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Adidas Shoe Sales as an Economic Indicator

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 6:26 am

Global athletic and apparel maker Adidas released better-than-expected quarterly earnings. So did rival Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) about a month ago. Given the hundreds of millions of athletic shoes sold by ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (3/22/2013)

Posted: March 22, 2013 at 6:41 am

German Business Confidence Business confidence in Germany continues to sputter up and down as the economies of the countries around it disintegrate. Consumer spending within its borders and trade with ...
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Top 5 Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead (ORCL, FDX, NKE, RIMM, WAG)

Posted: December 17, 2012 at 11:46 am

There will be five key market-moving or sector-moving earnings reports this week. With Christmas coming on Tuesday of next week, this will basically be it for earnings season until earnings ...
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Nike Beats, but Margins and Costs Worry

Posted: September 27, 2012 at 4:35 pm

Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) reported fiscal first quarter 2013 diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.23 on revenue of $6.67 billion. In the same period a year ago, the sporting ...
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Media Digest (6/29/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 29, 2012 at 6:12 am

EU leaders set a tentative plan to recapitalize troubled banks directly with funds meant to be loaned for sovereign bailouts. (Reuters) Stockton, Calif., files for bankruptcy. (Reuters) Research In Motion ...
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Nike Earnings Just Did It (NKE)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 4:27 pm

Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) has now reported its earnings of $1.20 earnings per share and $5.8 billion in sales.  The footwear and apparel giant had estimates from Thomson Reuters of ...
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Earning Previews: Nike Versus Lululemon (NKE, LULU)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 12:09 pm

This coming Thursday should be an interesting earnings day as we have earnings due from both Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) and Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU). Nike is far larger ...
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The Nike and McDonald’s Economy

Posted: September 23, 2011 at 6:23 am

Nike (NYSE: NKE) is one of the few companies that posted strong profits for the past quarter and offered optimistic guidance going forward. It joins McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) as one ...
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Media Digest (9/23/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 23, 2011 at 6:18 am

A shutdown of the federal government could still happen at the end of the month as the budget battle moves to the Senate. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) names Meg Whitman, ...
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Nike Earnings And The Athletic Shoe Economy

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 6:21 am

Wages worldwide have stagnated and consumer spending has been pressured by rising commodities prices. People may not be able to afford to buy cars and houses. It turns out, however, ...
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Media Digest (6/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 6:18 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will launch a cloud version of Office to compete with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). (Reuters) Oil fell on Greek debt concerns. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) said its protected ...
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Nike’s Brand Strength: A Round Of Prices Increases

Posted: March 18, 2011 at 5:44 am

Not many things test a brand's strength more than a price increase. Nike (NYSE: NKE) said it will increase what it charges for most products by 5.2% because of rising ...
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Next Week’s Top Earnings on Deck (DRYS, GES, FDX, LULU, LDK, NKE)

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 12:27 pm

Earnings season is over for the most part.  Next week we will have a few key earnings from a few players.  While none are likely market-moving events, these can still ...
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