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Tableau Software: Big Data IPO Goes out Above Expected Range, Shares Spike Higher

Seattle-based software maker Tableau Software Inc. (NYSE: DATA) begins trading today following an initial public offering (IPO) of 8.2 million shares at a price of $31 a share. The offering ...
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Costco, Other Chain Stores Report Retail Sales for April Tomorrow

Same-store retail sales from many of the country’s largest chains are scheduled to hit the tape tomorrow. Sales in February and March rose just 2% and 1.4%, respectively, so the ...
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J.C. Penney “Comeback” Commercial Will Not Work

J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has decided to waste money on a television commercial that asks customers to "come back." Why? "We heard you." Put another way, J.C. Penney has ...
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A J.C. Penney Buyout by Sears?

The talk about the future of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has turned to the chances of a sale. The first possible reason is the value of the firm's ...
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What Is Important in the Financial World (4/10/2013)

Soros on Europe's Troubles Why is Europe in such a difficult financial situation? Billionaire George Soros believes he knows. If only Germany would cooperate and offer more support to its ...
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Nine Famous Companies That Can’t Get Bigger

After years of flourishing, some of America’s largest public corporations have stopped growing. In several cases, this trend began years ago. The companies that cannot grow fall into two categories. ...
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Xerox’s Morale Problem

One of the largest hurdles to the Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) "recovery" is the extent to which its employees hold the company and its chief executive, Ursula M. Burns, in ...
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Nine Retailers with the Worst Customer Service

Customer satisfaction with retailers is at an all-time high. However, while the industry improved overall, according to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), not all retailers received high marks. At the positive end ...
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Who Wants to Buy J.C. Penney? No One

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.'s (NYSE: JCP) board has a problem. If it wants to sell the company, in lieu of kicking out Ron Johnson as CEO, as the Wall Street ...
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Retail Sales on Track for Lower Growth

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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An Idiot’s Guide to Why Stocks Will Keep Rising Despite Budget Cuts

The stock market is supposed to fall after reaching nearly all-time highs, because $85 billion in budget cuts have begun. But these will not move the stock market down, at least ...
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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)

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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Works in Progress: Sears and J.C. Penney

Shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) are down nearly 18% in the first few minutes of trading this morning following a disastrous quarterly earnings report delivered after markets ...
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Sears Shares Rise on Solid Results

Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) reported fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The department store operator reported quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of ...
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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)

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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