Costco Wholesale Corp. fell $1.03 or. 9 percent, to $112.02. Target fell$. 41 or. 6 percent, to $70.65. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell$. 47 or. 6 percent, to $77.40.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top big-box retail companies are down at 1 p.m.:. Costco Wholesale Corp. fell$. 49 or. 4 percent, to $112.56. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell$. 18 or. 2 percent, to $77.69.
NEW YORK-- Target Corp.' s first-quarter financial results Wednesday should offer insight into how its shoppers are grappling with a payroll tax and other financial issues.
NEW DELHI- India and China will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday in his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just weeks after a military stand-off between the Asian giants in the Himalayas.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top big-box retail companies are down at 10 a.m.:. Costco Wholesale Corp. fell$. 25 or. 2 percent, to $112.80. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell$. 08 or. 1 percent, to $77.79.
LOS ANGELES, May 20- In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp..
GAZIPUR, Bangladesh, May 20- A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel maker, U.S.-based VF Corp..
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17- Target Corp said on Friday it opened a new San Francisco office to track down technology companies that can help the second-largest U.S. retailer grow its online commerce business.
Costco Wholesale Corp. rose $1.54 or 1.4 percent, to $113.05. Target rose $1.06 or 1.5 percent, to $71.06. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell$. 63 or. 8 percent, to $77.87.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top big-box retail companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:. Costco Wholesale Corp. rose$. 81 or. 7 percent, to $112.32. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell$. 84 or 1.1 percent, to $77.66.
NEW YORK-- An analyst said Friday that he's not surprised that Wal-Mart's first-quarter performance was weak, given conditions such as an increased payroll tax and unseasonably cool weather. Thursday Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported that its first-quarter profit edged up just slightly.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top big-box retail companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:. Costco Wholesale Corp. rose$. 75 or. 7 percent, to $112.26. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell$. 45 or. 6 percent, to $78.05.
Costco Wholesale Corp. fell $1.31 or 1.2 percent, to $111.51. Target fell$. 39 or. 6 percent, to $70.00. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell $1.36 or 1.7 percent, to $78.50.
The three major U.S. stock indexes had earlier traded in a tight range, supported by a gain of more than 12 percent in Cisco Systems shares and as investors took in a batch of economic data that pointed to slower growth.
*Wal-Mart falls after earnings miss. Cisco Systems led gains in both the Dow and Nasdaq Composite with a 12 percent surge after the network equipment maker posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and said current-quarter revenue could increase. Cisco shares shot up 12.3 percent to $23.82 after hitting $24.24, the highest since November 2010.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top big-box retail companies are down at 1 p.m.:. Costco Wholesale Corp. fell $1.23 or 1.1 percent, to $111.59. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell $1.70 or 2.1 percent, to $78.16.