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Options Brief: Officemax Incorporated (OMX)
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 10:20am | 79Shares of Officemax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) are higher on the session by 2.04%, trading at $9.49. Overall call volume is now running at 3.04x the daily average, with 59% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 6,868 contracts have traded on the session so far. Officemax Incorporated...
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Goldman Sachs Comments On Tractor Supply Company Valuation
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 9:33am | 116According to Goldman Sachs, Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) are lifted on greater confidence in the firm's ability to effectively cycle difficult sales compares and on potential for greater gross margin rate expansion. Goldman Sachs said that on sales, the company recently lapped nicely the...
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Is Market Getting Too P/C? 05-11-2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 6:55pm | 867Cusick's Corner The market was not able to muster much of a bounce off the lows, all the major indices closed in the red. Short Dollar players got squeezed today and the Euro currency has broken, which only ratcheted up the pressure on the uber hot commodity markets. While this dynamic can change...
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Calls Purchased on Officemax Incorporated (OMX)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 2:10pm | 129Shares of Officemax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) are higher on the session by 0.32%, currently trading at $9.34. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six months and is currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A...
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UPDATE: Goldman Sachs Upgrades Dick's Sporting Goods to Buy (DKS)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 8:44am | 135Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS), upgrading DKS to Buy. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "Six factors drive our recommendation: (1) our preference for organic growth as macro tailwinds stabilize after several quarters of acceleration; (2)...
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Goldman Sachs Upgrades Dick's Sporting Goods To Buy, $48 PT
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 8:03am | 27Goldman Sachs has upgraded Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) from Neutral to buy and has established a $48 price target.
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Zale Corporation Appoints Matt Appel as Chief Administrative Officer (ZLC)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 7:33am | 149Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC) today announced the Company's Chief Financial MOfficer, Matt Appel, has been appointed as Chief Administrative Officer. In this role, Mr. Appel will be responsible for real estate, supply chain and Mlogistics, merchandise planning and allocation, information technology...
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US Stock Futures Up After China Trade Surplus; All Eyes On Microsoft
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 6:38am | 567US stock futures are higher this morning, as China reported stronger-than-expected trade surplus. Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) is reportedly nearing a deal to purchase Internet phone company Skype Technologies. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 39 points to 12,670.00 and futures...
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Earnings Scheduled For May 10 (DF, MCP, DIS, ACMR, MBI, MDR, WEN, ACAD, BLD, LIWA, AHCI, FRM, BKH, TAST, RDNT)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 2:13am | 405Dean Foods Co (NYSE: DF) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.06 on revenue of $3.07 billion. Molycorp Inc (NYSE: MCP) is estimated to post its Q1 EPS at $0.10 on revenue of $41.68 million. Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is projected to report its FQ2 EPS at $0.56 on revenue of $9.13...
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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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Barnes & Noble Keeps Rallying, Up 10% (BKS)
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 1:41pm | 142Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) shares have had one heckuva run this week, gaining almost 30%, as news came out that the company would be releasing another version of its e-reader, the Nook. The company let the cat out of the bag in a call with analysts earlier in the week. As a result of...
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On This Day – 5 Stocks For Babe Ruth
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 11:49am | 369On May 6, 1915, Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run while playing for the Boston Red Sox. The career that followed would go down in history and make Babe Ruth arguably the most recognized name in baseball history. Here we present 5 stocks that would be a hit (see what we did there) with...
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Options Brief: Tiffany & Co. (TIF)
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 10:18am | 97Shares of Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) are higher on the session by 0.40%, trading at $68.38. Overall call volume is now running at 2.09x the daily average, with 4% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,730 contracts have traded on the session so far. Tiffany & Co. is a...
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Friday's Stocks to Watch and Trading Ideas
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 5:38pm | 1656( click to enlarge ) Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) seems to be on its way to recovery from the recent drop. The daily volume has been relatively large, giving credence to the recent upward movements. The stock had another strong day and broke through its major resistance line. The...