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Retail Sales for May Better Than Expected

Posted: June 6, 2013 at 11:10 am

Retailers are announcing May same-store sales figures today. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 2.8% year-over-year, compared with a 1.4% gain in March and a 3% gain ...
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Closing Bell for Thursday on Wall Street: Markets Stall on Japan Losses

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened sharply lower this morning, taking a lead from Japan’s Nikkei, which fell more than 7% for the day. Japan’s government bond yields spiked until the Bank ...
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Closing Bell for Wednesday on Wall Street: Markets Blunted on Fed Comments, Minutes

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened barely higher this morning following a report that mortgage loan applications had fallen by 9.8% from the previous week, on top of a 7% decline for ...
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UBS Likes Specialty Retail: Time to Sell Department Stores

Posted: May 16, 2013 at 8:10 am

The American consumer has remained pretty consistent in 2013, helping to push along a still very slow economic recovery. One place they have spent money is the department stores around ...
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Closing Bell for Friday on Wall Street: Markets Open Mixed, Close Higher

Posted: May 10, 2013 at 4:07 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning and failed to find a direction driver throughout the trading day. In Europe, Germany reported a stronger-than-expected trade surplus, while the U.K.’s trade ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: Dean Foods, Dendreon, Mylan and More

Posted: May 10, 2013 at 8:45 am

Investors frequently see analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street research calls, but they often do not get to see the so-called Sell ratings. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many ...
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L Brands, Zumiez Lead Rise in April Retail Sales

Posted: May 9, 2013 at 8:50 am

Retailers are announcing April same-store sales figures today. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 3.5% year-over-year, compared with a 2% gain in February and a 1.4% gain ...
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Not Much Expected from March Retail Sales, Not Much Delivered

Posted: April 11, 2013 at 9:55 am

Retailers are announcing March same-store sales figures today. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 1.5% year-over-year, compared with a 2% gain in February and a 3.9% gain ...
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Top Retail and Apparel Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, ARO, AEO, GPS, GNC, GRPN, HBI, LTD, ROST, UA, URBN)

Posted: April 2, 2013 at 8:30 am

This week should bring a lot of news from same-store sales for the retail and apparel sector. That makes it interesting that there are so many analyst calls in the ...
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February Retail Sales Softer Than Expected

Posted: March 7, 2013 at 10:25 am

Retailers are announcing February same-store sales figures today. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 2.5% year-over-year, compared with a 5.1% gain in January and a 4.2% gain ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 28, 2013: Markets Climb Before Late Day Slide (EBAY, RHT, SKS, FSLR, VMW, CECO, CLR, GRPN, GTAT, JCP, LTD, MNST, RGR, PANL, BKS, CVC, KSS, SHLD, BODY, CTIC, CLNE, DECK, GPS, MCP, PANW, SD, BBY, GRPN, JCP, BSFT)

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as the federal budget sequester appears to be set to go into effect tomorrow. Global data releases were also mixed. In Europe, the ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 27, 2013: Markets Climb on Mixed Data, News (LNKD, GOOG, VRSN, GTI, NOK, AWK, EIX, PCLN, FSLR, RRC, WFT, DLTR, JOY, SWC, TGT, CECO, CLR, GRPN, GTAT, JCP, LTD, MNST, RGR, PANL, BKS, CVC, KSS, SHLD, FSLR, ZNGA, AH)

Posted: February 27, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following markets in Europe and Asia, most of which were also pointed higher. In Asia, equities were mostly higher following yesterday’s buoyant session ...
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First Solar Fallout Deals Crushing Blow to Speculative Solar Sector

Posted: February 27, 2013 at 9:25 am

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is leading shares lower this morning. The company has taken at least two severe analyst downgrades this morning. That is on the heels of a ...
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Hopes Dimming for Solar Shares

Posted: February 26, 2013 at 1:16 pm

Following today’s dismal report from Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL), the entire solar sector is experiencing a sell-off. The only question investors need to ask themselves is whether or not ...
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Eight Companies That Love Valentine’s Day

Posted: February 12, 2013 at 7:49 pm

Valentine’s Day spending is expected to reach $18.6 billion this year.  On average, Americans are expected to spend $130.97 this holiday, up only slightly from $126.03 last year, according to ...
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