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Williams-Sonoma Faces Pottery Barn Kids Crib Bumpers Recall

Posted: May 29, 2013 at 2:19 pm

Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM) is in the news today, although not for the usual great news that the public has come to expect. The company's Pottery Barn Kids has announced ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 21, 2013: Markets Slide on Europe Fears (FDX, WSM, YHOO, BKW, HON, ORCL, JBL, TUMI, KBH, LULU, MOV, ROST, MU, NKE, SLW, VRNG, DRI, TIF, AFFY, ACAD)

Posted: March 21, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and trailed slowly downward all day. The situation in Cyprus was unchanged this morning (more coverage here). In Europe, both manufacturing and non-manufacturing ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BKW, DOV, FDX, HON, ITW, INTC, IFF, LM, LIFE, MMM, ORCL, WSM, WETF, YHOO)

Posted: March 21, 2013 at 8:25 am

Investors and traders seem to constantly look for new good research-driven ideas for stocks to buy and for stocks to sell. Some of these come from independent research firms and ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 20, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Hold Gains on FOMC Statement (ZNGA, DE, BBY, AAPL, BBRY, ADBE, CTAS, FTEK, WSM, FDX, GIS, LEN, ORCL, JBL, TUMI, KBH, LULU, MOV, ROST, OMPI, VRX, AFFY)

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 4:10 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and maintained the upside, anticipating that today’s FOMC statement would not provoke any surprises. And the markets were not surprised (more coverage here). ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 19, 2013: Market Closes Mixed Without Solution in Cyprus (JNPR, RIO, CHK, EBAY, EA, FF, SBLK, FDS, WAG, ADBE, CTAS, FTEK, WSM, FDX, GIS, LEN, AFFY, S, HAL, SLB)

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but worries about a resolution to the banking crisis in Cyprus soon took over and pushed shares down. In other parts of Europe, ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BIDU, BBVA, BBBY, CIT, CLWR, DHI, HMY, HGG, KBH, M, MRVL, PHM, RYL, SD, SWC, TGT, TOL, UNH, WSM, ZNGA)

Posted: February 5, 2013 at 8:25 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) cut to Market Perform at Raymond James and ...
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Retail Stocks Not Sharing Equally in Today’s Surge

Posted: January 2, 2013 at 11:53 am

Retailers do not appear to be headed for uniformly upbeat sales increases in December. Research firm Retail Metrics has dropped its forecast for a same-store sales increase by another 10 ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, BBD, BSBR, RATE, BSX, CNK, DECK, DELL, DUK, ELX, LULU, OXY, QLGC, RGC, RIMM, TEVA, VZ, WSM)

Posted: December 3, 2012 at 8:43 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Buy with $800 target and raised ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 19, 2012: Markets Ride High All Day (LH, HAL, RMBS, MO, WSM, LOW, TSN, BRCD, JACK, KKD, QIHU, SCVL, BBY, BWS, CPB, HNZ, HPQ, TECD, BMTI, WMGI, DMND, AAPL)

Posted: November 19, 2012 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following comments after Friday’s meeting between President Obama and Congressional leaders to discuss ways of dodging the fiscal cliff. Some were also expecting ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (A, MO, BAC, BCS, CPHD, DF, DNR, HAL, JCI, LH, LYG, RMBS, SWIR, VMI, WSM)

Posted: November 19, 2012 at 8:41 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. ...
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Best Buy and the “Great Woman” Theory of Business Success

Posted: November 13, 2012 at 6:27 am

Shares of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) rose as much as 4% after an announcement that Sharon McCollam, who used to be the director, executive vice president, chief operating ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/12/2012) Best Buy CFO

Posted: November 12, 2012 at 8:40 am

Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: No individuals will be charged in the mortgage fraud investigation of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). (WSJ) Several ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: August 22, 2012 at 10:50 am

Shares are down Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.22%, the Nasdaq down 0.06% and the S&P 500 down 0.12%. Wednesday's winners include a senior center getting bought by ...
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Retailer Earnings Up Most in Two Years (WMT, DKS, HIBB, BBBY, WSM, BWS, FL, BBY, GME, WTSLA, GPS, ANF)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 7:36 am

With 80% of the 120 companies it tracks having reported first quarter 2012 results, research firm Retail Metrics says that retailers who beat earnings estimates are up 5% year-over-year for ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 22, 2012 (GPS, DRYS, DPZ, LYB, TSLA, AZO, BBY, RL, WSM, EXPR, AEO, BIG, HRL, NTAP, P, STP, TSL, PCX, BNHN, FB)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 4:06 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning following their European and Asian counterparts, none of which were the least concerned about a downgrade to Japanese debt ...
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