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An improvement in sales at Kmart and cost-cutting overall helped Sears Holdings Corp. (SHLD) show better results in the third quarter. The parent of Sears and Kmart stores posted a net loss of $127 million, less than the $146 million it posted the same time last year. That translates to $1.09 per...

With the video revolution online in full swing, Google (GOOG) kicked it up a notch Thursday with the introduction of 1080p high-definition streaming capability for its YouTube property. That's an increase of more than 30% in picture density from the previous 720p streams. Company product manager...

Lowe's Cos. Inc. (LOW) is making changes to reach out to penny-pinching DIYers, urban homeowners and international markets. To ride out the housing downturn that's taken a bite out of its business, the home improvement company is adding services, opening more stores in urban markets and looking for...

Martha Stewart has built a reputation for never doing anything halfway. And that includes biting the hand that used to feed her. In an interview on CNBC Wednesday morning to talk about her new deal with Home Depot Inc. (HD), she had a few not-so-good things to say about Kmart, its parent company...

Ah, the housing bubble. How Home Depot (HD) must miss thee. In 2003 -- or about the time it began to dawn on some then-dismissed Cassandras that folks were using their houses as automatic teller machines -- Home Depot booked $65 billion in sales (that's for its fiscal year ended February 2004)....

While many retailers say they are seeing encouraging signs of smoother economic seas ahead, the chief executive of Home Depot (HD) says he isn't ready to stop bailing water yet. Frank Blake, chairman and CEO of the home improvement retailer, told analysts Thursday that housing indicators are...

It was only about 20 minutes after I'd first complained via Twitter about getting rudely turned away from the drive through window -- where I'd arrived on my bike -- at sustainable fast food chain Burgerville when the company's Twitterer responded. A few minutes later, I was being contacted by the...

Never mind that profits at Target (TGT) and Home Depot (HD) fell from a year ago. In Wall Street's expectations game, both companies were winners, beating analysts' estimates and helping to persuade investors that the economic outlook wasn't quite as gloomy as it looked yesterday. The Dow Jones...

Warren Buffett might have slowed his stock purchases of late to focus on providing financing to certain distressed companies, but that doesn't mean the Oracle of Omaha's portfolio has been stagnant. Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) equity portfolio rose to $48.95 billion according to an SEC filing,...

Better-than-expected retail sales and rising gas prices pushed retail and energy shares higher, pushing stocks modestly higher as investors continue to parse every development in both the markets and the broader economy in search of signs that the recession's end is near. The Dow Jones industrial...