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Growth of Online Retailers Makes Internet the New Shopping Battleground

{ Posted on Nov 29 2011 by David Zeiler }
While online retailers have celebrated the growth of online shopping, conventional retailers determined not to lose customers have been ramping up their Internet efforts. Forrester Research Inc. (NYSE: FORR) estimates that online shopping will increase by 15% to ...Read More »

Consumer Flops Force Hewlett-Packard Strategy Shift

{ Posted on Aug 23 2011 by David Zeiler }
The most definitive proof yet that mobile devices are driving personal computers to extinction surfaced last week when Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) announced it was throwing in the towel. Tired of selling low-margin PCs, ...Read More »

Sales Tax Dilemma Threatens Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN)

{ Posted on Mar 11 2011 by David Zeiler }
If state legislatures across the country get their way, Amazon.com Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AMZN) 16-year holiday from collecting sales tax will come to an end - with unpleasant consequences for the online retailer. The U.S. Supreme Court ...Read More »

With its DVR Memory Expander, Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) Brings an End to "Recorder’s Remorse"

{ Posted on Feb 24 2011 by William Patalon III }
The next time Money Morning's Keith Fitz-Gerald is scheduled for another FoxBusiness appearance while you're at work - and you want to record it on your digital-video recorder (DVR), but realize that there's no more memory capacity - ...Read More »

Stock Market Bulls Have Bears on the Run Despite Poor Unemployment Report

{ Posted on Jan 10 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
Stocks survived a big test of the winter rally on Friday as they finished a positive week with mild losses. The Friday session featured a report on non-farm payrolls that came in worse ...Read More »

Your 2011 Stock Market Leaders

{ Posted on Jan 02 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
Stocks drifted quietly in the past week, seemingly satisfied with the status quo and in no hurry to get to their next destination. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500 Index and Nasdaq ...Read More »

Commodities, Europe’s Winter Storm and NIKE Inc. (NYSE: NKE) Hint to 2011 Market Trends

{ Posted on Dec 27 2010 by Jon D. Markman }
Stocks rose last week with all the excitement of water turning to ice in the freezer. I kept hitting the side of my monitor to see if the pixels were stuck -- but no, it was just another ...Read More »

State Budget Crisis Question: How Can We Fix America’s Deadbeat States?

{ Posted on Dec 21 2010 by Kerri Shannon }
State governments are broke, and things are going to get worse before they get better. A whole lot worse. Look at California. It's facing a $19 billion budget deficit next year and had to raise tuition in the state ...Read More »

No Holiday Cheer for Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) as Online Retailers Steal the Joy

{ Posted on Dec 21 2010 by Jon D. Markman }
The highlight of the week before Christmas, from a stock market point of view, is always the third-quarter earnings report of electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY). It's a tradition almost as old as St. ...Read More »

Will New iPhone Give Boost to Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Shares?

{ Posted on Dec 21 2010 by Don Miller }
The buzz surrounding the long-awaited release of a Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) iPhone is reaching a fevered pitch as it appears the telecom giant is ready to bring the device to market. Verizon is expected to ...Read More »