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Daily Archives: February 23, 2008

Home Improvement Earnings War: Lowe’s Versus Home Depot (HD, LOW)

Posted: February 23, 2008 at 8:29 am

This week will be an important earnings week for building supply and home improvement companies.  We'll get to see earnings out of Lowe's Co. (NYSE: LOW) and out of Home ...
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Wells Fargo, One of the Survivors Regardless of Others (WFC)

Posted: February 23, 2008 at 8:11 am

On Friday, after a potential deal may be struck to save the monolines, we had been pondering the overall recovery of the healthy banks in the sector.  We have covered ...
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NYSE Short Interest: Bets Against Financial Firms Rises

Posted: February 23, 2008 at 8:08 am

Short interest in companies traded on the NYSE increased for a number of financial firms based on positions as of February 15. The data compares to numbers on January 31Shares ...
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Life Time Fitness, Health Sacrificed With Weak Consumer (LTM)

Posted: February 23, 2008 at 7:01 am

If you thought that health and fitness was a secular trend, you wouldn't know it if you looked at Life Time Fitness Inc. (NYSE: LTM).  The health club operator found ...
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Can Dell Counter H-P Earnings Thunder? (DELL, HPQ)

Posted: February 23, 2008 at 6:51 am

Next Thursday we’ll get to see earnings out of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL). The estimates for the turnaround computer giant from First Call are $0.36 EPS on $16.23 billion in ...
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