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Retail
Chart Alert: Wal-Mart (WMT, TGT, COST)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is supposed to be the retail winner in a depression or recession as more and more consumers are forced to shop at the world’s largest retailer whether…
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Investing
Unusual Dividend Tracking (CAT, CLX, MSFT, TGT, TSCM, VMC, ACAS, IAF)
Dividends in general are used as the historic underlying measurement of companies and their abilities to stay profitable at current levels. Today and last night we have seen some rather unusual dividend…
4:00am ET
Retail
Sales At Ann Taylor (ANN) Hold Steady
Over the past week, the 24/7 Wall St.–The Channel Checkers poll surveyed Ann Taylor (ANN) locations to gauge business trends at the ten retailers. We asked the following questions: 1. On a scale of…
4:46am ET
Retail
Wal-Mart (WMT) Becomes The Nation’s New Employment Agency
Many big-box retailers including Best Buy (BBY), Target (TGT), and Costco (COST) are struggling as the recession beats down their same-store sales. General retailers such as Sears (SHLD) are not faring any…
6:43am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades (BBT, CMA, FEIC, GOOG, HBI, HD, LOW, NEM, PLT, ROP, TGT, TSCO, WMT)
These are top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research notes we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: BB&T (BBT) Raised to Market Perform at KBW. Comerica (CMA) Raised to…
2:58am ET
Investing
Media Digest 6/2/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Global consumer confidence is improving. Reuters: GM (GM) filed for Chapter 11 and expects a quick exit. Reuters: Most US retailers probably had sales drop in May. Reuters: China gave Geithner…
2:15pm ET
Investing
Imminent Change to DJIA 30 (GM, F, CSCO, ORCL, AAPL, GOOG, CL, HON, PEP, TGT, AMZN, MDT, ABT, GS, BRK-A)
Word is out that the Dow Jones Indexes team is set to release the name of the replacement for General Motors (NYSE: GM) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. We have heard…
2:58am ET
Investing
Media Digest 5/28/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Central bankers in the US and Europe are battling deflation and inflation simultaneously. Reuters: GM (GM) is close to bankruptcy but the fate of Opel is still open. Reuters: Citigroup (C)…
11:05am ET
Investing
DJIA Component Replacement Candidates for GM (GM, F, CSCO, ORCL, GOOG, AAPL, CL, HON, PEP, TGT, MDT, ABT, GS, BRK-A)
The bets are on that General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) is done as far as the current stock is concerned. While it seems that the equity holders of today will keep 1%…
2:59am ET
Investing
Media Digest 5/27/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: GM (GM) is close to filing Chapter 11. Reuters: A poll of economists says the US recession will end soon followed by modest growth. Retuers: The mood of US consumers rose…
3:03am ET
Investing
Media Digest 5/21/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Congress passed a bill to put restrictions on credit card companies. Reuters: The Fed mulled increasing securities during its April meeting. Reuters: Geithner said the US was making progress fighting the…
2:56am ET
Investing
Media Digest 5/20/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The Treasury is keeping banks guessing about when they can repay TARP funds. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) has raised more than $13 billion in share sales. Reuters: Hewlett-Packard’s (HPQ) financial…
2:57am ET
Investing
Media Digest 5/15/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters SEC employees are under investigation for insider trading Reuters Treasury has approved several insurance companies for receiving TARP funds Reuters GM (GM) is close to a deal with the UAW. Reuters Bank…
3:01am ET
Investing
Media Digest 5/12/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Bernanke says he was encouraged by the stress tests. Reuters reports that GM (GM) will probably exit the Dow. Reuters writes that Bank of America (BAC) will probably sell…
4:47am ET
Retail
Target’s (TGT) Strength Makes Dissident’s Assault A Likely Failure
Investor Bill Ackerman, who has held an investment in Target (TGT) for almost two years and has lost a great deal of money in the process, wants to replace part of the retailer’s…