Best Buy Co., Inc.

UPDATE: Wal-Mart Expands Cheap No-Contract Wireless Offering
Wall Street Journal, The | 40 days 15 hours 58 minutes ago
(Updates throughout with analyst quotes, background) By Roger Cheng Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) said Wednesday that it would expand nationally Tracfone Wireless Inc.'s ultra-cheap Straight Talk cellphone service, in another illustration of the ratcheting down of pricing at the low end of the wireless industry.

Best Buy to Open First 24-Hour Store in NYC
Display & Design Ideas | 39 days 16 hours 4 minutes ago
Richfield, Minn.-based Best Buy Co. Inc. announced plans to open its first 24-hour retail location in New York's Union Square on Nov. 13. The 48,000-sq.-ft. store will be located on the corner of 14th Street and Fourth Avenue, and will be open each week from 8 a.m. on Monday, through midnight Saturday. On Sunday, the store will be open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. "The expanded hours will provide a much-needed resource for the downtown Manhattan community, including students from nearby universities and many

Fitch sees tepid retail recovery in 2010
Forbes | 7 days 7 hours 42 minutes ago
By Phil Wahba NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. retailers will get a reprieve in 2010, but are not likely to see a robust recovery next year, with unemployment and consumer debt still high, according to a report by Fitch Ratings.

Defense witness: Petters managed at '30,000-foot level'
American City Business Journals | 6 days 9 hours 50 minutes ago
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Defenders call Petters 'dynamic,' but disorganized
American City Business Journals | 7 days 2 hours 1 minute ago
Tom Petters' defense team called its first witnesses on Monday, portraying Petters as a legitimate businessman who worked too hard and was unaware of the fraud taking place within his company.

Best Buy to open 24-hour store in NY
American City Business Journals | 40 days 9 hours 46 minutes ago
“The city that never sleeps” is getting the country’s first 24-hour Best Buy retail store.

Company news
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 18 days 5 hours 4 minutes ago
DIVIDENDS C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., Eden Prairie, declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents per share payable Jan.

Netflix 3Q Net Up 48% As Subscribers, Gross Margin Grow
Wall Street Journal, The | 28 days 13 hours 55 minutes ago
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Netflix Inc.'s (NFLX) third-quarter earnings grew a better-than-expected 48% as subcriptions and gross margin both gained.

Tech stocks try to edge upward
Investor's Business Daily | 20 days 10 hours 49 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks showed signs of life in afternoon trading Tuesday, but the overall sector remained muted as the Federal Reserve began a two-day meeting on the U.S. economy.

BRIEF-Best Buy to sell Nokia netbook with AT&T network connection
Forbes | 41 days 15 hours 6 minutes ago
Oct 13 (Reuters) - Nokia: * Nokia oyj says AT&T Inc to sell nokia's netbook * Nokia oyj says Best BUY Co Inc will be exclusive retail partner for U.S. netbook sales

Tech stocks head into the red in early action
Investor's Business Daily | 20 days 14 hours 11 minutes ago
Tech stocks head into the red in early action

RadioShack tapped to run Target kiosks
American City Business Journals | 15 days 1 hour 59 minutes ago
RadioShack Corp. has signed an agreement to sell mobile phones at kiosks in Target Corp.

UPDATE: Netflix 3Q Net Up 48%; Subscribers, Gross Margin Grow
Wall Street Journal, The | 28 days 12 hours 53 minutes ago
(Updates throughout with details, share price, CEO comments.) DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Netflix Inc.'s (NFLX) third-quarter earnings grew a better-than-expected 48% as subscriptions and gross margin both gained.

Target taps RadioShack to run cell-phone depts.
American City Business Journals | 20 days 21 hours 47 minutes ago
Target Corp. is outsourcing the mobile-phone departments inside its stores to RadioShack Corp.

UPDATE: Carphone Warehouse Demerger On Track; Repeats FY View
Wall Street Journal, The | 47 days 4 minutes ago
(Adds detail.) By Kathy Sandler Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. mobile retailer and broadband provider Carphone Warehouse PLC (CPW.LN) Thursday said it is increasingly confident of completing a demerger by March 2010, as it reiterated full year guidance and reported better-than-expected performance in both of its businesses.