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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (VMC, FINL, SJM, CALX)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 9:27am | 138Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC) was downgraded by UBS from "buy" to "neutral." VMC's shares closed at $44.46 yesterday. Vulcan Materials' PEG ratio is -7.74. The Finish Line Inc (NASDAQ: FINL) was downgraded by Citigroup from "buy" to "hold." FINL's stock closed at $17.36 yesterday. Finish...
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AnnTaylor Stores Downgraded, Shares Down 5.2%(ANN)
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 3:30pm | 180Shares of AnnTaylor Stores Corporation (NYSE: ANN) are trading down 5.2% at $25.96 per share during the Monday afternoon trading session. The stock has been falling since AnnTaylor Stores Corporation was downgraded by Piper Jaffray from Overweight to Neutral. The day's trading range for shares of...
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (TLB, NBL, INTC, HAE)
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 9:13am | 139Talbots Inc (The) (NYSE: TLB) was downgraded by Jefferies from "buy" to "hold." TLB's shares closed at $8.52 on Friday. Talbots' trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 1.43%. Noble Energy Inc (NYSE: NBL) was downgraded by BMO Capital from "outperform" to "market perform." NBL's stock closed at $86....
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Piper Jaffray Favors High-End Women's Retailers
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 9:08am | 133Piper Jaffray said today that it continues to favor the women's apparel retailers that cater to the higher-end of the economy, including Limited Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LTD) and Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN). “We believe LTD was a clear winner in December based on our store checks in each of their two...
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Piper Jaffray Lowers ANN Rating To Neutral; PT Unchanged At $29
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 8:34am | 126Piper Jaffray is lowering its investment rating on shares of AnnTaylor Stores Corporation (NYSE: ANN) from Overweight to Neutral on ANN shares “as we balance what we see as a still-good operating margin expansion story for the company with what we believe could be a further-delayed recovery at the...
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Piper Jaffray Downgrades AnnTaylor Stores To Neutral
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 7:40am | 26Piper Jaffray has downgraded AnnTaylor Stores (NYSE: ANN) from Overweight to Neutral and has maintained its $29 price target.
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of January
Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 4:48pm | 741Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...
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The Gap Downgraded to Hold at Standpoint Research
Friday, December 31, 2010 - 11:51am | 21The Gap (NYSE: GPS) is downgraded from Buy to Hold at Standpoint Research.
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Standpoint Downgrades The Gap From Buy To Hold (GPS)
Friday, December 31, 2010 - 11:48am | 76Standpoint Research has downgraded shares of The Gap (NYSE: GPS) from Buy to Hold today. The firm recommended the stock on August 19 when it fell below $18. Since the shares were upgraded, they have gained 25% and outperformed the S&P 500 by around 10%. During today's trading session, GPS has...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 3:16pm | 302Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Retail M&A: 17 Possible Deals in 2011 Retail M&A interest resurfaced in 2010, with some big deals actually getting done up until the very last days of the year. The private-equity buyouts of J.Crew (NYSE...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 3:16pm | 302Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Retail M&A: 17 Possible Deals in 2011 Retail M&A interest resurfaced in 2010, with some big deals actually getting done up until the very last days of the year. The private-equity buyouts of J.Crew (NYSE...
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Market Roundup (BJ, M, JWN, LTD, HPQ, ADBE, AMZN)
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 1:11pm | 248US retail stocks gained after higher-than-expected fall in the weekly jobless claims. The S&P Retail Index (RLX) rose about 0.31%. According to comScore, online holiday sales in the 56 days through December 26 gained13% to $30.81 billion. The gainers in the list included BJ's Wholesale Club Inc...
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MEMC's Solar Unit Wraps Up Rovigo - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 1:00pm | 447SunEdison, the solar energy development division of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (WFR), recently announced the final receipt of €230 million from First Reserve Corp. for the sale of a 70 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Italy, near the town of Rovigo. In October 2010, First...
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MEMC's Solar Unit Wraps Up Rovigo - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 12:30pm | 447SunEdison, the solar energy development division of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (WFR), recently announced the final receipt of €230 million from First Reserve Corp. for the sale of a 70 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Italy, near the town of Rovigo. In October 2010, First...
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Finish Line Enters Oversold Territory - Tale of the Tape
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 11:03am | 113The Finish Line, Inc.'s (FINL) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 13.95. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for February 2011 increased by a cent over the past week to $1.29 per share. The Finish Line, Inc. is a Zacks #1 Rank (“Strong Buy...