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New Home Sales Rise 2.3% in April

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 10:16 am

The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for April. Sales rose 2.3% month-over-month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000, from an upwardly ...
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Home Prices Continue Rising: FHFA

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 9:40 am

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported this morning that U.S. home prices rose 1.9% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013. Compared to the first quarter of 2012, the ...
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Private Equity Firm Takes Teen Clothing Retailer rue21 Private

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 9:10 am

Before markets opened this morning, specialty retailer rue21 Inc. (NASDAQ: RUE) and private equity firm Apax Partners announced that they had reached a definitive agreement under which funds controlled by ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Show Major Drop in the Army of the Unemployed

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 8:50 am

Weekly jobless claims data have been released by the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics and may offer at least some support for a very weak equity market this ...
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Ralph Lauren Company Earnings Weighed Down by Margin Forecast

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 8:45 am

Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL) reported fourth-quarter and fiscal-year 2013 company earnings before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the apparel company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) ...
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Value Investors Have Many Stocks to Buy in the Energy Sector

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 8:40 am

Last year was a good year for oil and gas stocks, but unless a company had a refining and marketing operation, it was not a great year. Share prices rose ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: ARM, Devon and More

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 8:35 am

Investors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell ...
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PropThink Biotech Stocks to Buy with Big Gains: Cubist, Immunomedics and More

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 8:25 am

The world of biotech investing is always a difficult one. Often a binary event, such as U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval or a life-saving capital raise, is the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: Seagate, VeriFone, HP and Others

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 8:20 am

Investors and traders seem to be constantly looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each ...
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UBS Recommends Dividend Paying Retail REIT Stocks to Buy for 2013

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 8:10 am

The consumer is the key to the economy improving. The consumer is also the key for revenue growth and success for the major U.S retail REITs. The International Council of ...
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Dollar Tree Earnings Could be Offset by Lukewarm Guidance

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 8:00 am

Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The discount retailer posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.59 on revenues of $1.87 billion. ...
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Lenovo Profit Nearly Doubles, Defying Global PC Slump

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 7:05 am

The news about Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (NYSE: HPQ) earnings may have been better than expected, but they cannot compare nearly to PC maker rival Lenovo. For some reason it has managed ...
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Virgin America, Southwest Top Consumer Reports Airline Ratings

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 6:55 am

Consumer Reports released its new ratings of the best and worst airlines. Virgin America was at the top of the list. Spirit Airlines Inc. (NASDAQ: SAVE) was at the bottom. ...
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Samsung Sells 10 Million Galaxy S4 Units in the First Month

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 6:45 am

The Samsung Galaxy S4, often considered the only real rival to the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5, may be posting sales that are even more impressive that the iPhone's. ...
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What Is Important: Samsung Galaxy S4 Sells 10 Million, Consumer Reports Airline Scores

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 6:35 am

Lenovo Earnings The news about Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (NYSE: HPQ) earnings may have been better than expected, but they cannot compare nearly to PC maker rival Lenovo. For some reason it ...
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