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Excel Trust Acquires Assets - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:45am | 514Excel Trust, Inc. (EXL), a real estate investment trust (REIT) primarily focusing on retail assets, has recently acquired two shopping centers in California for about $161 million to strengthen its position in the market. The properties purchased included Park West Place – a 739,234 square-foot...
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Lions Gate Falls Out of Bed; Puts Purchased (LGF)
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 4:21pm | 127Shares of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: DDS) are lower on the session by 4.76%, currently trading at $6.40. The stock had been trading relatively flat on the session as recently as 2:47 pm est., but has since slipped lower on high volume. Options traders are buying puts on the name today....
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Puts Purchased on Dillard's, Inc. (DDS)
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 1:52pm | 150Shares of Dillard's, Inc. (NYSE: DDS) are higher on the session by 1.50%, currently trading at $37.97. 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 puts on the name today. A short...
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Retailers Bloom in Holiday Season - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 1:03pm | 556November 2010 recorded the fifth straight month of positive sales trends and the retailers are now gearing up for a big week as time counts down to Christmas. The nation's retailers experienced a solid start to the holiday season as consumers opened their wallets and stock up for Christmas....
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Retailers Bloom in Holiday Season - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 12:30pm | 556November 2010 recorded the fifth straight month of positive sales trends and the retailers are now gearing up for a big week as time counts down to Christmas. The nation's retailers experienced a solid start to the holiday season as consumers opened their wallets and stock up for Christmas....
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Goldman Sachs is Positive About New President of Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (LL),
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 9:56am | 74Goldman Sachs reports a positive outlook for Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LL) upon Robert Lynch being named the new President and COO. Lynch is the former CEO of Orchard Supply Hardware, West Coast home improvement retailer and a member of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), and...
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Vornado Acquires Mortgage Loan - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 10:03am | 561Vornado Realty Trust(VNO), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently acquired a mortgage loan collateralized by the Springfield Mall in Fairfax County, Virginia. The company paid $115 million for the mortgage loan, which had an outstanding balance of $171.5 million. Spanning...
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Vornado Acquires Mortgage Loan - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 9:45am | 561Vornado Realty Trust(VNO), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently acquired a mortgage loan collateralized by the Springfield Mall in Fairfax County, Virginia. The company paid $115 million for the mortgage loan, which had an outstanding balance of $171.5 million. Spanning...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Advises Investors To Sell Trina Solar (RIMM, EXC, TSL, TIE, ATI, TJX, M, EW)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 5:08am | 222On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is “murky. I don't like the U.S. sales.” He advises investors not to buy RIMM. He mentioned that Exelon (NYSE: EXC) is “excellent.” He added, “I'm a buyer. I like the yield." Jim advises investors...
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Autoliv Hikes Dividend - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 5:33pm | 687Autoliv Inc. (ALV) raised its quarterly dividend payment for the second time of the year by 14% to 40 cents per share from 35 cents. The raised dividend is close to the highest dividend of 41 cents paid by the company before the global economic crisis. It will be paid on March 3, 2010 to...
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Equities Starting to Cool 12-17-2010
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 4:13pm | 906Cusick's Corner The market has been full of headlines but nothing that hasn't already been priced into the market. The market is in a tight consolidation and there are fewer jumping into this market at this stage. While this is more of a short-term neutral sentiment, it highlights that equities are...
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Agree Realty Announces Acquisition of Tallahassee Property for $2.2M
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 2:05pm | 75Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) today announced it has acquired a retail property ground leased on a long-term basis to Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE: KSS) located at the intersection of Apalachee Parkway and Blair Stone Road in Tallahassee, Florida. The cost of the acquisition was...
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Activity Seen in Kohl's (KSS) Long-Term Calls
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 9:50am | 1703Investors traded in-the-money calls in Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) on Wednesday, possibly in anticipation of strong holiday shopping numbers from the retailer leading the way for a stronger 2011. For the most part, the retailer has enjoyed steady sales growth this year, posting same-store sales increases in...
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Retail Industry Outlook - Dec. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 6:30pm | 1779With the economic backdrop steadily improving, albeit at a very slow pace, the outlook for the holiday shopping season has brightened. According to NRF's 2010 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, U.S. consumers plan to spend an average of $688.8 on holiday-...
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Retail Industry Outlook - Dec. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 6:16pm | 1779With the economic backdrop steadily improving, albeit at a very slow pace, the outlook for the holiday shopping season has brightened. According to NRF's 2010 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, U.S. consumers plan to spend an average of $688.8 on holiday-...