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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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Closing Bell for Tuesday on Wall Street: Markets Open Higher, Manage to Hold Decent Gain

Posted: May 21, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning on another day when very little economic data was released anywhere around the globe. There was no data released at all in ...
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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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Staples’ Dividend Hike Cannot Hide the Problems

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 7:40 am

Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the office supplies retailer posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of ...
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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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It’s Official: Office Depot, OfficeMax Merger Announced

Posted: February 20, 2013 at 10:20 am

Following an inadvertent announcement earlier this morning of a merger between office supply retailers Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX), the two companies have now made ...
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UPDATE: Last-Chance Office Supply Merger Announcement Withdrawn (ODP, OMX, SPLS)

Posted: February 20, 2013 at 8:55 am

UPDATE: According to a report at The New York Times Dealbook blog, the announcement of a merger between Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) was released ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACMP, ALXN, ADI, BIDU, BCS, ESRX, GMCR, LOW, MM, NTSP, RDN, SEE, SPLS, HOT, WIN)

Posted: February 20, 2013 at 8:20 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Access Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: ACMP) reiterated Outperform but on Focus List ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 19, 2013: Markets Keep Upward Momentum (GFI, APA, CSTR, WFC, BRK-A, CRMT, ESRX, NI, WIN, ADI, CF, DELL, HLF, AVI, CLH, DISH, LEAP, MGM, SODA, TOL, ODP, OMX, SPLS, NVGN, SPWR)

Posted: February 19, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning and managed to get within striking distance of five-year highs. There was little economic data released anywhere today, but what there was ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: February 19, 2013 at 11:16 am

The stock market is up Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.30%, the Nasdaq up 0.23% and the S&P 500 up 0.38%. Today's winners are all office-supply store ...
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Office Depot and OfficeMax Finally in Merger Talks

Posted: February 19, 2013 at 5:50 am

Rumors came out over the weekend that Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) finally are considering a long-awaited and long-speculated merger. This will not be an ...
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Argus Makes Big Changes in Three Model Portfolios (GAS, SPLS, F, BDX, ORCL)

Posted: February 14, 2013 at 10:40 am

The Argus research company has provided investors with quality, independent equity research since 1934. For the individual investor, a source for independent research is always a positive for a portfolio. ...
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Eight Retailers That Will Close the Most Stores

Posted: January 29, 2013 at 6:35 am

It is the time of year again, when America’s largest retailers release those critical holiday season figures and disclose their annual sales. A review of these numbers tells us a ...
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Surface Tablet Coming to More Retailers

Posted: December 12, 2012 at 6:52 am

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has decided to let a number of retailers, including Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS), offer its Surface tablet, perhaps to offset sales that never reached any real ...
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Boise Cascade Brings Back Interest in Office Supplies

Posted: November 16, 2012 at 11:18 am

OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) has figured out a way to unlock serious value of sorts. Boise Cascade has filed for an initial public offering. The IPO is said to be ...
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