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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 7, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Chop to Higher Close (SAP, CLH, ANGI, SD, BIG, ALJ, PETM, MTN, CIEN, DANG, JRCC, KR, SFD, FNSR, HRB, P, WDAY, ANN, FL, AMD, PBR, FB)

Posted: March 7, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and trickled lower most of the day as there was little news to follow generally good data from around the globe. In Japan, ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AWK, ANGI, BIG, CLH, DVA, HTZ, LOGI, MLNX, WFR, NANO, NYCB, SAP, SD)

Posted: March 7, 2013 at 8:40 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. American Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) cut to Neutral at Citigroup. ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 6, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Closed Mixed (JCP, ICE, BBY, QCOM, VVUS, GEVO, QIHU, SWHU, PAY, AEO, BIG, TFM, HOV, SPLS, STP, PETS, MTN, CIEN, DANG, JRCC, KR, SFD, MTG, PBR, BBRY)

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but struggled to maintain even a flat performance compared to yesterday’s close. Before the markets opened this morning, the Mortgage Bankers Association noted ...
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Results Good at Big Lots; Forecast Not So Good

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 8:10 am

Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The close-out retailer reported quarterly diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.08 on revenues ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 5, 2013: Markets Climb as Dow Sets All-Time High (NFLX, YHOO, CLF, A, APOL, CKP, CEP, APP, GEVO, QIHU, SWHU, PAY, AEO, BIG, TFM, HOV, SPLS, STP, MTG, CREE, VOD, VZ)

Posted: March 5, 2013 at 4:07 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and it didn’t take long for the DJIA to blow past its all-time intra-day high of 14,198.10 (more coverage here). There was a ...
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Retail Sales on Track for Lower Growth

Posted: March 4, 2013 at 12:30 pm

After three consecutive years of 4%+ same-store sales growth in the month of February, the outlook for the month in 2013 calls for growth of 2.7%, primarily on a forecast ...
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Retail Stocks Not Sharing Equally in Today’s Surge

Posted: January 2, 2013 at 11:53 am

Retailers do not appear to be headed for uniformly upbeat sales increases in December. Research firm Retail Metrics has dropped its forecast for a same-store sales increase by another 10 ...
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Media Digest (12/7/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 7, 2012 at 6:16 am

Investors who are optimistic about Europe's prospects are disappointed by European Central Bank comments on the economy. (Reuters) T-Mobile will stop phone subsidies and start to sell the Apple Inc. ...
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Media Digest (12/5/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 5, 2012 at 6:16 am

The Federal Reserve will begin a new round of bond buying in hopes of stimulating the economy. (Reuters) China shares reached a quarter-long high as government policy initiatives buoy investors. ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 4, 2012: Markets Bounce Around, Remain Nearly Flat (DMD, IACI, LDK, ETN, DLTR, PBY, BIG, AZO, TOL, MTN, MFRM, P, FRAN, NOK, CHL, GPS, NFLX, DIS, UEPS)

Posted: December 4, 2012 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened essentially flat this morning on a day when not much new data was released. In Europe, unemployment data from Spain was awful, but not as bad ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: December 4, 2012 at 11:26 am

The stock market is mixed Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.02%, the Nasdaq down 0.54% and the S&P 500 down 0.20%. Today's winners include a pharmaceutical company ...
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Big Lots Raises Outlook After Smaller Q3 Loss

Posted: December 4, 2012 at 7:34 am

Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) reported third quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The close-out retailer reported a diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.10 on revenues ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 23, 2012: Markets Higher on Throngs of Shoppers (E, PQ, TI, NOK, BIG, JOSB, SDRL, RIMM, KITD, MCP)

Posted: November 23, 2012 at 1:07 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after taking a day off to celebrate Thanksgiving. Reasonably good news out of Europe this morning on several fronts. First, PMI numbers were ...
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America’s Least Valuable CEOs

Posted: November 16, 2012 at 6:52 am

There is a nearly endless number of criteria that measure how well CEOs perform, whether they are paid fairly, and what metrics should be used for determining chief executive compensation. ...
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August Retail Sales Set for Lowest Growth in Three Years (PSUN, ARO, BIG, ANF, TJX, ROST, WMT, AEO)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 1:59 pm

Retail sales have been soft since early summer, and August doesn’t appear to be a get-well month for retailers either. Research firm Retail Metrics projects that August sales will rise ...
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