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Media Digest (12/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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)

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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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/7/2011) Citigroup Job Cuts, China’s Economy Slows

A New Bailout Fund. Rumors suggest that leading eurozone nations, particularly France and Germany, may have begun the process to create a large bailout fund for the financially weak nations in ...
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November Same-Store Sales Mixed, Winners and Losers (LTD, TLB, COST, TGT, M, DDS, JWN, KSS, GPS, ROST, JCP, TJX, LULU, SSI, PIR)

Retailers are reporting November sales this morning and the results are decidely mixed. The best report we’ve seen so far this morning is from Limited Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LTD) and ...
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Online Retailers Stealing Bricks And Mortar Business

The Monday following this year’s Thanksgiving, also known as Cyber Monday, was the highest-grossing online shopping day in U.S. history. According to research firm comScore, spending reached $1.25 billion, an ...
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American Consumers Shrug Off the World’s Problems

The holiday shopping period has begun with a level of success that few experts expected. U.S. consumers apparently have ignored the threat of a financial catastrophe in Europe, ongoing unemployment, a ...
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Expected Sales Growth Drives Upside in Retail Stocks (COST, WMT, TGT, M, JWN, KSS, BBY)

An unexpected gain in October retail sales has boosted prospects for a better-than-forecast holiday retail sales season. Some of the sales gains will come from lower pricing, which can’t always ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAP, A, ALIM, CNP, CIM, CWTR, GT, K, LOW, M, NU, NST, CRM, FIRE)

These are some of Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Hold at Argus. Agilent Technologies ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GMCR, LULU, NLY, M, HSY, CYAN, GSL, IVN, JCP, LOW, ZBB, DQ, BXG, PAY, SHZ, CADX, JKS)

Shares only briefly broke above last week’s close today, as decliners outnumber gainers by about 4 to 1 in the late afternoon. Tech stocks held up fairly well early as ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMGN, AMLN, NLY, BAM, GBX, GMCR, HSY, LULU, M, CRM, SPR, TK, TWGP)

These are some of Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Cut to Market Perform at Leerink Swann. Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ...
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Black Friday Creeping into Thursday at Walmart (WMT, TGT, BBY, M, KSS, AMZN)

The retail jamboree known as Black Friday seems to start earlier every year. The door-buster sales used to begin in the wee hours of Friday morning, but several retailers have ...
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What Matters in the Financial World (9/10/2011) Walmart Deals, Airbus Delays, Italy Bond Auction

Italian bonds yields drop. The Italian two-year note yield slid 53 basis points, after jumping 82 basis points yesterday. The level, a recent low, probably will not hold. Yields were well above ...
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Wall St. Pessimism About Holiday Sales

Wall St. has voted on how strong holiday sales will be this year. Shares of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Target (NYSE: TGT) are down year to date. Walmart (NYSE: ...
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Media Digest (11/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes

There is concern that the new Greek government will not be stable enough to run the nation. (Reuters) As finances in Italy deteriorate, concerns grow about the ability of the ...
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Top Earnings & Economic Events In The Week Ahead (PCLN, AONE, ATVI, PAAS, TM, CSCO, CSC, GM, GMCR, M, SLW, MCP, JWN, NVDA, DIS)

Earnings season has peaked, but we still have many key earnings reports and economic events coming in the week ahead.  24/7 Wall St. has featured a calendar with events scheduled ...
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