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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 21, 2012 ( AVP, PBR, SWY, BA, BBY, CPB, HAST, KKD, LOW, TECD, TUDO, AZO, GES, RL, WSM, TTWO, FB, CBE, ETN, WPRT)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 4:04 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as what seems to be a declaration of love for Greece at the G8 summit meeting pushed down fears that ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AVP, BAC, BBY, BA, DCI, FB, GS, HLF, KIRK, MS, MYGN, NUAN, PBR, RHI, ROST, SWY, SPLK, TJX, ZBRA)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 8:35 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) Cut to Sell at UBS. Bank ...
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Avon Tanking After Coty Pulls Bid

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 11:35 am

Shares of Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) are down more than -10% shortly before noon today after suitor Coty Inc. withdrew its $24.75/share offer for the door-to-door cosmetics empire. Avon ...
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Avon: Coty Will Be Back

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 6:27 am

Coty, which had made a $10.7 billion offer to buy Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), withdrew its bid. It said the the Avon board had failed to react to its offer ...
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Media Digest (5/15/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 6:25 am

The president of Greece cannot create a coalition government. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Panasonic may force a partnership to build OLED TVs. (Reuters) Trouble at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/14/2012) Greek Elections, “The Avengers”

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 6:34 am

Coalition talks in Greece have broken down and are not likely to resume. This means new elections are almost inevitable. That will delay the ability of the European Union and ...
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America’s Hottest Brands

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 6:18 am

24/7 Wall St. asked CoreBrand to identify America’s hottest brands. We wanted to know the biggest brands that were the best known and most well regarded. Read: America's Hottest Brands ...
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Media Digest (5/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 6:16 am

Several senior JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) executives will leave the bank in the wake of its $2 billion trading loss. (Reuters) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) ex-CEO Scott Thompson has thyroid cancer. (WSJ) ...
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Avon To Take Coty Bid?

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 6:15 am

Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) said it will take a week to decide whether it will negotiate a new, sweetened deal from Coty. Coty has just gotten financial support from ...
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Coty Raises Offer for Avon (AVP)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 8:14 am

Cosmetics maker Coty Inc. has today raised its offer for Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) to $24.75/share, up another $1.50/share from its original offer. In a letter to the Avon ...
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Sears, Overstock, And Gilt Hammered In New E-Commerce Study

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 11:12 am

Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD), Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK), and  Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) are not particularly well-regarded as brands or particularly well-liked by Wall St. Perhaps coincidentally, each shows up near ...
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Avon’s Credit Barely Stays at Investment Grade (AVP)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 7:46 am

Shares of Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) have closed lower each of the last three days following the company’s extremely weak first quarter results. The door-to-door cosmetics firm took another ...
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Big Avon Options Bet (AVP)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 2:15 pm

Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) is a controversial stock in all aspects.  While some were hoping that buyout interest would remain and head higher, many are hoping that former CEO ...
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Estée Lauder Falls on Lowered Guidance, Avon Up on Reports of Another Bidder (EL, AVP)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 9:15 am

Cosmetics maker The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) reported results for its third fiscal quarter this morning that met expectations, but shares are getting knocked on lowered fourth quarter ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (WPI, AZN, ANF, SPWR, YGE, COST, MERU, ACI, VECO, PBY, ADM, CPO, AVP, DPZ, PFE, VLO, ABX, JDSU, MRO, FSLR, V, PFCB, DAL, CHK)

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 4:03 pm

The major US stock indexes opened flat this morning but started to move higher following the better-than-expected ISM report on manufacturing (our coverage here). Construction spending in the US was ...
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