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Media Digest (2/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 6:47 am

The U.S. indicts Swiss bank Wegelin on tax evasion charges. (Reuters) Fed president Richard Fisher says there is no need for QE3. (Reuters) Panasonic posts a quarterly loss of $2.6 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (T, ADP. BBY, CHK, DNDN, ETFC, JCP, JPM, GS, MS, JEF, KLAC, LIFE, MCD, KORS, NFLX, VPRT, ZNGA)

Posted: January 28, 2012 at 10:19 am

This last week brought many new analyst calls in key stocks.  At the end of each week we review research calls looking for the best gems, the calls that made ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (BBY, SD, ALL, JCP, KIM, AEP, CVX, D, F, HON, PG, SOA, CPHD, INFI, NRGY, RVBD)

Posted: January 27, 2012 at 4:07 pm

All three major US indexes opened lower this morning following the report that US GDP grew by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. A rise of 3% was expected. Combined with ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALL, T, BBY, CELG, CLF, EQY, HIG, JCP, JNPR, KIM, PGR, SD, SYNA, UA, VPRT, ZOLL)

Posted: January 27, 2012 at 8:27 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Friday morning. The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) Started as Outperform ...
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Ron Johnon’s Magic, When 20% Stock Gains May Be Enough (JCP, AAPL)

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 3:05 pm

It was just on January 5 that we called the news on J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP)... Bad News Is Good News!  Our take was that the company big ...
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An Awful Start for JCPenney’s New CEO

Posted: January 24, 2012 at 6:39 am

Former Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) retail chief Ron Johnson, hired to achieve a turnaround at JCPenney (NYSE: JCP), is off to a terrible start. The wobbly department store company may not ...
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Media Digest (1/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 24, 2012 at 6:38 am

Eurozone ministers reject a settlement between private bondholders and Greece. (Reuters) Macy’s (NYSE: M) sues Martha Stewart Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) over a deal the media company did with JCPenney (NYSE: ...
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Retail Sales Roundup (COST, TGT, JCP, KSS, DDS, JWN, SKS, SSI, M, GPS, TJX, LTD, ROST, SMRT, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ, WAG)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 12:24 pm

US retailers are reporting December same-store sales today, and here’s a wrap-up of the results as of about 10 a.m. this morning. Reports were in from Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: ...
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Why The J.C. Penney Flop Is Good For Investors (JCP, M, SKS, KSS, AAPL, MSO)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 10:32 am

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is getting hit pretty hard this morning.  While current investors will not appreciate the drop, this is actually great news for those investors ...
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The Best and Worst Online Stores This Holiday

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:30 am

Customer service surveys cannot entirely distinguish between true, direct customer service on the one hand and brand perception and reputation of the company providing the service on the other. A ...
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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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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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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/8/2011) Macy’s vs. Martha Stewart, Apple Grand Central

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 6:25 am

Still No Eurozone Rescue. The rescue of the financially weak eurozone nations becomes more confused by the day. U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner continues to tour the region. He wants to convince area ...
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Media Digest (12/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 6:23 am

S&P may downgrade the EU and the largest eurozone banks. (Reuters) France and Germany continue to press new eurozone treaty measures that would help trigger new financing for the region. (Reuters) ...
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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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