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Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 54 Of 54: Wal-Mart
Sure Dividend - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 8:26PM CST
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) is the largest discount retailer in the world. Wal-Mart is the 8th largest publicly traded US corporation. Wal-Mart is 4.3 times the size of Costco (NASDAQ: COST ) and 5.8 times the size of Target (NYSE: TGT ) based on...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), TGT: 72.40 (-1.13), WMT: 83.81 (-0.02), COST: 137.88 (-3.53)
Niche Retailers Use Savvy And Smartphones To Outflank Big Boxes
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Dec 12, 5:13PM CST
"There's an app for that" is a common refrain, one of the Internet age's many wrinkles. It's a wrinkle that has placed more power in the hands of consumers, and presents challenges and opportunities to retailers. This is particularly true in...
VSI: 45.98 (+0.15), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), FB: 77.83 (+0.10), GNC: 42.58 (-0.03), WMT: 83.81 (-0.02), MIK: 23.39 (+0.11), ULTA: 128.67 (-0.77), TWTR: 37.10 (+0.40), PETM: 77.67 (-0.77)
EBay PayPal Split Stirs Questions About Its Future
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Dec 12, 4:59PM CST
Can eBay go it alone without PayPal? The No. 2 e-commerce company in the U.S. after Amazon.com (AMZN) plans to spin off its lucrative payments unit in 2015, creating two separately traded companies. That will follow a volatile year in which activist...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), EBAY: 55.77 (-1.01), ECOM: 19.98 (-0.08), BABA: 105.11 (+0.14)
Shares of Office Depot Rise as Starboard Discloses 9.9% Stake - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Dec 12, 4:31PM CST
Starboard Value LP has increased its stake in Office Depot, Inc. (ODP) to 9.9% and disclosed a 5.1% stake in Staples, Inc. (SPLS) fueling rumors of a possible Staples-Office Depot merger in the near future.
SPLS: 16.47 (+0.37), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), WMT: 83.81 (-0.02), ODP: 7.79 (+0.25)
Rackspace Downgraded As Growth Seen Factored In
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Dec 12, 4:12PM CST
Rackspace Hosting (RAX), which provides cloud computing and Web hosting services to more than 300,000 business customers around the world, received a downgrade on Friday. Although the San Antonio-based company can expect steady growth as it refocuses...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), RAX: 45.39 (-0.86), IBM: 155.38 (-5.69), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60), MSFT: 46.95 (-0.22)
Stocks Stagger Back From Session Lows But Oil Falls Below $58
at The Street - Fri Dec 12, 2:33PM CST
Stocks recovered from session lows but were still battered on Friday as crude oil continued to plummet, falling below $58 a barrel.
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), GPRO: 60.52 (+0.47), KSS: 57.27 (+0.37), RAX: 45.39 (-0.86), UTX: 112.15 (-1.89), FB: 77.83 (+0.10), XOM: 86.60 (-2.60), M: 62.36 (+1.14), SSTK: 62.51 (-9.16), WIN: 8.47 (-0.91), SHLD: 32.30 (+0.15), ADBE: 76.02 (+6.28), BP: 36.24 (-1.09), CVX: 102.38 (-2.53), TWTR: 37.10 (+0.40), XLE: 74.02 (-1.40)
What Microsoft and Accenture's Cloud Partnership Means
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Dec 12, 1:27PM CST
Microsoft recently teamed up with Accenture to jointly fund and build a new hybrid cloud bundle, which is expected to launch next year. The "hybrid cloud" refers to businesses managing some of their own resources in-house, while relying on...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), GE: 24.89 (-0.52), IBM: 155.38 (-5.69), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60), MSFT: 46.95 (-0.22), GOOG: 518.66 (-9.68), CMCSA: 55.35 (-0.55), AAPL: 109.73 (-1.89), ACN: 81.90 (-1.98)
Netflix-Amazon Showdown at the 72nd Annual Globe Awards - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Dec 12, 12:00PM CST
Two of the world's leading streaming service providers, Netflix Inc. (NFLX) and Amazon.com (AMZN) will compete with each other once again but this time at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.
