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Could Sears Be Broken Up?

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:28 am

What Eddie Lampert put together in 2005 could be broken into pieces again, and that might be the only realistic way to “fix” Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD). Lampert engineered a ...
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Sears Will Not Close Enough Stores

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 10:53 am

The numbers do not add up. Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) has over 4,000 full-line and specialty stores. Same-store sales for the eight weeks that ended December 25 were down 5.2%. ...
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Sears Cuts Outlook, Will Close Stores… Long Slow Death March (SHLD, WMT, TGT)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 9:05 am

Retailers were hoping to put a solid close to the holiday shopping season with plentiful day-after-Christmas sales aimed at wringing out shoppers’ last dollar. That was probably wishful thinking at ...
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Retail Stocks Investors Abandoned May Be Crippled for Good

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 6:00 am

Investors walked away from several retail stocks late this year. Those companies probably will continue to falter in 2012 and 2013. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Sears ...
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Even More DJIA Dividend Hikes Coming Soon (BA, GE, DIS, T, PFE, CSCO, KO, XOM, IBM, JNJ, JPM, MMM, WMT, DVY, VIG, PFM, HDV)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 8:01 am

Throughout December we have been giving updates on dividends that will rise in the coming days and weeks from the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks. Many have already come ...
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Media Digest (12/9/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 9, 2011 at 6:38 am

Jon Corzine of MF Global says he does not know where much of the firm’s funds went. (Reuters) Samsung wins the legal fight over whether it can sell its tablet ...
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Fashion and Financial Failures at Chico’s

Posted: December 7, 2011 at 6:50 am

Chico’s FAS (NYSE: CHS) said its growth story remains intact, even though consumer spending is expected to remain soft. Additionally, despite falling margins at its flagship stores and rising inventories, ...
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Media Digest (12/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 7, 2011 at 6:45 am

The board of Olympus may resign by late February. (Reuters) China says its annual rate of growth slowed between October and November. (Reuters) Congress pressures the CFTC for stronger regulation ...
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Media Digest (12/6/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

Posted: December 6, 2011 at 6:21 am

S&P’s threat of a downgrade of eurozone nations puts huge pressure on the region’s leaders. (Reuters) An independent panel that reviewed the financial activity of Olympus suggests legal action ...
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E-commerce Continues to Set Records, Advantage to Amazon.com

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 6:51 am

Holiday e-commerce sales continue to set records. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), which is the leader in e-commerce sales by far as a single company, is likely to be among the ...
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India’s Retail Plan Kills Its Credibility

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 6:50 am

The cabinet in India has set new rules that would allow large outside retailers like Walmart (NYSE: WMT) to own 51% of local multiproduct retail establishments. But it appears that parliament ...
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More Pain For Research in Motion: Lower Guidance On Playbook Inventory Charge (RIMM, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, SSNLF, BBY, WMT)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 8:48 am

Smartphone pioneer Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has lowered its third-quarter guidance and said that it will take a “predominantly” non-cash charge of $485 million on its existing inventory ...
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The Newest Fortune 100 Companies

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:42 am

Most of America’s largest companies are also among its oldest companies. In fact, many of the Fortune 100 firms are more than a century old. Almost none were founded in ...
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More DJIA Stocks Set to Hike Dividends Very Soon (DIS, DIA, T, VZ, CSCO, KO, IBM, JNJ, JPM, MMM, PFE, MRK, WMT, DVY, VIG, PFM, HDV)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:31 am

Dividends are still rising and equity and income investors should expect more of the same for 2012. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) joined in on the dividend hike brigade with ...
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Online Retailers Stealing Bricks And Mortar Business

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 5:18 am

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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