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Credit Suisse Downgrades TGT To Neutral
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 6:40am | 51Analysts at Credit Suisse downgrade Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) from "outperform" to "neutral." The target price for TGT has been reduced from $64 to $58. Shares of TGT lost 1.20% to close at $54.39 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Week in Preview: Earnings Expectations for Walgreen, Family Dollar, Jabil Circuit
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:29am | 564One of the most prominent quarterly reports scheduled this week, as the quarter winds down, comes from Walgreen (NYSE: WAG). Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are looking for the drugstore chain operator to report Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings were about the same as a year ago...
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Family Dollar Outlook To Be Important Catalyst
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:06am | 172Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) is set to report earnings on Wednesday, September 29. Deutsche Bank believes the outlook will be the more important catalyst while Deutsche Bank is comfortable with both the consensus 4Q10 and 2011 sales and EPS estimates. Comps have already been reported at +6.1%, at...
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Target Marks The Spot Today
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 2:21pm | 124Shares of Target (NYSE: TGT) are sharply higher today, outperforming the broader markets, despite weaker volume. Target is far outperforming Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) today , as well as other retailers such as Macys (NYSE: M), and BJ's Wholesale (NYSE: BJ), indicating money may be starting to flow into...
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Target to Offer iPad at Stores
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 1:15pm | 81Today Target (NYSE: TGT) announced it will carry Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad in 1,743 Target stores nationwide beginning Oct. 3, 2010. “Target is very excited to offer the revolutionary iPad to our guests nationwide,” said Mark Schindele, senior vice president, merchandising, Target. “We are...
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What's Hot On TheStreet
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 1:04pm | 224Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Will The iPad Save Christmas for Retailers? Retailers are looking to cash in on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) success with the iPad, as Target (NYSE: TGT) becomes the latest retailer to stock the device. Another week,...
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Call Spreads Active in the CBOE SPX Volatility Index (VIX)
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 9:29am | 1615I'd like to share a quick update on a large eight-part options trade we saw in the CBOE SPX Volatility Index (VIX) yesterday. A trader appears to have bought to close 23,000 October 24/26 call spreads (buying the 24 calls and selling the 26 calls) for a net debit of 60 cents. Looking at...
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Piper Jaffray's Retail September SSS Preview
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 8:45am | 168Piper Jaffray writes on the September retail preview: "More than halfway through the month of September, women's specialty comps trending strongest, mass avg and teen lowest: Our PJC comp store index is forecasted to increase +1.4% in September, following a +2.9% increase in August, and a +2.9%...
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5 Best Fast-Growth Stocks to Buy
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 7:00am | 393NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- TheStreet Ratings' stock model screens for the best fast growth stocks, and these companies rank in the top 10% of our stock ratings universe with 'buy' level ratings of A-minus or better. They also have top and bottom line growth potential in excess of 12% over the next...
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GameStop in Neutral Lane - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 11:45am | 544Being the global leader in retailing software, hardware, and game accessories for video game systems and personal computers, GameStop Corporation (GME) is better positioned than its competitors for the economic recovery. The stock is poised to surge once the economy rebounds and demand improves...
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America's Biggest Companies, Then and Now (1955 to 2010)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 8:16am | 440Today's corporate America is dominated by service companies, tech firms, and huge retailers which have thousands of locations and hundreds of thousands of workers. At the end of the decade following WWII, corporate America looked very different from it does now. Fifty five years ago, most of the...
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Jobless Benefit Rolls Plunge - Analyst Blog
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 7:36am | 1489Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell to 450,000, a drop of 3,000 from last week. That is good news, but only in terms of the direction. After several weeks in a row of new claims shooting higher, the upward momentum has been reversed, with four straight weeks of declines. But initial...
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Top Halloween Stocks
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 2:47am | 609Next month is Halloween month: candy, chocolate, tricks and treats. Since Halloween is practiced in United States, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Canada, and occasionally in Australia and New Zealand, some Halloween related stocks may be treats. Here are some stocks which may benefit from the...
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Fast Money Picks For September 17th (TGT, WMT, F, CFN, DD)
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 7:05pm | 177On CNBC's Fast Money, Joe Terranova said that he likes Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT). Wal-Mart (WMT) jumped 0.55%, and closed at $53.15, while Target (TGT) added 0.37%. Guy Adami thinks that Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is a buy. Ford (F) spiked 4.80%, after...
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Bears Look to Make a Buck With Family Dollar (FDO)
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 10:38am | 227Shares of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) are flat on the session, currently trading at $43.04. The stock has been moving largely higher for the past nine months, off of a low near $27.00. Recently, FDO has consolidated sideways around the $42.50 level; the stock is either poised to break...