radio shack

A check signed by Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs to Radio Shack in 1976 is projected to sell for over $20,000 at auction. What Happened: This check, dated three months after Apple’s founding, is signed by Jobs as Steven. The check references the “Apple Computer Company,...

As fans of the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos know, there are always winners and losers. In the retail sector, the losers include Sears, J.C. Penney, Bon-Ton Stores and Radio Shack, among many others. The winners include Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) and Dollar General (NYSE: DG), as deep...

Brian Sozzi, CEO and Chief Equities Strategist at Belus Capital Advisors dropped by on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep on February 5 to discuss retailers. While the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl, Radio Shack (NYSE: RSH) won the “commercial-bowl” with its self-mocking ad that “the 80s called…they...

The one time of year that most of the TV-watching public cares about ads is on Super Bowl Sunday and with the game not being much of a game, all eyes were even more focused on the most expensive ads of the year. Aside from the Seahawks, who scored a big win Sunday night? Honda (NYSE: HMC)...

In the movie The Godfather, at one point Clemenza says, “That Sonny's runnin' wild. He's thinking of going to the mattresses already.” Going to the mattresses, of course, means, “going to war.” For all intents and purposes, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is going to war with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). With...

In the March 3, edition of S&P Outlook, Radio Shack (NYSE: RSH) was raised to Hold from Sell. “Fourth-quarter EPS of $0.60 was $0.07 higher than our estimate. Comparable-store sales rose 6.1%, ahead of our 5% forecast, driven by the addition of a third postpaid wireless carrier and higher...