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Five Star Equities Provides Stock Research on Wal-Mart Stores and McDonald’s Corporation NEW YORK, NY, May 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Dividends have been a major source of investment gains in the market for many years. With interest rates as low as they are currently long term investors have been looking to high yielding [...]
Corporate Counsel reports that Exxon Mobile has usurped the #1 spot on the Fortune 500 list, dethroning Walmart after two years at the top. The slow economy was blamed, in part, for Walmart’s slip.
The Huffington Post reports on the upcoming benefit cut-off for many long term unemployed. The loss of benefits will have an effect on local economies, with the unemployed having little, if any, money to spend on consumer goods.
MSN Money reports that big box stores, such as Best Buy, Target and Walmart, are reconsidering their marketing strategies so as to effectively compete with Amazon and other online retailers.
Ben Duroino at Business Insider reports that April’s retail sales were the slowest in three years, with some experts suggesting that March’s rise in sales resulted in inflated estimates of what April’s sales should be.
International Supermarket News reports that Asda’s recently revealed financial tracker report shows a “worrying” trend of higher costs and lower disposable income for families. In addition to 6.5% percent drop in disposable income since last year, mothers work hard trying to balance the family budget: “Asda’s Mumdex revealed that two-thirds of mums budget more now [...]
Marketwatch reports that Wells Fargo is stepping up its support of sustainable, green business practices by offering loans and grants in support of a “greener economy.” The article by Melodie Warner notes that “Wells Fargo & Co. will offer $30 billion in loans and investments through 2020 to promote a “greener” economy, for things such [...]
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SEATTLE, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — A new report from Puget Sound Sage, a Seattle economic policy advocacy organization, and authored by economic impact expert Dr. Chris Fowler of the University of Washington, reveals that each new Walmart store opening in a Puget Sound neighborhood will result in a net loss of $13 [...]
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“South Florida’s college graduates should find more job opportunities this spring than graduates in recent years, according to local and national career experts. “We’re absolutely seeing an increase in employers…. more recruiters who are hungrier,” said Shari Saperstein, career development director at Nova Southeastern University in Davie. Saperstein said companies including Enterprise, Target,Kohl’s and Sam’s [...]
Monday April 16, 2012 — The Commerce Department announced today that retail sales in the United States increased by 0.8 percent, confounding some economists who may need to rethink their first-quarter forecasts, according to a recent Reuters article by Lucia Mutikani. Other financial journalists also took note of the encouraging report, noting that while higher [...]
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