NFLX: 334.48 (-0.15), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), DIS: 91.49 (-0.26), CBS: 53.48 (+0.99)
Amazon to face strikes in Germany next week
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 10:37AM CST
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04)
Facebook May Up Spending On Media Content
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Dec 12, 10:36AM CST
Facebook will step up investments in original content, aiming to take on YouTube, said Nomura Securities in a 2015 media outlook report. "There have been recent reports of Facebook trying to court YouTube's top talent to put their content on Facebook...
NFLX: 334.48 (-0.15), YHOO: 50.24 (+0.30), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), FB: 77.83 (+0.10), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60)
'The $150 Billion Question': What TV Networks Are Doing to Survive
at The Street - Fri Dec 12, 9:22AM CST
Big television networks are being forced to reshape their business models to stem the exodus of eyeballs and advertising dollars to digital platforms.
NFLX: 334.48 (-0.15), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), FOXA: 36.90 (-0.22), GOOG: 518.66 (-9.68), CMCSA: 55.35 (-0.55), TWX: 82.12 (-1.19), CBS: 53.48 (+0.99)
My 2 Cents In The Amazon.com Cash Flow/Capital Leases Debate
Paulo Santos - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 8:48AM CST
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04)
Tech Stocks Weekly: Windows 10, Apple/IBM, and the News You Need to Know
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Dec 12, 8:33AM CST
The second week of December saw no tech company earnings releases of note, but was nevertheless punctuated with a number of major news items. Tech titans Google , Apple , and Microsoft dominated the headlines, while a hacking scandal...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), EBAY: 55.77 (-1.01), IBM: 155.38 (-5.69), FB: 77.83 (+0.10), QCOM: 70.58 (-1.41), FFIV: 130.54 (-1.84), SNE: 20.33 (-0.41), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60), MSFT: 46.95 (-0.22), GOOG: 518.66 (-9.68), AAPL: 109.73 (-1.89), ADBE: 76.02 (+6.28)
Amazon Prime Instant Video Releases Abbey Road Carols By Kindlelight Concert Today in the US and UK
Business Wire - Fri Dec 12, 8:00AM CST
--Amazon customers were invited to attend the exclusive concert and sing along by e-reading carols from Kindle Paperwhite, illuminating Abbey Road Studios like never before
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04)
Amazon Announces Best-Selling Books of 2014
Business Wire - Fri Dec 12, 8:00AM CST
--The Most Wished For books are All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty; the Most Gifted book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04)
2 Surprising Companies Poised to Take Mobile Ad Share From Facebook Inc.
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Dec 12, 6:37AM CST
Facebook 's share of mobile display ad spending might have peaked this year. Of the $9.6 billion advertisers are expected to spend on mobile display ads this year, Facebook took approximately $3.3 billion, or 34.7%, according to eMarketer. That's...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), FB: 77.83 (+0.10), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60), TWTR: 37.10 (+0.40), GOOG: 518.66 (-9.68), AAPL: 109.73 (-1.89)
Tailwinds For Overstock.com
Mike Arnold, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 5:00AM CST
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), OSTK: 25.53 (-0.29), BABA: 105.11 (+0.14)
'Fast Money' Recap: Is the Economy Weaker Than We Think?
at The Street - Fri Dec 12, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel discussed oversupply, lower demand and what can make investors more confident.
FDX: 175.79 (-1.09), HYG: 87.25 (-1.20), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), SAVE: 68.12 (-0.88), RIG: 16.47 (-0.55), COST: 137.88 (-3.53), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60), SDRL: 11.06 (-0.15), RNF: 9.34 (-0.16), NXPI: 73.39 (-1.56), AAPL: 109.73 (-1.89), UPS: 110.00 (-0.63)
Last-minute holiday shoppers
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Dec 11, 6:07PM CST
Last-minute holiday shoppers might want to consider a sporty-looking new nylon backpack that has solar cells on it that can recharge smartphones and other gadgets while camping or hiking. The waterproof Water Backpack, sold by Eceen Electronic on...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04)
Senate OKs tighter Internet sales tax collection
By DAVID EGGERT - AP - Thu Dec 11, 5:50PM CST
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Amazon and other online retailers with ties to Michigan would have to collect its 6 percent sales tax on purchases under legislation approved Thursday by a divided Senate.
