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Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks swell (Reuters)
As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.
Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks swell (at Reuters)
Generic Drugs' New Frontier (Investor's Business Daily)
Generic drugs have grown up fast in the 25 years since the Hatch-Waxman Act helped launch the industry in the U.S. Today, they account for 70% of...
[video] U.S. Week Ahead: Retailers, Health Care [2.1 min] (at MarketWatch)
There still are 60 S&P companies left to report earnings, but markets will kick off against a backdrop of weaker jobs and mixed data. Major retail names will release results, and there's also key legislation from Capitol Hill.
Stocks post modest gains as job losses slow (AP)
Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday. News that the nation's unemployment rate rose above 10 percent last month for the first time in 26 years didn't derail the stock market's strong gains in the week, which lifted major indexes more than 3 percent.
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Big Marketers Are Urged To Stay Focused On Customers, Brands
The 99th annual Association of National Advertisers conference.
Week Ahead: Wal-Mart, JA Solar
Retail round-up; jobless claims.
How Capitalism Will Save Us
Why free people and free markets are the best answer in today's economy.
Isn't Capitalism Brutal?
Democratic capitalism can be disruptive and unpredictable, but ''creative destruction'' is critical to a healthy economy and society.
California Forces Workers to Give State No-Interest Loans
Things clearly aren’t going too well in California at the moment. The University of California system lost $800 million in state funding, some California colleges have instituted furlough days, and small businesses are getting paid with state IOUs.
In hopes of slicing another $1.7 billion from the budget deficit, the state will start withholding an additional [...]
Can Behavioral Economics Jump-Start Green Leadership?
Perhaps, but it can also get your company in trouble if you're not careful.
Don't Know Nothing About Poverty
Economic voodoo can't make income inequality go away.
Fact And Comment
Steve Forbes on the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Regulatory Commission and FDIC Chief Sheila Blair.
Consumer Woes Sink Stocks, But IBM Lifts Dow
Falling consumer confidence rattles investors. Tech weakness drags on Nasdaq, but IBM share buyback saves the Dow.
Not So Unequal, After All
Truth and demagoguery in the income-inequality debate.
Craig Barrett: Life Beyond Intel
Former Intel Chairman takes aim at healthcare and education.
Wealth Creation Is No Crime
It's fashionable to take swipes at the greedy and ignorant boobs who run American business, but don't spread the blame universally.
Fact And Comment
Steve Forbes on the economy, climate change, credit-rating agencies, and restaurants
Nobel Pioneers
Oliver Williamson and Elinor Ostrom.
Three Styles of Leadership
Top executives who are driven by vision, empathy, and listening.
Fact And Comment
Capitalism: A True Love Story
Wall Street Scuffles
Investors have mixed reaction over labor market data. Wal-Mart warns economic rebound will be slow.
Europe Catches Wall Street Blues
Stocks track Street lower in afternoon trading even as IMF lowers forecast for global bank write-downs.
Fed Chatter Cautiously Optimistic
Central bank officials are saying that things are getting better, but intervention is still necessary.
In China, Reputation Rules
The importance of saving face and not offending government higher-ups.
Open Mike: Reading Retail
Fuel and food prices are key to analyzing consumer spending.
Play It Cool, Mr. President
Advice for Obama as he prepares for the G-20 summit.
Transcript: Warren Stephens
Warren Stephens is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Stephens Inc.
Don't Trade Against Customers
Warren Stephens is an advocate for traditional equity investing.
The United States Of Discontent
Should states be allowed to secede?
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Dollar, Jobs Worries Linger in Coming Week
Ten percent unemployment, continued dollar weakness and a dearth of earnings and economic data weigh on the minds of investors. 2009 11 07 08:23
Get Ready to Buy
If you think it's too late to get in, think again. 2009 11 07 03:00
Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks swell
As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer. 2009 11 06 18:59
Final Glance: Broadline Retail companies
NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of some top broadline retail companies were down at the close of trading: 2009 11 06 17:55
Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Acorda Therapeutics, Canon, Big Lots, Wal-Mart and Nordstrom
Zacks Equity Research highlights Acorda Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ACOR) as the Bull of the Day and Canon (NYSE: CAJ) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Big Lots 2009 11 06 17:05
Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war
NEW YORK (AP) - First it was books. Now it's DVDs. 2009 11 06 12:41
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Wal-Mart Expands a Prepaid Cellphone Effort
The effort, a partnership with Tracfone Wireless that stresses cutting your cellphone bill, will be in 3,200 Wal-Mart stores.
