Filed under: Earnings reports , Rants and raves , Applied Materials (AMAT) , Sunday Funnies In this week’s (November 9) Preview Section of Barron’s (subscription required) I was surprised to find that on Wednesday (11/9) it is noted that Computer Sciences ( CSC ), Applied Materials ( AMAT ), and Macy’s ( M ) reported “profits.” How do they know this? On other days they refer to the ” earnings ” of various companies reporting.

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Sunday Funnies: Barron’s predicting profits?

Filed under: Small business It’s never easy to acquire a customer. Yet, when it happens, it’s tempting to become lax when it comes to the legal details. And it’s true that many contracts do not necessarily need to be in writing

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Entrepreneur’s Journal: Putting together a solid sales contract

Filed under: Competitive strategy , Wal-Mart (WMT) , Amazon.com (AMZN) , Target Corp.

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Walmart, Amazon now slash DVD prices: What’s next?

Filed under: Stocks to Buy , Best Stocks for 2009 Vodafone Group Plc ( VOD ), which provides mobile communications services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the United States, is another household name that should attract investor attention. The well-defined bull channel in which it is now trading has broken out from a double-top on huge volume.

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Trade #6: Vodafone (VOD)

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Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts , Wal-Mart (WMT) , Economic data , Urban Outfitters (URBN) The conventional wisdom is that consumer spending is what drives the U.S. economy. And consumer spending arises out of consumer confidence.

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The week in preview: Earnings from Walmart, Macy’s, and other retailers