S&P stays neutral even though the relative performance chart shows improvement in the group’s share-price performance in the coming months

The industry’s relative strength is on the rise, with players at high and low price points both poised to do well

Department stores such as Barneys, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale’s are offering their customers a personal, no-hassle shopping experience

Standard & Poor’s expects oil and gas stocks to outperform the market in the months ahead. S&P likes ExxonMobil and Chevron

The firm downgraded the department store chain’s stock Dec. 1 following disappointing sales news

Standard & Poor’s likes Interpublic Group, Omnicom, and WPP Group. Here’s why

Wal-Mart and other retailers are using aggressive pricing and other tactics to lure buyers. S&P says the battle plan won’t work for all

Black Friday sales were solid, even if Fisher Price’s Elmo, Sony’s PS3 and Nintendo’s Wii were nearly impossible to find at many stores

What’s behind the motherlode of M&As announced during the week of Nov. 20?

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The soon-to-be new owners are going private in a $6.6 billion deal. That’s the easy part. Regaining profits and customers will be tougher