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What to Watch This Week: Games, Stores, IPOs, and Nike Fuel
11:45AM 2/21/2012
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Company News, Earnings, Macy's, Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp, Saks, Nintendo
There's never a dull moment on Wall Street, especially now that the market's climbing as nicely as Jeremy Lin's stock over the past two weeks. Let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead.
On the surface, it appears daily deals purveyor Groupon is more popular than ever. It ended 2011 with 33 million active customers in 47 countries, and it's growing fast. But look closer, and there are signs that "Groupon fatigue" is kicking in.
Visa 1Q Profit Rises 16% as Card Use Rises
5:16PM 2/08/2012
Visa said Wednesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 16 percent, as card use rose both in the U.S. and overseas. The San Francisco-based payments processor posted a notable 10 percent increase in U.S. credit card use. But debit card use rose just 6 percent. That's the slowest debit card growth rate in more than a year, and comes during the first three-month period that new rules were in place to limit the fees retailers pay to accept the cards.
McDonald's Key Revenue Figure Up 6.7% in Jan.
10:40AM 2/08/2012
McDonald's said Wednesday that a key revenue figure climbed 6.7 percent in January as U.S. customers spent more on breakfast items, beverages and its new Chicken McBites. The world's biggest hamburger chain's strongest January results were in the U.S., as revenue in restaurants open at least 13 months rose 7.8 percent there. The metric increased 7.3 percent in the region made up of Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and 4 percent in Europe.
5 Things to Watch This Week: Pop, Streams, Mickey Mouse, Wireless, and DVDs
11:35AM 2/06/2012
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Earnings, Coca-Cola Company, Netflix, Pepsico, Sprint Nextel Corp, Avis Budget Group, Walt Disney, Market News
There's never a dull moment on Wall Street, especially now that the market is hitting multiyear highs. Let's go over some of the news that will help shape the week that lies ahead.
Netflix Tells Amazon: 'Been There, Done That'
2:30PM 2/01/2012
An online giant sees its margins contract as it replaces physical delivery with digital delivery. Revenue's growing. Profitability's shrinking. It may even post an operating loss during the next quarter. Not many months ago, this was Netflix. Now, it's Amazon.com.
What to Watch This Week: Malls, Kinect, Kindles, Homes and Newspapers
2:32PM 1/30/2012
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Earnings, Microsoft, Amazon.com, New York Times Co, Market News
With 2012's first earnings season well under way, let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead: Here's why you should be watching one major mall owner, two tech giants, three homebuilders and a couple of old media behemoths.
Shares of Ford fell sharply on Friday after the company reported a quarterly result below analysts' $0.26 a share expectations: $1.1 billion, or $0.20 a share. But despite the disappointing profit number, Ford's core business is actually in great shape.
5 Things You Need to Know About Netflix Right Now
2:31PM 1/26/2012
Netflix impressed skeptical investors with better-than-expected results on Wednesday night. If you want to know why the stock rallied on the news but you don't want to get your hands dirty by scouring the report, here are your answers.
What to Watch This Week: Trains, Baby Formula, iPhones, Netflix, and Lattes
2:40PM 1/23/2012
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Investing, Earnings, Netflix, Apple, Starbucks, McDonald's, Market News
There's never a dull moment on Wall Street, especially now that 2012 is rolling into its first earnings season. Let's go over some of the items that will help shape this week, among them: railroad stocks, Apple, Netflix, the maker of infant formula Enfamil, Starbucks and McDonald's.
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