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Circuit City Blows A Fuse: But Here’s Why Its Bankruptcy Doesn’t Spell Holiday Doom For Retailers
by Paul Moore, Contributing Editor & Technology Specialist, Smart Profits Report
So China has become the latest country to pump up its laboring economy, with a whopping $585 billion stimulus package.
Whether it works or not… time will tell. But Asian and European stocks picked up on the move on Monday, grasping onto whatever seemingly positive moves they can.
Here in the U.S., the mess continues unabated. The government had to reshape its bailout for AIG, including forking over an extra $40 billion. But despite the floundering company’s fourth consecutive negative quarterly report, the markets reacted positively to the story.
That didn’t help avert…
19Nov2008 | Smart Profits Report | Comments Off | ContinuedGlobal Investing Roundups
HP Beats 4Q Forecasts; Carrefour Milks New CEO From Nestle; InBev Officially Closes Anheuser Buy; Home Depot Beats 3Q Estimate; Gulf Bank Loses $1.4 Billion; Mexican Tycoon Interested in Circuit City; Wholesale Prices Plummet
- Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), the world’s largest maker of personal computers, offered a preview of its fiscal fourth-quarter profits – reporting that it will beat market expectations and raise its fiscal 2009 outlook. “HP is gaining market share in an extremely strong competitive position. They’ve got share gains, combined with very aggressive cost reduction,” Shannon Cross of Cross Research told Reuters.
- Lars Olofsson, Executive Vice President of Nestle SA,…
Circuit City Files for Bankruptcy After a Year of Falling Sales and Corporate Cutbacks
Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a week after the struggling electronics retailer announced it would close 155 of its 566 U.S. stores by Dec. 31 and slash its workforce by 17%.
“The decision to restructure the business through a Chapter 11 filing should provide us with the opportunity to strengthen our balance sheet, create a more efficient expense structure and ultimately position the company to compete more effectively,” James A. Marcum, vice chairman and acting president and chief executive officer, said yesterday (Monday) in a statement.
In the past year and a half, Circuit City…
11Nov2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedGlobal Investing Roundups
Oil Over $143; GM Falls to 54-year Low; Starbucks Closes 600 Stores; Nikkei Post 10th Straight Loss; United Health Lands in the Emergency Ward; 900 American Flight Attendants on Standby; Blockbuster Abandons Bid; Microsoft at it Again;
Crude futures closed yesterday (Wednesday) at a record $143.57 a barrel in New York after the U.S. Department of Energy announced a 2 million barrel decline in supply last week. Earlier, crude had traded for as high as $143.91 on Globex, MarketWatch reported.
Shares of General Motors Corp. (GM) plunged Wednesday to their lowest level in 54 years yesterday (Wednesday), as investors shrugged off better-than-expected…
3Jul2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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