A Wobbly Quarter for Sears and Costco
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Sears reported profit that trailed analystsâ estimates while earnings at Costco Wholesale fell 4.9 percent on the cost of a new return policy.
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Same-store sales for the month come in short of the company's forecast.
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Texas Roadhouse sears investors with an underwhelming quarter.
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The specialty retailer's uncertainty about the fourth quarter is unsettling.
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Some people may be wondering just how well Kmart and Sears will compete against Wal-Mart as parts of the same company.
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The stock looks reasonably valued but some core businesses are struggling to grow.
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The retailer wallows in penny-stock pain.
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The auto parts retailer struggles through a difficult second quarter.
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Retailer Sears Holdings Corp.  posted a 20 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by a legal settlement and other special gains, but sales declined at both its Sears and Kmart units as consumers were strapped by rising gasoline prices.
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Economic woes have dumped a lump of coal on the nation's online retailers, which, like their brick-and-mortar rivals, have struggled with an uneven holiday business following a strong official start to the season.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of rival retailers fell in Wednesday trading following the news of Kmart buying Sears for $11 billion.
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After a record-setting quarter, the retailer expects momentum to slow.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. COST.O on   Wednesday warned of lower-than-expected quarterly profit   because of disappointing gross margins and a tax reserve,   sending its shares down nearly 5 percent.
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With housing woes weighing it down, the furniture maker swings to a loss for the quarter.
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All three of its units slid lower in the quarter. McGraw-Hill's results were not a page-turner.
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Investors should ponder the different stories for Target and Wal-Mart.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co. is limping into its proposed merger with Kmart. The department-store giant reported an 86 percent drop in fourth-quarter net earnings Thursday after shedding its profitable credit-card unit a year earlier, its results now solely dependent on sagging retail sales.