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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Best Buy, Costco, PetSmart, Target and More
These are this Tuesday's top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations. They include Best Buy, Costco, PetSmart and Target.
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Investing
Four Problematic Dividend Hikes: Target, Best Buy, FedEx, Caterpillar
Investors still love dividends and stock buybacks. On top of these corporate governance and return of capital strategies in general, investors really love when they are holding a stock where the payouts are…
2:26pm ET
Retail
Target Aims to Become King of Dividends in Retail Sector
courtesy of Target Corp.When companies raise their dividends, it is usually a message from the company’s management that the underlying business fundamentals can carry the company’s cash flows at the same or…
Jon C. Ogg 8:55am ET
Apps & Software
Few Americans Trust Online Data Safety
After a series of high-profile data breaches, it should not be a shock that only one in five Americans have "a lot of trust" in businesses they regularly interact with to keep…
6:51am ET
Apps & Software
Hacking Anxiety Grows as U.S. Hit in South Korea
ThinkstockIf anyone wants to know how skilled hackers are, both in terms of stealing personal data and corporate secrets, they only need to look at the cyberattack on the U.S. military in…
Douglas A. McIntyre 10:15am ET
Retail
Why J.C. Penney Is Down 50% in the Past Year
Following an initial rush of enthusiasm after the company reported fourth-quarter results in late February, shares of J.C. Penney have traded in a band between about $7.25 and $9.75.
1:45pm ET
Retail
Is Target’s E-book Club a Shot at Amazon?
Wikimedia CommonsThe company that let sensitive data for millions of customers be ripped out of its computer systems last year now wants to be a supplier of an online book buying, sharing…
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Media
Facebook Is the Ultimate Hack
There is a perception among businesses and people that nothing kept online is secure anymore. A major cyberattack on Facebook would only serve to tremendously reinforce that.
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:55am ET
Retail
Target Earnings Overshadowed by Top Management Firings
Target reported disappointing first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Wednesday morning and guided current quarter and full-year estimates below expectations.
Paul Ausick 9:05am ET
Retail
Target Housecleaning Continues, Canadian President Replaced
It is no secret that the expansion of Target into Canada has been less than a rousing success. The company lost nearly $1 billion in its first year of operations north of…
Paul Ausick 6:35am ET
Retail
Customers Are Sticking With Target
A recent Bloomberg poll suggests that most Target customers are willing to forgive the massive data breach that came to light over this past holiday season.
Trey Thoelcke 9:30am ET
Retail
Why Walmart Cannot Grow in America
In three of the past four years, Walmart has posted a year-over-year decline in U.S. same-store sales, and the gain the company posted in its 2012 fiscal year was a skimpy 0.2%.
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Special Report
America’s Nine Most Damaged Brands
ThinkstockSome brands have stellar reputations as a result of innovation, well thought-out marketing strategies and good public relations from the companies behind them. On the other hand, weak or defective products, scandals…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Anadarko, BroadSoft, Schwab, KBR, Target, Valero and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. They include Anadarko Petroleum, BroadSoft, Charles Schwab, KBR, Target and Valero Energy.
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Retail
Why Target Shares Fell Rather Than Rose on CEO Firing
Shares of Target took a hit of around 3% Monday morning following the resignation/firing of CEO Gregg Steinhafel. The interim CEO and chairman do not seem like serious candidates for the job.