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Goldman Sachs has upgraded Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) to Buy from Hold and has issued a $62 price target.

On Thursday, markets shed their winning streak to fall marginally lower. Figures of Retailer's sales during the holiday shopping season were disappointing enough to take the indices down. Moreover, weak data about unemployment added to the jitteriness of investors.   The Dow Jones Industrial...

On Thursday, markets shed their winning streak to fall marginally lower. Figures of Retailer's sales during the holiday shopping season were disappointing enough to take the indices down. Moreover, weak data about unemployment added to the jitteriness of investors.   The Dow Jones Industrial...

A number of stocks were lighting up screens across Wall Street on Thursday. Names that were bleeding red included Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Target (NYSE: TGT), both of which reported weaker than expected same store sales numbers. GPS shares fell 6.88% to $20.70. TGT lost 6.80% to $54.93. Both stocks...

Cusick's Corner SPREADING: it's a way to mitigate time, volatility, and premium risk. Here are some tools to consider utilizing before entering a spread. I usually talk about determining market sentiment first – so use our Chart Patterns tool. For assessing volatility, use the Dragon or...

Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 18,000 last week to 409,000 (last week was also revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 21,000 increase). This was slightly worse than the expected level of 405,000. The massive drop during the Christmas week was clearly affected by some...

Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 18,000 last week to 409,000 (last week was also revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 21,000 increase). This was slightly worse than the expected level of 405,000. The massive drop during the Christmas week was clearly affected by some...

  Reports released yesterday showed a three times jump over economists' expectations regarding job creation in the private sector in December 2010. Positive data from the Institute of Supply Management also boosted investors' confidence. Additionally, on a sectoral basis, the financial sector led a...

• Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) reported fiscal third quarter earnings of $0.66, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.61, on revenues of $966 million lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $987 million • Oppenheimer has upgraded ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) from "market-perform" to "...

• Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) reported fiscal third quarter earnings of $0.66, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.61, on revenues of $966 million lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $987 million • Oppenheimer has upgraded ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) from "market-perform" to "...

  Reports released yesterday showed a three times jump over economists' expectations regarding job creation in the private sector in December 2010. Positive data from the Institute of Supply Management also boosted investors' confidence. Additionally, on a sectoral basis, the financial sector led a...

Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) reported 1Q11 EPS of $0.58, below GS/consensus at $0.59/$0.61, Goldman Sachs reports. “The company also reported December SSS of 4%, below expectations,” Goldman Sachs writes. “However, management raised FY EPS guidance and maintained FY11 SSS of +5-7%. We are...