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When Amazon Attacks!!!!

Carolyn Kellog:
Amazon pulls Macmillan titles in first e-book skirmish: f you want to buy Hilary Mantel’s popular, prizewinning "Wolf Hall" from Amazon.com today, you’ll be getting it from some third-party vendor. Same for Orson Scott Card’s…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Industries, Retail |

Burger King Set To Beef Up… Just Not Enough To Tempt Us

Burger King Holdings (NYSE: BKC) just can’t hold up to the competition.
McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) easily wins out on size alone, with its 31,000 restaurants raking in $23 billion in sales around the world, nearly ten times the amount that Burger King…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Industries, Retail |
 

Earnings Preview: Bebe Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEBE)

Bebe Stores designs, develops, produces and sells a line of contemporary women’s apparel and accessories through a chain of retail stores. The company operates in the US, Canada, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Industries, Retail |

Market Closing Update: Stocks Lower, Dow’s 3.5% January Decline is Biggest in 11 Months

Stock averages close lower and near the bottom of Friday’s range after a volatile session. The major averages shed between 0.5% and 1.5%. The blue-chip DJIA ends January down 3.5%, its biggest monthly decline in 11 months. The S&P 500 ends January …

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Industries, Retail |
 

Monroe Muffler Is Running A Little Hot

“The auto repair company that I have been mentioning for a long time on this show, Monro Muffler, MNRO. The largest pure play, under-car service chain company in America, with 780 locations. This is a twice-blessed stock that’s benefited from the c…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Industries, Retail |

Earnings Preview: Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM)

Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM), the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, is scheduled to report December 2009 quarter (Q4 2009) results on Wednesday, February 3, 2010.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Industries, Retail |
 

Shares Of Netflix ‘Go Crazy’ On Strong Results, Upgrades, Short Squeeze

Shares of Netflix (NFLX) are up 23% today following a strong earnings report yesterday (access here) that brought some brokerage firms to upgrade the stock and still lingering "shorts" to cover. Although short interest is down over the past s…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Industries, Retail |

Netflix: Rental Dominance On Display

Netflix (NFLX) stock has surged 22% thus far in Thursday trading, as the last quarter demonstrated just how strong their growth was in the past year.  Net subscriber gains were up 31% from a year ago to a total of 12.26 million, and the video rent…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Industries, Retail |

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN): Fourth Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter financial results after the market close on Thursday, January 28, 2009.[More...]

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Industries, Retail |

One Of The Greatest Secrets To Making Money In Low-Priced Stocks : TTWO

By Frank Curzio
I have an odd "watch list" to find great opportunities in stocks under $10.
It’s my favorite stocks trading over $10… and under $15.
Keeping this list handy is one of the best secrets to making money in low-priced stocks….

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Industries, Retail |