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), WMT: 83.81 (-0.02)
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 54 Of 54: Wal-Mart
Sure Dividend - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 8:26PM CST
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) is the largest discount retailer in the world. Wal-Mart is the 8th largest publicly traded US corporation. Wal-Mart is 4.3 times the size of Costco (NASDAQ: COST ) and 5.8 times the size of Target (NYSE: TGT ) based on...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), TGT: 72.40 (-1.13), WMT: 83.81 (-0.02), COST: 137.88 (-3.53)
Niche Retailers Use Savvy And Smartphones To Outflank Big Boxes
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Dec 12, 5:13PM CST
"There's an app for that" is a common refrain, one of the Internet age's many wrinkles. It's a wrinkle that has placed more power in the hands of consumers, and presents challenges and opportunities to retailers. This is particularly true in...
VSI: 45.98 (+0.15), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), FB: 77.83 (+0.10), GNC: 42.58 (-0.03), WMT: 83.81 (-0.02), MIK: 23.39 (+0.11), ULTA: 128.67 (-0.77), TWTR: 37.10 (+0.40), PETM: 77.67 (-0.77)
EBay PayPal Split Stirs Questions About Its Future
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Dec 12, 4:59PM CST
Can eBay go it alone without PayPal? The No. 2 e-commerce company in the U.S. after Amazon.com (AMZN) plans to spin off its lucrative payments unit in 2015, creating two separately traded companies. That will follow a volatile year in which activist...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), EBAY: 55.77 (-1.01), ECOM: 19.98 (-0.08), BABA: 105.11 (+0.14)
Shares of Office Depot Rise as Starboard Discloses 9.9% Stake - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Dec 12, 4:31PM CST
Starboard Value LP has increased its stake in Office Depot, Inc. (ODP) to 9.9% and disclosed a 5.1% stake in Staples, Inc. (SPLS) fueling rumors of a possible Staples-Office Depot merger in the near future.
SPLS: 16.47 (+0.37), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), WMT: 83.81 (-0.02), ODP: 7.79 (+0.25)
Rackspace Downgraded As Growth Seen Factored In
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Dec 12, 4:12PM CST
Rackspace Hosting (RAX), which provides cloud computing and Web hosting services to more than 300,000 business customers around the world, received a downgrade on Friday. Although the San Antonio-based company can expect steady growth as it refocuses...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), RAX: 45.39 (-0.86), IBM: 155.38 (-5.69), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60), MSFT: 46.95 (-0.22)
Stocks Stagger Back From Session Lows But Oil Falls Below $58
at The Street - Fri Dec 12, 2:33PM CST
Stocks recovered from session lows but were still battered on Friday as crude oil continued to plummet, falling below $58 a barrel.
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), GPRO: 60.52 (+0.47), KSS: 57.27 (+0.37), RAX: 45.39 (-0.86), UTX: 112.15 (-1.89), FB: 77.83 (+0.10), XOM: 86.60 (-2.60), M: 62.36 (+1.14), SSTK: 62.51 (-9.16), WIN: 8.47 (-0.91), SHLD: 32.30 (+0.15), ADBE: 76.02 (+6.28), BP: 36.24 (-1.09), CVX: 102.38 (-2.53), TWTR: 37.10 (+0.40), XLE: 74.02 (-1.40)
What Microsoft and Accenture's Cloud Partnership Means
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Dec 12, 1:27PM CST
Microsoft recently teamed up with Accenture to jointly fund and build a new hybrid cloud bundle, which is expected to launch next year. The "hybrid cloud" refers to businesses managing some of their own resources in-house, while relying on...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), GE: 24.89 (-0.52), IBM: 155.38 (-5.69), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60), MSFT: 46.95 (-0.22), GOOG: 518.66 (-9.68), CMCSA: 55.35 (-0.55), AAPL: 109.73 (-1.89), ACN: 81.90 (-1.98)
Netflix-Amazon Showdown at the 72nd Annual Globe Awards - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Dec 12, 12:00PM CST
Two of the world's leading streaming service providers, Netflix Inc. (NFLX) and Amazon.com (AMZN) will compete with each other once again but this time at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.
