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Could Sears Be Broken Up?

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:28 am

What Eddie Lampert put together in 2005 could be broken into pieces again, and that might be the only realistic way to “fix” Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD). Lampert engineered a ...
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Media Digest (12/29/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:28 am

Alibaba hires a Washington lobbying firm in case it decides to bid for all of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) Italian yields may fall because of European Central Bank injections of ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (BHP, MCP, CCL, SHLD, PKD, DLPH, PNY, RDI, ACAT, DCTH, END, LEDS)

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 4:07 pm

Stocks open slightly higher this morning, but quickly reversed course to begin falling in less than five minutes of trading. The DJIA hit a morning low just before noon and ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BHP, CCL, DLPH, MN, MFRM, MCP, PKD, PCCC, PMT, SHLD, JOE, VRSK)

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 8:27 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning.  As usual for the week between Christmas and New Years, ...
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Media Digest (12/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 6:24 am

Obama nominates Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell to take seats at the Federal Reserve. (Reuters) New York Times (NYSE: NYT) sells its regional media group for $143 million. (Reuters) The ...
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For Those With Retail Trouble, the Problems Worsen Online

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 5:25 am

Research firm ForeSee released its customer satisfaction ratings for the shopping season -- its Holiday E-retail Satisfaction Index. The e-commerce ratings mirror, in most cases, the states of the parent companies’ ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (VMW, YHOO, SNE, EA, SRE, DLPH, CALM, DMAN, SHLD, CSC, PARL, WHR, MHR)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 4:04 pm

US equity markets rose rather steeply in the first hour of trading this morning, but weren’t able to sustain the momentum for long. Consumer confidence indexes rose this month, but ...
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Sears Will Not Close Enough Stores

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 10:53 am

The numbers do not add up. Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) has over 4,000 full-line and specialty stores. Same-store sales for the eight weeks that ended December 25 were down 5.2%. ...
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Morning Movers (SHLD, PARL, MHR, CSC, END)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 10:52 am

There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD), Parlux Fragrances ...
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Sears Cuts Outlook, Will Close Stores… Long Slow Death March (SHLD, WMT, TGT)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 9:05 am

Retailers were hoping to put a solid close to the holiday shopping season with plentiful day-after-Christmas sales aimed at wringing out shoppers’ last dollar. That was probably wishful thinking at ...
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Retail Stocks Investors Abandoned May Be Crippled for Good

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 6:00 am

Investors walked away from several retail stocks late this year. Those companies probably will continue to falter in 2012 and 2013. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Sears ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (C, SHLD, SIRI, YHOO, MCP, FGP, TITN, OPTT, KMGB, DMND, BCSI, FLOW, PCYC, CTIC, GE)

Posted: December 9, 2011 at 4:05 pm

Equity markets opened higher this morning as an agreement on dealing with the Eurozone’s debt crisis boosted markets. Shares climbed during the day, recovering some of the losses in yesterday’s ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (C, COST, DO, DNDN, GOOG, HGSI, MCP, NTES, NR, POM, PCYC, SHLD, SIRI, TXN, YHOO)

Posted: December 9, 2011 at 8:31 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) Started as Equal-Weight by Evercore Partners. ...
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J.C. Penney’s Ron Johnson Transformation… With Martha Stewart (JCP, MSO, AAPL, M, SHLD, HD)

Posted: December 7, 2011 at 10:00 am

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is a company which many investors and outsiders expect to be in a transformation.  The first such addition under new management is a ...
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The Biggest Corporate Layoffs of All Time

Posted: December 7, 2011 at 6:50 am

Eleven American companies have laid off a total of nearly 600,000 people in the past two decades. Each also fired a large number of employees at one time to earn ...
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