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The Children's Place Appoints Eric Bauer as Chief Operating Officer (PLCE)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 8:36am | 211The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCE), the largest pure-play children's specialty apparel retailer in North America, today announced the appointment of Eric Bauer as Chief Operating Officer. He will report to Jane Elfers, President and Chief Executive Officer, and will be...
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (AEO, JNY, GEN, NNBR)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 8:25am | 140Janney Montgomery Scott downgraded American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) from “buy” to “neutral.” AEO's shares closed at $14.57 yesterday. American Eagle Outfitters' trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 4.74%. Goldman Sachs downgraded Jones Apparel Group (NYSE: JNY) from “neutral” to “sell...
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Analysts Stock Upgrade And Downgrade For Mayl 10, 2011- SVNT, SVA, TLAB, INFI, LUV, GSIC, ARG, MTSC, ANF, TE, ASEI, SMT, DRWI, OXY, SPRD, CCIH
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 8:22am | 1160Lazard Capital downgraded shares of Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SVNT) from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) downgraded shares of Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc. from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating as well. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares...
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Citi Reiterates Hold and PT of $31 on Urban Outfitters (URBN)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 7:19am | 153Citi reiterated its Hold rating and price target of $31 on Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN). In a research report published today, Citi stressed that the key quarter for Urban's long term performance will be Q3 2011. In the report, Citi states, "The key test for URBN shares comes in 3Q11, in our...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Apparel Stores Industry With The Highest Revenue (JNY, PSS, ARO, MW)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 1:53am | 127Below are the top small-cap apparel stores stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Jones Group Inc (The) (NYSE: JNY) is $3.72 billion. JNY's PEG ratio is 0.83. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Collective Brands Inc (NYSE: PSS) is $3.38...
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Calls Purchased on Chico's FAS, Inc. (CHS)
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 1:51pm | 125Shares of Chico's FAS, Inc. (NYSE: CHS) are higher on the session by 1.94%, currently trading at $14.70. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while...
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Citi Lowers PT on Gap to $22 (GPS)
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 1:49pm | 179Citi lowered its price target on Gap (NYSE: GPS) from $25 to $22. In a research report published today, Citi named lower earnings per share estimates for 2011 and 2012 as reasons for lowering its price target on Gap. In the report, Citi states, "We are lowering our 2011 EPS estimate for GPS to...
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Citi Reduces PT on American Eagle Outfitters to $18, Maintains Buy (AEO)
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 1:42pm | 126Citi reduced its price target on American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) from $20 to $18. At the same time, Citi left its rating on American Eagle unchanged at Buy. In a research report published today, Citi reveals it still expects American Eagle to put in a strong performance in Q1 2011, in spite...
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Citi Upgrades Ross Stores to Hold, Increases PT to $83 (ROST)
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 1:34pm | 129Citi upgraded its rating on Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST) from Sell to Hold. At the same time, Citi increased its price target from $63 to $83 in a research report published today. In the report, Citi states, "We are taking our Sell rating off ROST and moving to a Hold. We remain cautious on the off-...
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Updates- GrouponLive, Softbank, Volkswagen, Wal-Mart, Toshiba, AAPL, GOOG, LYV, WMT, DYN, MCD, UAL
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 8:54am | 1894According to the BrandZ Top 100 ranking, Apple Inc., (NASDAQ:AAPL), designs, manufactures and markets a range of personal computers has overtaken Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) as the world's most valuable brand. Apple with a stock market capitalization of $319.4 billion, compared with Google's $172....
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Retail Earnings: A Sneak Peek (KSS, JWN, WMT, TGT, HD)
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 8:50am | 631The earnings season is beginning to wind down for another quarter. That can only mean that it is time for some of our favorite shopping mall and strip mall retailers to step into the earnings spotlight. Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) start things off later this week when they report...
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Updates- LinkedIn IPO, Oil, Yuan, HTZ, DTG, AES, TSN, BID, ATVI, SRE, PETS, RST, SYY, CLR…
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 7:26am | 1907It looks like, Oil prices could drop as low as $90 a barrel later this month as the global economy slows and unrest in the Middle East eventually fades. Crude oil for June delivery rose $2.91 to $100.09 a barrel. Gold for June delivery rose $14.80 to $1,506.50 an ounce, and silver for July...
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Calls Purchased on Foot Locker, Inc. (FL)
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 2:31pm | 139Shares of Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) are higher on the session by 0.37%, currently trading at $21.85. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A...
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Options Brief: Hot Topic, Inc. (HOTT)
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 10:23am | 106Shares of Hot Topic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT) are higher on the session by 0.75%, trading at $7.35. Overall call volume is now running at 2.68x the daily average, with 26% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,175 contracts have traded on the session so far. Hot Topic, Inc. is a mall...
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JP Morgan Comments On Men's Wearhouse After Reporting Strong Earnings
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 10:13am | 172JP Morgan continues to believe that Men's Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) is in the early innings of what could be a multiyear replenishment cycle within its core suit business, helping drive comp acceleration across all three of its concepts. Yesterday, the company substantially raised its Q1 EPS outlook to...