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Retail earnings season continues this week, with big-box store operators Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Staples (NYSE: SPLS) among those companies on deck to share the most recent quarterly results. This follows last week's highlights in the industry, in which Macy's (...

U.S. stocks erased early morning gains and finished lower following reports that Ukrainian artillery forces engaged armored vehicles entering Ukraine from Russia. Narayana Kocherlakota, Minneapolis Fed President, stated that labor strength in its current state appears to be far away from the...

News that Walmart (NYSE: WMT) was trying out a new type of medical clinic in some of its stores raised questions about the potential impact of discount retail health care at the world’s largest retailer. Called Walmart Care Clinics, the facilities offer primary care to customers, Walmart...

U.S. stocks rose to close the day with moderate gains despite a larger than expected increase in jobless claims. “The end of 2015 Q1 is still my preferred liftoff date,” St. Louis Fed President Jim Bullard told The Wall Street Journal. The end of the first quarter is ahead of the...

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will report its second quarter results before Thursday's market open. Wal-Mart last reported its results on May 15. The retailer earned $1.10 per share, $0.05 less than analysts expected. Revenue of $114.9 billion fell short of expectations by nearly $1.4 billion. Wal...

U.S. markets managed to squeeze out small gains in lighter than normal volume, as geopolitical tensions may be calming down. Russia President Vladimir Putin said that the country will coordinate with the International Red Cross to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Palestinians and...

Reports from Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Deere (NYSE: DE) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Note, however,that analyst expectations are low for each of them. Furthermore, earnings season for the major retailers has arrived. Taking their turns on the earnings...

The way consumers buy groceries is changing. According to the 2014 Deloitte American Pantry Study, cross-channel shopping for groceries is becoming the norm. The definition of “grocery store” has evolved. That fact rings true when examining expansion plans among the top five...

GasBuddy reported this week that this year’s August 1 nationwide average gasoline price of $3.509/gal is the lowest in four years. In addition, GasBuddy Chief Oil Analyst Tom Kloza told Benzinga that some broad sections of the country could see gasoline priced at $3/gal or less by...

While some large publicly traded companies such as Wal-Mart and Panera recently dropped its objections to raising the Federal minimum wage (currently $7.25 per hour), others have gone a step further. These five companies are paying above the minimum wage or have announced that they...

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) CEO Hubert Joly, in a recent interview with Re/Code, noted the importance of the company’s new price matching policy saying simply, “We’ve taken price off the table.” If only price matching were that simple. After accounting for exclusions, special...

U.S. stocks rallied to start the week on a positive note. Investors are looking for bullish signs that can erase last weeks declines, as the S&P 500 had its largest weekly drop since 2012 and the Volatility Index surged more than 30 percent. Portugal's Central Bank plans to spend 4.9...

U.S. stocks fell as the Dow dipped below the 17,000 marks as geopolitical concerns become a main focus. In a televised statement, President Obama said the United States will expand on sanctions meant to hurt Russia's energy, defense and financial sectors. The move follows Russia's...

Although 3D printers haven't exactly reached mass-market status, that doesn't mean the technology hasn't caught the attention of some big names. Here are five companies that have shown much more than passing interest in 3D. General Electric General Electric’s (NYSE: GE)...

U.S. stocks were little changed as economic data came in mixed. The Commerce Department reported that new home sales fell in the month June, while initial jobless claims came in better than expected. Investors and traders cheered positive quarterly results from Facebook and Ford, while news...