Walmart

Good day, Guidance is good, especially when it comes to navigating complex federal transportation policy. Memorandums, circulars, bulletins and letters that offer direction will often serve as the basis for enforcement, although they aren't legally binding. The Trump administration is reviewing...

Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) posted adjusted earnings of $1.13 per share for the first quarter of 2019, coming in higher than analyst estimates of $1.02. The retail giant's U.S. same-store sales were up 3.4 percent, its highest first-quarter results in nine years and fourth consecutive quarter...

The battle for retailing delivery supremacy has been joined. Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said Tuesday it has begun offering free next-day delivery of online orders of $35 or more without requiring that customers pay a membership fee. The service has launched in Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada,...

The Plug and Play tech center is opening a new supply chain and logistics accelerator program in Bentonville, Arkansas, the center announced on May 14. The program will bring startups from around the world to a region that is home to the program's three founding partners – J.B. Hunt...

Good day, Hiking motor fuel taxes is a proven and easy way for states to raise funds for infrastructure improvements. In fact, 31 state legislatures and the District of Columbia have raised fuel taxes since 2013. Yet the motor fuels tax is becoming a played-out source of funding as vehicles get...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), with its voice assistants Echo and Alexa, has been gaining ground in the online grocery ordering market by making it easy for consumers to order from its grocery subsidiary Whole Foods by using voice commands. In an attempt to tackle Amazon's hegemony in the...

Walmart Inc's (NYSE: WMT) latest earnings report beat analysts' expectations today, with e-commerce sales growing by 43 percent during the company's fourth quarter (November 2018-January 2019). The company's online sales growth hit 40 percent for all of 2018. Riding the wave,...

Good day, Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) is looking to hire 900 truckers this year and plans to hike wages for the 8,000 drivers it has on payroll, amid the trucker shortage that has hit the nation. To attract more drivers, Walmart has put out referral bonuses of $1,500 and even shortened the hiring...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included social media and video streaming giants this past week. Bearish calls included another social media and a retail giant. The bull run is more than nine years old, and yet the broad markets are...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included two tech giants and some investor conference picks. Bearish calls included semiconductor makers and REITs. The broader equity markets are around 2 percent higher over the past month,...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included big cloud plays, a leading retailer and a social media giant. Bearish calls included an electric vehicle leader, a struggling industrial giant and a big pharma. The broader equity...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a leading semiconductor maker and oilfield services giants. Bearish calls featured a wearable device maker and the world's largest retailer. Volatility was turned up again last...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor Bullish calls included sector leaders in retail, technology and transportation. Bearish calls featured a struggling social media company and a top financial name.  While volatility may have settled somewhat in the past week or so, the...

The big retailers are scheduled to begin to post their quarterly results this coming week. Two leading big-box store operators are among the first to step into the earnings spotlight. Analysts have somewhat high expectations for the top and bottom line results from both of them. While...

This weekend's Barron's cover story features the second part of the 2018 Barron's Roundtable feature. Each Roundtable panelist offers up a handful of recommendations and reasons why they like these particular picks now. Other featured articles include an investor's guide...