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Can Sears Sales Overcome Its Old Stores Problem?

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 6:30 am

Earnings from Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) were so awful that Wall Street pushed its stock price down close to 10%. The question is whether the company can overcome the ...
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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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Target Company Earnings Overshadowed by Forecast

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 8:00 am

Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The big-box retailer posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.05 on $16.71 billion in revenues. ...
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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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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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J.C. Penney Trouble Beyond Repair

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 7:03 am

J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) traded up a little after the retailer gave details about results for its latest quarter. The investors who stepped in made a mistake. The ...
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 7:01 am

China's trade surplus is better than expected in April. (Reuters) With inflation below Federal Reserve targets, the central bank may have to increase bond buying. (Reuters) Some hedge funds move ...
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J.C. Penney “Comeback” Commercial Will Not Work

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 6:11 am

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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Sell in May and Go Away? A 2013 Primer and Catalysts

Posted: April 23, 2013 at 12:36 pm

Stocks have enjoyed a serious bull market, and we still have the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both up by double digits so far in 2013. ...
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RadioShack Earnings Fail to Clear a Low Bar

Posted: April 23, 2013 at 7:40 am

RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The electronics retailer posted an adjusted net earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.35 on $849 million ...
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UBS Has Very Positive Views on Big Retail (COST, TGT, WMT)

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 8:30 am

UBS has initiated new analyst coverage of the large retailers this morning, and we have focused on the big three retailers: Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) and ...
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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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How J.C. Penney Could Start the Fall of Bill Ackman (JCP, MBI, TGT, WEN, AAPL, CP, HLF, VNO)

Posted: April 11, 2013 at 7:45 am

There has always been a Wall St. trend for the spotlight to shine on the smartest guy in the room at any given time. Whether they be one hit wonders ...
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J.C. Penney Tinkers with Pricing — Again

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 6:45 am

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.'s (NYSE: JCP) CEO Ron Johnson is either lowering prices on much of the troubled retailer's store inventory or raising those prices instead. Most analysts believe neither ...
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What Is Important in the Financial World (3/27/2013)

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 6:25 am

J.C. Penney Flip-Flop J.C. Penney Co. Inc.'s (NYSE: JCP) CEO Ron Johnson is either lowering prices on much of the troubled retailer's store inventory or raising those prices instead. Most ...
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