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[audio] News Break: Ready for holiday shopping, round 2? [2.8 min] (at MarketWatch)

This Christmas Eve edition of MarketWatch News Break is for procrastinators taking their gift shopping to the extreme: A couple of very last-minute gift ideas sure to make the kids happy.

The Tax-Smart Way to Lock In Gains Today (at Motley Fool)
Art Cashin: Class Warfare a Threat to US Recovery (at CNBC)
Better holiday sales doesn't mean consumers in spending mode (at CNNMoney.com)

Consumers probably gifted retailers modestly better sales this year. But as they tally their bills, will Americans keep increasing their shopping habits in 2010?

Afternoon Movers: Aetna, Insurers Mixed on Health Bill; Banks Up Despite More Ugly Truths (at Barrons.com)

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Early Glance: Broadline Retail companies [December 24 2009 10:38 AM]

NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of some top broadline retail companies are up at 10 a.m.: 2009 12 24 10:38

'Fast Money' Recap: Sell UnitedHealth [December 24 2009 02:31 PM]

Guy Adami says investors should have bought the stock when the rhetoric on UNH was negative. Now it's time to sell. 2009 12 24 14:31

The Next Wave From China [December 23 2009 09:12 PM]

Chinese manufacturers are looking overseas to acquire the means to move into broader markets. 2009 12 23 21:12

Retailers Angle for Late Holiday Business [December 24 2009 03:43 PM]

2009 12 24 15:43

'Fast Money' Recap: High-Risk, Low-Risk Trades for 2010 [December 23 2009 08:24 PM]

The trading panelists pick stocks with high and low risks for 2010. 2009 12 23 20:24

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Dog of the Dow #13: Walmart (WMT) [December 13 2009 12:00 PM]

Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Stocks to SellAfter strong same-store sales during the crash of 2008, Walmart (WMT) has become its own worst enemy as it continues to price itself out of profitability. The holiday pricing war sparked by this retail behemoth could win traffic, but is sure to result in sl...more

Wal-Mart on Best Buy's toes [December 3 2009 11:40 AM]

Filed under: Competitive strategy, Wal-Mart (WMT), Best Buy (BBY)Best Buy (BBY) and Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) are shaping up to be the big guns this holiday shopping season. I'm more convinced of that after witnessing last weeks Black Friday bonanza between the two retailing behemoths. Although Best Buy...more

Walgreen Achieves Impressive Growth in Q1 [December 22 2009 02:30 PM]

Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Walgreen Co (WAG), CVS Corp (CVS), Rite Aid Corp (RAD)Walgreen (WAG), a drugstore chain that competes with CVS Caremark (CVS) and Rite Aid (RAD), issued fiscal Q1 numbers on Monday. The growth rates were impressive. Total sales were up 9.5%. Net incom...more

Price Club founder, Sol Price, dies [December 15 2009 01:00 PM]

Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), Small businessA visionary in the hyper-competitive retail industry, Sol Price saw a huge opportunity -- in the mid 1970s -- to create a bulk discount chain with a membership fee model. It was the Price Club. By the early 1990s, the company merged...more

Walmart trying to keep new customers by enhancing store experience [December 14 2009 09:00 AM]

Filed under: Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, Wal-Mart (WMT)Walmart's (WMT) new "Project Impact" plans to enhance the store experience as a way to retain those consumers who have found the big-box retailer a money-saving haven for over a year while the U.S. was mired in recession. This i...more

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Former Lehman Brothers And Current Credit Suisse Analyst Chooses Winners And Losers In The Health Services Space [December 21 2009 02:31 PM]

Former Lehman Brothers And Current Credit Suisse Analyst Chooses Winners And Losers In The Health Services Space The Wall Street Transcript - Dec 21, 2009 December 21, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published Consumer Health Services Report offering a timely review of the Healt...more

Benchmark Journal Updates Shareholders on Equities Within the Basic Materials and Services Sectors [December 22 2009 03:47 AM]

Benchmark Journal Updates Shareholders on Equities Within the Basic Materials and Services Sectors Market Wire - Dec 22, 2009 LONDON--(Marketwire - December 22, 2009) - US markets ended with moderate gains on Friday 18 December 2009. The NASDAQ, which consists mostly of technology stocks, ...more

Walmart Takes Deep Savings Into Days After Christmas [December 23 2009 04:01 AM]

Walmart Takes Deep Savings Into Days After Christmas PR Newswire - Dec 23, 2009 BENTONVILLE, Ark., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- So that families can quickly begin to stretch their savings into the new year, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced it is continuing its holiday ... Retailers Are R...more

Retailers Press Manufacturers For Your Low Prices [December 20 2009 09:57 AM]

Retailers Press Manufacturers For Your Low Prices 89.3 KPCC - Dec 20, 2009 Holiday shoppers leave the Wal-Mart store in Fairfax, Virginia, early November 27, 2009 after taking advantage of the Black Friday discount sales. The National Retail Federation said it expected ...

Wyoming AP editors select economic recession, gray wolves as top state stories of 2009 [December 24 2009 05:51 AM]

Wyoming AP editors select economic recession, gray wolves as top state stories of 2009 KFSM - Dec 24, 2009 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's souring economy and the enduring saga over gray wolves in the state were the top Wyoming news stories of 2009, according to an annual ranking by ...more