Dash for Cash Seen Softening Retail Profits
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A last-minute rush by U.S. retailers  to cut prices and extend hours to bolster ho-hum Christmas  sales could take any cheer out of fourth-quarter earnings,  analysts said on Wednesday.
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Kforce narrows earning guidance and bounces back from some bad times.
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Retail banking earnings were lower but were offset by investment and private equity banking gains.
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A market drop could end up helping prospective investors in this forklift products firm.
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Lower sales, bigger losses, and a sneaky-looking accounting change mean investors should watch their wallets.
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Anchoring to a stock's price can keep you from making serious money.
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Transact's stock is on a tear. Is it time to cash in the ticket?
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Heading into the heart of earnings  season this week the expected results look robust, but a  slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil  prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.
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Money managers are betting on what has often been a riskier segment of the market: growth stocks.
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Trying to beat short-sellers can squeeze your wallet instead.
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Retail stocks fell on Thursday as  analysts said a proposed $150 billion U.S. economic stimulus  package aimed at averting a recession will provide little  relief for struggling retailers and cash-strapped consumers.
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Brokerage announces weaker-than-expected results dragged lower by a writedown in the value of some of its assets.
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Same-store sales fall, but there might be light at the end of the half-pipe.
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U.S. stocks were set for a slightly lower open Thursday as disappointing results from coffee shop chain Starbucks and volatile oil prices may take the steam out of yesterday's rally.
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NEW YORK - Disappointing retail sales and oil prices that threatened to top $53 per barrel sent stocks lower Thursday as investors worried that rising energy costs could further hamper consumer spending.    With a number of companies having already warned that energy costs would squeeze third-quarter profits, investors saw the September retail sales report as reason to worry that a sustained rise in oil prices could harm fourth-quarter results as well...
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Heading into the heart of earnings  season next week the expected results look robust, but a  slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil  prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.
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The activist investor looks to squeeze some more value out of the retailer's shares.