Costco media headlines

By Alyce Lomax, The Motley Fool Warehouse powerhouse Costco (NAS: COST) continues to be one of those rare stocks investors can hold with relatively little worry.

(UPDATES with executive's comments from conference call beginning in the first paragraph. UPDATES stock price.) By Melodie Warner and Karen Talley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Costco Wholesale Corp.

By Scott Sheffield Sigma Designs Inc (NASDAQ:SIGM) gapped up by 4.425 to $5.67 as the company reported a first quarter loss of $13.7 million or $0.42 per share, from $5.7 million or $0.18 per share in the same period last year.

11:25 AM New York - Costco third quarter net soared 19% to $386 million but Heinz fourth quarter net plunged 22% to $175.3 million.

Earnings Update; Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) Posts 19% Higher Profit ? TGT ... eStocksDaily - 15 hours ago Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) announced Thursday that its fiscal Q3 profit increased a better-than-anticipated 19%, assisted by amplified membership income and its huge amount goods and one-off finds that drove budget-conscious shoppers.

Costco Wholesale Corporation ( COST ) recently posted better-than-expected third-quarter 2012 results. The quarterly earnings of 88 cents a share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny, and surged 20.5% from 73 cents earned in the prior-year ...

By Dividend.com Staff Membership warehouse operator Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) on Thursday announced fiscal third quarter earnings results that narrowly beat Wall Street's expectations.

By Derek Hoffman S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) component Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) reported its results for the third quarter.

Kirkland residents will now have access to Costco's competitive gas prices when the warehouse club opens its new fueling station on Thursday.

By Nicole Seghetti, The Motley Fool PetSmart's (NAS: PETM) most recent quarterly results further secure the pet retailer's position as the dominant top dog.

Costco Wholesale (COST): The whisper number is $0.90, three cents ahead of the analysts estimate. Costco has a 41% positive surprise history (having topped the whisper in 11 of the 27 earnings reports for which we have data).

Bloomberg - May 23, 2012 Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are on track to raise more than $1.5 billion to finance their presidential campaigns, and only an elite segment of the electorate will see them do it: their own donors.

NASDAQ - May 22, 2012 Target Corporation ( TGT ), the operator of general merchandise and food discount stores in the United States, posted its first-quarter 2012 results on May 16.

Junction Report - May 21, 2012 Costco (NASDAQ: COST)'s stock had its ?overweight? rating restated by equities researchers at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in a report issued on Monday.

Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 21, 2012 By Derek Hoffman S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) component Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, May 24, 2012.