…..Walmart beats; Amazon counterpunches. Macy’s slips and sells RE. Home Depot beats and buys back. Verizon will buy Yahoo with a cut. Burger King buys Popeyes. Kraft won’t buy Unilever. Sprint-TMobile. International money transfers – there’s an app. Eurozone biz activity best in 6 years. HSBC tanks. BHP profit. China stops buying coal from North Korea. Waiting on the Fed. Oil prices move higher, as OPEC cuts production but US demand drops. Trump starts deportations. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 02-21-2017 DOW + 118 = 20,743 SPX + 14 = 2365 NAS + 27 = 5865 RUT + 10 = 1410 10 Y + .01 = 2.43% OIL + .61 = 54.39 GOLD   Stock prices across the world climbed to record highs. Dow, S&P, Nasdaq, and Russell hit record highs again.   Walmart reports same-store sales in the US rose 1.8% for the quarter, the 10th straight quarterly increase. Meanwhile, e-commerce sales were up 29%, boosted by the purchase of online retailer Jet.com in September as well as online grocery. But profit fell 18% in the fourth quarter as the company invests in its online platforms; still, Walmart beat top and bottom-line estimates.   Amazon just lowered its free-shipping minimum to $35 from $49 for customers who aren’t members of its Prime membership program. The change appears to be a response to Walmart’s recent rollout of free two-day shipping for all customers on orders over $35.   Macy’s reports net income was $475 million, or $1.54 per share, down from $544 million, ...