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The big retailers are scheduled to begin to post their quarterly results this coming week. Two leading big-box store operators are among the first to step into the earnings spotlight. Analysts have somewhat high expectations for the top and bottom line results from both of them. While...

This weekend's Barron's cover story features the second part of the 2018 Barron's Roundtable feature. Each Roundtable panelist offers up a handful of recommendations and reasons why they like these particular picks now. Other featured articles include an investor's guide...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls featured giants in the coffee and electric vehicle arenas. Bearish calls included an old-school conglomerate and a specialty retailer. With the attention of many investors, traders and...

Rob Pfeifer, chief risk officer at the San Francisco fintech startup Affirm, remembers the moment the company began lending: 7:57 p.m. on Aug. 21, 2014. Since going live, Affirm has made more than 1 million loans totaling more than $1 billion. "That's when we flipped the switch. We've...

After Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) purchased Whole Foods, the (once) expensive grocery chain immediately became a threat to Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT)'s grocery business. While Whole Foods previously was never in the same conversation as the world’s largest retailer due to the...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) delivered both an earnings and sales beat in the second quarter while growing net e-commerce sales by 60 percent — yet, shares still managed to decline. The world’s largest retailer posted solid 1.8-percent comp growth in the quarter; comp traffic was 1.3...

With e-commerce growing in the competitive grocery sector, investors remain “understandably skeptical” of Kroger Co (NYSE: KR), but the Cincinnati-based company is well-positioned, according to Wells Fargo. The firm raised its 2017 EPS estimate on Kroger from $1.96 to $1.98 after...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Mergers were all over the headlines, particularly late in the week. The much ballyhooed FANG stocks were also in the news. In a week that saw the FANG stocks stumble, the completion of the takeover of Yahoo and the...

KISS frontman Gene Simmons wants to trademark a hand gesture long associated with 1970s arena rock as well as Marvel Comics’ “Spider-Man,” joining a long line of dubious attempts by people to own nebulous things. Simmons trademark application refers to a hand gesture -- the two...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. The markets are still eking out gains ahead of the unofficial start of summer. Here is a glance back at recent commentary on stocks that are related to travel, food and more. The major indices eked out small gains...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Earnings reports from big retailers brought plenty of attention on retail stocks. And cybersecurity concerns put a spotlight on technology stocks. This past week, the markets saw their worst day so far this year,...

This weekend's Barron's cover story and a companion article take a look at retailers that can thrive despite big e-commerce competition. Other featured articles offer the prospects for Warren Buffett's formidable conglomerate and an exclusive ranking of the 500 best performing...

The financial struggles of American retailers were underscored by quarterly earnings reports from companies in the space. The Trends In Retail Stocks Shares of J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) were hammered on May 12, falling about 14 percent after JC Penney's reported a revenue miss. Ahead...

Reports from two big-box retailers will be among earnings highlights this week. Wall Street analysts expect very different results each of them. Just one of them exceeded earnings expectations in the previous two periods. The parade of big retailers sharing their latest quarterly results has...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. That includes two iconic brands that have been facing PR nightmares. Two picks on the fence and some that are riding high were also examined. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) and United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL...