NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks could sputter next week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N>, which has already cut prices on everything from toys to turkeys to TVs to win ...
Wal-Mart confirms some Black Friday deals, adding to hype surrounding holiday shopping kickoff The official kickoff for the holiday shopping season is more than a week away. But the nation's retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., are already starting to let shoppers know ...
Wal-Mart offers savings on popular toys, video games ahead of Black Friday Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday unveiled weekly savings starting this Saturday on popular toys and video games that it is pitching as comparable to the sales blitz the day after ...
Target nears $436 million in third quarter, up 18 percent; Expects lots of holiday discounts Target Corp.'s third-quarter profit climbed 18 percent, the cheap chic retailer said Tuesday, as it cut costs and did better in its credit-card business. Still, it offered ...
In this photo made Sunday, Oct. 5, 2009, shoppers at the Target store location in Salem, N.H. Target's profit climbed more than 18 percent up in the third quarter as the discount department store chain cut costs and amped up its fight ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros' hedge fund reported holdings of $6.2 billion during the third quarter, an increase of $2 billion, after taking a stake in automaker Ford and boosting his holdings in communications services stocks. According to a regulatory ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc <BRKa.N><BRKb.N> on Monday revealed new investments in Nestle AG <NESN.VX> <NSRGY.PK> and Exxon Mobil Corp <XOM.N> and that it has nearly doubled its investment in Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N>. In a ...
In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 photo, Nicole Molavi, left, of Sewell N.J. loads her cart with the help of cashier Christina Picone at a Wal-Mart, in Deptford N.J. The Commerce Department said Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, retail sales rose 1.4 percent ...
Wal-Mart offers clothing vendors a way to get paid faster amid retail financing anxiety Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, is offering its clothing vendors a faster way to get paid that could change how struggling retailers and vendors do business ...
SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N> is helping "well over 1,000" of its apparel suppliers secure financing based on the strength of its own credit rating. The program, outlined in a November 2 letter to suppliers, was designed to ...
Business Highlights Jobless claims fall, but hiring gains seem far off WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer people are claiming unemployment benefits — but still too many to signal that the economy is close to gaining jobs. First-time claims for jobless benefits dropped last ...
