The retail sales numbers on Main Street are truly going to hell in a hand basket.  The only bright spot is Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), and that is just indicative of a tapped out consumer that is...
Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) has raised its dividend, and the raise is substantial even if the yield is not.  The higher-end and luxury apparel retail department store hiked its dividend from $0.16...
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...
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as markets ignored a steep rise in short-term Spanish debt and focused instead on some encouraging news on new housing construction permits...
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) Started as...
We have already noted the Van der Moolen (NYSE:VDM) exit of all NYSE Specialist activities.  What we wanted to look at is the underling stocks companies where Van der Moolen acts as a specialist...
We have already seen earnings come in as a disappointment from Lowe’s Companies today.  We still have quite a few retailers on deck to report earnings this week.  We compiled a more detailed...
Below are the top analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at this morning in early trading: Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) downgraded to Underweight at JP Morgan. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) downgraded...
A report out of Citigroup this morning is sending shares of Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) higher this morning.  The broker reiterated its BUY rating on the stock and its $20.00 target notes that the...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls.Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) raised to Overweight at Morgan...
Retail stores are reporting December sales today and the news is, at best mixed. Retailers reporting already include Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), BJ’s...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) Started as...
DTS shares saw a handy gain early on Tuesday after it was announced that this company would be acquired by Tessera Technologies).
The harsh economic environment dinged Disney (DIS) earnings. Revenue for the last quarter fell 8% to $9.6 billion.Net income fell 32% to $845 million.The company’s movie studio operation was hurt...
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 closing...