tue Jul 15, 8:09AM CDT
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) said it has announced enhancements to its existing Fortiweb-VM web Application Firewalls for Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) web Services to include on-demand, pay-as-you-go offerings.
Retail Begins Picking It Up - Zacks Analyst Interviews
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jul 15, 2:03AM CDT
Retail Begins Picking It Up - Zacks Analyst Interviews
Retail Begins Picking It Up - Industry Outlook
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jul 15, 2:03AM CDT
Retail Begins Picking It Up - Industry Outlook
Don't Miss BlackBerry’s Resurgence
George Kesarios, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jul 14, 6:00PM CDT
Is BlackBerry experiencing a sort of resurgence? Looking at the stock's price action over the past several weeks, the answer is probably yes. However, even if BlackBerry is not exactly there, yet, the truth of the matter is that the company has so...
Internet, cable fight heats up
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Jul 14, 5:52PM CDT
Competition between Internet service providers and cable-TV networks is intensifying, Standard & Poor's said in a report. Netflix (NFLX), Amazon (AMZN), Yahoo (YHOO) and Hulu have stepped up spending, while Microsoft (MSFT) looks to get into online...
Amazon
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Jul 14, 5:49PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) hired Google (GOOGL) Glass pioneer Babak Parviz from the search giant, according to MarketWatch. Amazon shares rose 2.6% to 355.32.