Wal-Mart Sales Slump Sends Stocks Sliding
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NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s warning of disappointing sales sent stocks lower Monday, as investors' concerns about a slowing economy offset their relief over a drop in oil prices.    October contracts for a barrel of light crude were quoted at $46.58, down 14 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...
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U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday after a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  over the weekend raised doubts at the start of the holiday shopping season.
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U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday,  weighed down by retailers after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N  reported lackluster sales, while a jump in producer prices  revived worries that the Fed could be more aggressive about  raising interest rates to rein in inflation.
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Shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N  ticked lower on Monday after the world's largest retailer cut  its August sales forecast.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s  shares  dipped 1 percent early on Monday as Wall Street tried to  determine what caused surprisingly weak November sales and  looked ahead nervously to a make-or-break December.
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A disappointing holiday sales forecast from Wal-Mart is dragging on blue chips, while Apple Computer is a bright light on Wall Street.
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U.S. stocks could start the week lower  after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , a key barometer of the U.S.  retail sector, forecast a decline in monthly sales, signaling  caution about the holiday shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the No. 1 US retailer, on Thursday posted weak November sales and gave its lowest monthly forecast in 19 months for December as high oil prices crimp core lower-income consumers&#39; spending.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s  shares dipped 1 percent early on Monday as Wall Street tried to determine what caused surprisingly weak November sales and looked ahead nervously to a make-or-break December.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  reported  surprisingly weak November sales on Saturday, even as U.S.  bargain-hunters jammed stores in search of gifts at the start  of the crucial holiday shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the  world's biggest retailer, suffered another blow to its star  status on Wednesday when a leading U.S. investment bank  downgraded the company's stock.
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NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s disappointing sales forecast sent stocks fluctuating Monday as investors' concerns about a slowing economy eclipsed their relief over a drop in oil prices.    October contracts for a barrel of light crude were quoted at $46.25, down 47 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...
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Stocks slid on Friday after a manufacturing index showed its weakest reading in more than three years, hurting shares of manufacturers like 3M Co.  and Caterpillar Inc. and prompting worries that the U.S. economy was slowing too quickly.
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US blue chips ended lower on Monday as a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) cast a pall over sentiment, overshadowing a two-session pullback in oil prices.
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U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower market open on Wednesday after Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  cut its September same-store sales figure and a national employment index came in well below economists' forecasts.
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U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, dragged  down by retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N after  data indicated that the holiday shopping season got off to a  sluggish start as high oil prices dampened confidence.
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Blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday as uncertainty about when the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates hurt financial shares, while a brokerage's downgrade hit shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc .