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Stein Mart, Inc. Announces Special Dividend of $0.50 Per Share
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 8:31am | 99Stein Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMRT) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a special dividend of $0.50 per common share. “Over the past two years, we have restored profitability and significantly strengthened our balance sheet and cash position, which totaled $80.5 million at third...
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2010 Fund Performance Period 11
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 5:05pm | 4669If, after reading the blog content you might have an interest in participation for the mutual fund, please consider reading why this blog exists. [Jan 2008: Reader Pledges Toward Mutual Fund Launch] [May 2008: Frequently Asked Questions] Our story in Barron's [A New Kind of Fund Manager] [November...
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Bookkeeping: Beginning The Men's Warehouse (MW)
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 4:29pm | 640Rationale: Jobless men across America, sitting in homes they no longer need to pay the mortgage on due to the self made "strategic default stimulus", are renting tuxedos as they munch on steaks (also paid for via strategic default stimulus) so as to keep up their self esteem. And.... the chart is...
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Zumiez Comps Rise, Ups Outlook - Analyst Blog
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 3:03pm | 436Zumiez Inc. (ZUMZ), the leading retailer of apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories for action sports, reported same-store sales growth of 21.5% for the four-week period ended October 30, 2010, driven by compelling products. The October results marked the eleventh consecutive month of same-...
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11-11-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 1:46pm | 4515Edward Krudy, Rueters Wall Street in tech-led slide after Cisco outlook NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks slid on Thursday after a gloomy outlook from Cisco Systems Inc underscored the risks that a still-weak economy posed to corporate profits and sparked a technology-led selloff in an overbought...
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Growth & Income Stock Picks?Nov.11, 2010 - Zacks Rank Buys
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 12:33pm | 89COOPER TIRE (CTB): Free Stock Analysis Report ROSS STORES (ROST): Free Stock Analysis Report Zacks Investment Research
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Bearish MACD for Collective Brands - Tale of the Tape
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 11:33am | 119Collective Brands Inc.'s (PSS) MACD indicator has moved into bearish territory with a reading of -0.0280. The Zacks #5 Rank (“Strong Sell”) stock decreased more than 1% to 15.75 in the morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for the year ending January 2011 has...
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Jos. A. Bank To Costs To Rise As Cotton Prices Continue To Rise
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 9:43am | 227Jos. A. Bank's (NASDAQ: JOSB) rising raw material costs were a key topic at investor meetings which Sterne Agee sponsored. While wool-based (tailored) goods are about half of its line currently, cotton comprises about one-third of its sales. Wool costs are up about 10% while cotton is up 70-80...
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ReneSola Limited - Value
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 3:00am | 721Solar companies are suddenly hot again but even with a big surge in share prices many of them are still dirt cheap. ReneSola Limited (SOL) is trading with a forward P/E of just 7. With big earnings growth, it also is a rare value and growth stock. ReneSola is a Chinese-based manufacturer of solar...
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Karen Finerman Missed On Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. (PLCE)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 8:39pm | 136CNBC Fast Money's Karen Finerman recommended investors, on October 12th, to buy Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCE). Back then, she thought that there is a chance that PLCE could spike 30%. Since Karen Finerman recommended PLCE, the stock has traded lower. Children's Place dropped...
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Hot Topic's Still-Red Comps - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 6:03pm | 361Hot Topic Inc. (HOTT), a shopping mall-based specialty retailer, remained in the red with same-store sales sliding 8.5% in October 2010. This marked the 18th consecutive month of falling same-store sales. The drop in same-store sales widened from a decline of 2.6% witnessed in the prior-year...
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Birks & Mayors Responds to Unusual Market Activity
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 5:36pm | 95Birks & Mayors Inc. (BMJ) announces that as a result of unusual market activity in the Company's Class A Voting Shares, the NYSE Amex has contacted the Company in accordance with its usual practice and requested the Company issue a public statement indicating whether there are any corporate...
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Limited Brands Raises Outlook - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 5:03pm | 481Limited Brands Inc. (LTD), a specialty retailer of women's intimate and other apparel, beauty and personal care products recently raised its third-quarter 2010 earnings outlook, following better-than-expected sales results for the four-week period ended October 30, 2010. The company now expects...
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Unconfirmed Rumors that Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) is a target of a Leveraged buyout in the mid $50s
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 11:51am | 39Unconfirmed Rumors that Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) is a target of a Leveraged buyout in the mid $50s.(ANF) could not be reached for comment..
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Cache Inc Misses Estimates (CACH)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 8:45am | 292Cache, Inc. (Nasdaq: CACH) released financial results on Wednesday morning that missed Wall Street estimates. Cache, Inc announced that its 3rd quarter net loss narrowed to $5 million, or 39 cents per share, from a net loss of $6.8 million, or 53 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding special...