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Options Take: Pressure To Remain On Wal-Mart Woes (WMT, TGT, DG, BIG)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 2:56 pm

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is still deep in the soup.  Since the news broke over the weekend over bribes in Mexico involving its current and former top-brass, Wal-Mart shares ...
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Who Would Replace Walmart’s CEO and Its Chairman?

Posted: April 22, 2012 at 11:44 am

The Walmart statement of ethics is the core of the company’s values: Each business organization Walmart operates is expected to have a complete set of policies providing guidance to associates for whatever country they are working in. ...
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Target Hikes Earnings Estimate (TGT)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 8:55 am

Big box retailer Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) this morning announced a 7.3% same-store sales boost in March compared with March 2011. The company’s CEO was pleasantly surprised: March sales were ...
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Vringo Registers to Sell Stock, Announces Merger (VRNG, GOOG, IACI, GCI, TGT)

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 7:39 am

Vringo Inc. (AMEX: VRNG) has filed a Form S-3 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission announcing the sale of 2.76 million shares of the company’s stock on behalf of ...
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What If Walmart Were Tesco?

Posted: March 5, 2012 at 6:37 am

Tesco (NASDAQ: TESO), the largest retailer in the UK, said it would add 20,000 jobs between now and 2014. It is the largest employer in the UK, with 270,000 workers. ...
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Media Digest (3/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 2, 2012 at 6:37 am

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV may buy China’s Kingway Brewery Holdings’ assets. (Reuters) The Department of Justice is expected to widen its probe of mortgage-backed securities. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) sets new standards that will ...
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Retail Sales Push Higher in February (COST, TGT, KSS, JWN, SKS, SSI, M, GPS, TJX, LTD, ROST, SMRT, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ)

Posted: March 1, 2012 at 11:53 am

Retailers have been posting same-store sales figures for February this morning, and most are posting better-than-expected numbers -- in some cases, much better than expected. We have reports from 15 ...
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Costco Prospers: Are Consumers Optimistic or Frugal?

Posted: February 29, 2012 at 6:33 am

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) issued extraordinarily strong February sales numbers along with its earnings for the period that ended February 12. Revenue for the quarter rose from $20.9 billion last year ...
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Feb. Same-Store Sales Expectation Move Higher (TGT, LTD, ROST, SKS, JWN, ZUMZ)

Posted: February 28, 2012 at 12:06 pm

Retail Metrics is out with its preliminary expectation for February same-store sales data to be released later in the week.  Keep in mind that February has an extra day compared ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARMH, AVB, GCI, DECK, FSLR, FST, MNST, MAR, NBR, POL, RRGB, SUN, CRM, TGT, TSL)

Posted: February 24, 2012 at 8:22 am

These are some of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Started as Overweight at Piper Jaffray. AvalonBay Communities, ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (CHK, LVLT, TJX, HPQ, JNPR, ANGI, SAM, CBOU, DRYS, FLS, FLR, GDP, KBR, AMT, BBG, CTHR, DDS, DISH, FWLT, OMX, TGT, VVUS, ONVI, SHLD, PVA, GTI)

Posted: February 23, 2012 at 4:06 pm

After a flat opening this morning, markets turned down before reversing course in mid-morning to return to positive territory, where they spent the rest of the day. A good report ...
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JCPenney Turnaround Falters

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 6:23 am

On January 25, new JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) CEO Ron Johnson, former head of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) retail operations, unveiled his vision for the retailer’s turnaround. His “Fair and Square” price ...
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Walmart Pays For Its US Growth

Posted: February 21, 2012 at 9:47 am

Investors did not think much of Walmart's fiscal fourth quarter and full years earning. Walmart's stock fell 4% immediately after its announcement. The one exception is that US sales, which have been ...
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Media Digest (1/23/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 23, 2012 at 6:33 am

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) replaces its co-CEOs with the firm’s COO. (Reuters) A Reuters poll shows Japanese manufacturers have prepared for a eurozone break up. (Reuters) Apache (NYSE: APA) ...
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Walmart’s E-commerce Woes Cannot Be Solved by a New Online CEO

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 6:44 am

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) added a new CEO to oversee its e-commerce operations. The general perception is that this business should be more competitive with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). That will be hard to ...
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