NFLX: 334.48 (-0.15), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), DIS: 91.49 (-0.26), CBS: 53.48 (+0.99)
Amazon to face strikes in Germany next week
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 10:37AM CST
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04)
Facebook May Up Spending On Media Content
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Dec 12, 10:36AM CST
Facebook will step up investments in original content, aiming to take on YouTube, said Nomura Securities in a 2015 media outlook report. "There have been recent reports of Facebook trying to court YouTube's top talent to put their content on Facebook...
NFLX: 334.48 (-0.15), YHOO: 50.24 (+0.30), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), FB: 77.83 (+0.10), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60)
'The $150 Billion Question': What TV Networks Are Doing to Survive
at The Street - Fri Dec 12, 9:22AM CST
Big television networks are being forced to reshape their business models to stem the exodus of eyeballs and advertising dollars to digital platforms.
NFLX: 334.48 (-0.15), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), FOXA: 36.90 (-0.22), GOOG: 518.66 (-9.68), CMCSA: 55.35 (-0.55), TWX: 82.12 (-1.19), CBS: 53.48 (+0.99)
My 2 Cents In The Amazon.com Cash Flow/Capital Leases Debate
Paulo Santos - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 8:48AM CST
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04)
Tech Stocks Weekly: Windows 10, Apple/IBM, and the News You Need to Know
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Dec 12, 8:33AM CST
The second week of December saw no tech company earnings releases of note, but was nevertheless punctuated with a number of major news items. Tech titans Google , Apple , and Microsoft dominated the headlines, while a hacking scandal...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), EBAY: 55.77 (-1.01), IBM: 155.38 (-5.69), FB: 77.83 (+0.10), QCOM: 70.58 (-1.41), FFIV: 130.54 (-1.84), SNE: 20.33 (-0.41), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60), MSFT: 46.95 (-0.22), GOOG: 518.66 (-9.68), AAPL: 109.73 (-1.89), ADBE: 76.02 (+6.28)
Amazon Prime Instant Video Releases Abbey Road Carols By Kindlelight Concert Today in the US and UK
Business Wire - Fri Dec 12, 8:00AM CST
--Amazon customers were invited to attend the exclusive concert and sing along by e-reading carols from Kindle Paperwhite, illuminating Abbey Road Studios like never before
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04)
Amazon Announces Best-Selling Books of 2014
Business Wire - Fri Dec 12, 8:00AM CST
--The Most Wished For books are All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty; the Most Gifted book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04)
2 Surprising Companies Poised to Take Mobile Ad Share From Facebook Inc.
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Dec 12, 6:37AM CST
Facebook 's share of mobile display ad spending might have peaked this year. Of the $9.6 billion advertisers are expected to spend on mobile display ads this year, Facebook took approximately $3.3 billion, or 34.7%, according to eMarketer. That's...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), FB: 77.83 (+0.10), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60), TWTR: 37.10 (+0.40), GOOG: 518.66 (-9.68), AAPL: 109.73 (-1.89)
Tailwinds For Overstock.com
Mike Arnold, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 5:00AM CST
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), OSTK: 25.53 (-0.29), BABA: 105.11 (+0.14)
'Fast Money' Recap: Is the Economy Weaker Than We Think?
at The Street - Fri Dec 12, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel discussed oversupply, lower demand and what can make investors more confident.
FDX: 175.79 (-1.09), HYG: 87.25 (-1.20), AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), SAVE: 68.12 (-0.88), RIG: 16.47 (-0.55), COST: 137.88 (-3.53), GOOGL: 521.51 (-10.60), SDRL: 11.06 (-0.15), RNF: 9.34 (-0.16), NXPI: 73.39 (-1.56), AAPL: 109.73 (-1.89), UPS: 110.00 (-0.63)
Last-minute holiday shoppers
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Dec 11, 6:07PM CST
Last-minute holiday shoppers might want to consider a sporty-looking new nylon backpack that has solar cells on it that can recharge smartphones and other gadgets while camping or hiking. The waterproof Water Backpack, sold by Eceen Electronic on...
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04)
Senate OKs tighter Internet sales tax collection
By DAVID EGGERT - AP - Thu Dec 11, 5:50PM CST
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Amazon and other online retailers with ties to Michigan would have to collect its 6 percent sales tax on purchases under legislation approved Thursday by a divided Senate.
AMZN: 307.32 (-0.04), WMT: 83.81 (-0.02)
