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According to a recent study, Dollar General (NYSE: DG) has taken the low-price lead from larger competitor Wal-Mart, and is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter 2014 results on Thursday, May 29, before the markets open. Last year, slightly lower debt and debt refinancing contributed to the...

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), which recently opened its first store on continental Europe, is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter results Thursday, May 29, before the markets open. The market appears to be getting increasingly optimistic after Costco reported strong growth in sales for...

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) kicked off earnings season for the big retailers last week with disappointing first-quarter results. Taking their turns on the earnings stage this week are Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Target (NYSE: TGT) and several more retailers. Below is a brief look at...

Home Depot (NYSE: HD), which many analysts and investors look to as a key sign of the state of the housing recovery, is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter results Tuesday, May 20, before the markets open. As with many other first-quarter reports, weather will no doubt be a factor in...

U.S. stocks declined for the second straight day after investors and traders digested disappointing earnings from retailers and economic reports were disappointing. The Dow suffered a triple-digit point loss and declined one percent after the retailer giant Wal-Mart failed to "wow" investors....

U.S. stocks declined a day after the S&P 500 and Dow indices traded at record-high levels. Investors and traders were likely paying attention to the ten-year Treasury yield which hit 2.5258, the lowest level since late October. The bull market has paused, temporarily at least, until...

Most of the S&P 500 have already posted their first-quarter results. This week, big retailers begin to share their earnings reports. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), the big daddy of retailers, steps onto the earnings stage Thursday. Macy's (NYSE: M) and J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) are also scheduled to...

U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday after the Dow and S&P 500 closed near all time highs. Momentum names such as Twitter, Facebook, Tesla and others saw heavy losses. Not helping the cause was poor earnings by American International Group on Monday which dragged the financial sector lower....

Allegations that Credit Suisse helped rich customers evade taxes could end with the company pleading guilty and paying more than $1 billion in fines. US prosecutors have said they are close to getting the bank to plead guilty in the coming days once the two sides agree on the consequences of...

On Thursday, MasterCard (NYSE: MA) reported its first quarter results. The payment-processor earned $0.73 per share, topping the consensus estimate of $0.72. Revenue of $2.17 billion beat analyst expectations by $30 million. MasterCard's net income for the quarter rose to $870 million, from $...

Expanding its e-commerce portal to include bulk quantities of more than 100 items, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) has taken on Costco (NASDAQ: COST) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) owned Sam’s Club, without the cost or bother of a membership. The new service is called Groupon Basics. According to Aaron...

U.S. stocks were mostly higher on Thursday as both the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq index recorded a fourth straight winning session in a relatively slow news day that was heavy on earnings. The Dow Jones rose as much as 35 points and falling as much as 56 as earnings from Dow listed companies...

U.S. stock futures were pointing towards a modestly higher open as investors found enough optimism from Dow components Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson who both reported better than expected quarterly results. Investors were further spooked by reports of pro-Russian separatists taking...

U.S. stocks tumbled as investors and traders showed no intention of allowing Wednesday's bull charge to continue. The Nasdaq index continues to under-perform and notched its worst one day performance since 2011. The decline in the Nasdaq index continues to be fueled by biotech and momentum...

Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) will report its second quarter financial results on Thursday, April 10, before the market open. The company is expected to earn $0.90 per share on $2.77 billion of revenue. The last time Family Dollar reported its earnings was on January 9. The company earned $0...