Shortly after noon ET today, all three major US stock indexes have risen to intra-day highs, with the DJIA up about 81 points at around12,840, the Nasdaq up about 29 points at…
Paul Ausick The three major US equities indexes opened higher this morning following an in-line report fromn ADP on employment. The dollar is gaining strength even though the dollar index is down slightly, at…
All three major equity indexes opened lower this morning and while all have tracked back to last night’s close, only the Nasdaq Composite has managed to wobble to a small gain for…
Stocks got off on a positive note this morning, but resisted the temptation to climb based on a positive reading of the leading econonmic indicators and higher estimates of US GDP growth…
AlixPartners, a turnaround firm, said at the beginning of the year that 10% to 26% of retailers were in financial distress and were in danger of filing for Chapter 11. It is…
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has put six department store companies on CreditWatch with negative implications and has changed the outlook on three department store companies to negative from stable. Moody’s &…
24/7 Wall St. has already provided a list of retailers who may well not make it through 2009. According to The Wall Street Journal, "AlixPartners LLP, a Michigan-based turnaround consulting firm, estimates…
A year ago, not many people would have thought Circuit City would be in bankruptcy now. Linens ‘n Things, Mervyn’s, Whitehall Jewelers and Steve & Barry’s have either shut down or are…
Some of these stocks hit 52-week lows and recovered off of lows so they won’t have a low close. But these did all touch or breach the 52-week lows. At the end…
We didn’t include only retail names on the 52-week lows today, but it could have been easy to do. The retail scene just didn’t do too hot over Christmas and these are…
Stock Tickers: BONT, DELL, JDSA On today’s STOP TRADING on CNBC, Cramer said the market is taking the wrong cue as it is down on strong housing and down on oil prices…