Studios’ Quest for Life After DVDs
Hollywood used to keep quiet about digital video, for fear of angering DVD retailers like Wal-Mart. The silence is over, and the innovations are rolling out.
Book Association Challenges Retailers’ Price Plan
A trade group for independently owned bookstores has asked the Justice Department to investigate what it describes as “predatory pricing” by Amazon, Wal-Mart and Target.
Price War Over Books Worries Industry
Publishers, booksellers, agents and authors are fretting that a pricing battle between Wal-Mart and Amazon is taking prices for some titles so low that it could damage the industry.
Once Slave to Luxury, Japan Catches Thrift Bug
This recession has done something that earlier declines could not: turned the Japanese into Wal-Mart shoppers.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas Names a New Director
The institution being built in Bentonville, Ark., by Alice L. Walton, the Wal-Mart heiress, said on Monday that it had hired the director of the Toledo Museum of Art to be its new director.
Retailers Post Weak Earnings and July Sales
Reports made clear that consumers were likely to continue hoarding their dollars into the back-to-school shopping season, a crucial time for retailers.
Can Wal-Mart Be Sustainable?
Wal-Mart’s planned sustainability index, if done right, could promote much-needed transparency and more environmentally sensitive practices.
Nickel and Dimed
Two books about Wal-Mart focus on its culture, its technology and its labor practices.
Wal-Mart Contests Use of Name by Canadian Union
The world’s largest retailer asked a court in Quebec to stop a union Web site from using the company’s name.
Why 'Cheap' May Really Be Expensive
The American obsession with cheap goods is actually bad both for the planet and the individual shopper, Ellen Ruppel Shell argues.
At Wal-Mart, Labeling to Reflect Green Intent
The company is expected on Thursday to announce the creation of an indexing system meant to help retailers determine the social and environmental impact of their products.
Card Fees Pit Retailers Against Banks
As the use of credit and debit cards has grown over the last decade, merchants argue that the attendant fees have sharply lifted the cost of doing business.
Health Deals Could Harbor Hidden Costs
As the White House trumpets big agreements, what the industry groups will be getting in return is rarely discussed.
What’s Beyond Those Bargains?
“Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture” argues that an obsession with bargains has lowered our standard of living and hurt the environment.
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The discount chain, started by Sam Walton in 1962, has become a central figure in scores of social, economic and political debates, from health care to immigration to gun control.
Supporters contend that the chain's legendary low prices have democratized consumption, allowing low-income households to afford flat-screen televisions and nine-layer lasagna. Critics say those low prices have depressed domestic wages and exported manufacturing jobs to foreign countries, hurting Americans more than helping them. All of which has made Wal-Mart the most scrutinized business in the country. Running the retailer, its former chief executive, H. Lee Scott, told The New York Times, is "like running for president of the United States." On November 21, 2008, Wal-Mart announced that Mr. Scott would be succeeded by Michael T. Duke as the next chief executive and president. Mr. Scott will continue as chairman.
Mr. Duke will be inheriting a company that may be growing stronger as the economy grows weaker. The financial turmoil strangling discretionary spending at many stores, is sending struggling consumers into the arms of Wal-Mart leaving the worlds largest retailer poised for a blockbuster Christmas.
In my mind, there is no doubt that this is Wal-Mart time, Mr. Scott, said earlier in the fall at a meeting of analysts and investors in Wal-Marts hometown, Bentonville, Ark. Referring to the discount chains founder, he added, This is the kind of environment that Sam Walton built this company for.
The renewed emphasis on savings may take attention away from a public relation's record that is decidedly mixed. A commitment to make sweeping reductions in energy use and greenhouse emissions has won plaudits from environmentalists. And a new health care plan, with shorter waiting period before a new employee is eligible and lower premiums, has impressed critics. But its own employees have repeatedly embarrassed the company. Wal-Mart has asserted that two top advertising executives violated company policies by conducting a sexual affair and accepting gifts from a potential vendor. The pair deny those claims. And a computer technician taped phone calls between Wal-Mart public relations officials and a reporter for The New York Times.