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Syneron Medical Ltd (NASDAQ: ELOS) shares moved up 8.62% to $13.35 at 10:35 am. The volume of ELOS shares traded was 935% higher than normal. ELOS reported upbeat Q1 results. PetSmart Inc (NASDAQ: PETM) shares rose 6.00% to $45.04. The volume of PETM shares traded was 654% higher than normal. PETM...

Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ: DLTR) shares reached $63.79 to create a new 52-week high, before falling to $63.51, representing a 3.55% gain. DLTR reported upbeat results for the first quarter. Gordmans Stores Inc (NASDAQ: GMAN) shares jumped 1.51%to create a new 52-week high of $21.50. GMAN's PEG ratio...

Shares of Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHLD) fell about 4.3% after the company swung to a FQ1 loss from a year-ago profit. Sears Holdings posted a 3.6% drop in its domestic same-store sales. The company posted a quarterly loss at $170 million, or $1.58 per share, versus a net income of $16 million...

Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) shares are jumping this morning, gaining almost 4% after the dollar store reported sharply higher earnings, beating Wall Street estimates. The company reported first quarter earnings of 82 cents per share on $1.55 billion in revenues, blowing past Wall Street...

Williams-Sonoma Inc (NYSE: WSM) reported a 62% rise in its fiscal first-quarter net income. Williams-Sonoma reported a quarterly profit at $31.6 million, or $0.29 per share, versus $19.5 million, or $0.18 per share, in the year-ago period. Its adjusted earnings came in at $0.30 per share. The...

According to Bank Of America, 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) is scheduled to report 4Q EPS on Wednesday, May 25 after the market close. Bank Of America said that its EPS estimate is $0.25, vs. $0.25 last year. “The Street consensus is $0.26, with a range of $0.23 - $0.30. No guidance had been...

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (PHG) is trading with Volume 556,100.00 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 27.53B. Royal Philips Electronics announced it is investing EUR 40 million...

Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) shares surged 5.54% to $3.62 in the pre-market session. GLUU had no debt for the recent quarter. Exelixis Inc (NASDAQ: EXEL) shares advanced 5.49% to $12.30 in the pre-market session. Exelixis' cancer drug cabozantinib was shown to slow prostate cancer and ovarian...

Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ: DLTR) reported upbeat results for the first quarter. Dollar Tree reported its quarterly profit at $101 million, or $0.82 per share, versus $63.6 million, or $0.49 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's sales surged to $1.55 billion from $1.35 billion. Its...

Citigroup has lowered the price target on Target (NYSE: TGT) from $68 to $64 and maintains its Buy rating.

US stock futures are slightly higher this morning, as investors are awaiting data on weekly jobless numbers, existing home sales and leading indicators. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 14 points to 12,546.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 1.40 points to 1,340.00...

Noted retail analyst Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies is on the Target (NYSE: TGT) conference call, and the company is shedding some interesting light on the rising commodity costs and inflation prospects for the second half of the year. Sozzi tweeted that the company "just called out...

Sears Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is expected to announce its Q1 earnings report on Thursday, May 19. Analysts expect a rough ride for Sears. Its earnings per share is expected to plunge on a yearly basis. The Street's Q1 estimate for Sears is a loss of $1.22 per share, or almost 4,000%...

Indices: U.S stocks are looking to open a bit higher today while investors are anticipating the outcome from the last Federal Reserve meeting. U.S. Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, stood firm on the position that the government must raise the debt ceiling or risk default. The minutes from the...

Target (NYSE: TGT) reported stronger than expected earnings, but missed on revenue estimates, as the Minnesota-based retailer said its credit-card business helped beat earnings. The company said it had to set aside less money to account for customers who didn't pay their bills. The company earned...