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Cabela's Growth, Risk Balancing Act - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 3:30pm | 449Boasting a healthy balance sheet, viable strategy and improving operating efficiencies, Cabela's Inc. (CAB) offers investors one of the strongest growth profiles in the specialty retail industry. The company remains on course to achieve the targeted long-term return on invested capital of 12% to...
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Can Big Pharma Cure Science Denial?
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 1:50pm | 830By Justin Rohrlich Something serendipitous happened to me this morning. After an appointment with my doctor, whose office is at New York Presbyterian Medical Center, I hailed a cab. The driver, a kindly woman who looked roughly 60-ish, asked if I was coming from the hospital. “Yes,” I answered. “...
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Options Brief: Zale Corporation (ZLC)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 1:50pm | 82Shares of Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC) are higher on the session by 4.51%, trading at $4.87. Overall put volume is now running at 4.56x the daily average, with 56% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,716 contracts have traded on the session so far. Zale Corporation operates as a...
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Barnes & Noble Fails to End Nook Lawsuit
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 10:08am | 87Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) lost its bid to dismiss Spring Design Inc's lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. bookseller of illegally copying a screen design for the popular Nook electronic book reader. Spring Design will be allowed to pursue claims accusing Barnes & Noble of...
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Simon's New Retailer for Home Decor - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 10:03am | 604Simon Property Group Inc. (SPG), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently announced the introduction of a new global retailer to its retail mix in ‘The Shops at Sunset Place', an open-air shopping mall in South Miami, Florida. CasaIdeas, a Chilean premier retailer specializing...
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Simon's New Retailer for Home Decor - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 9:30am | 604Simon Property Group Inc. (SPG), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently announced the introduction of a new global retailer to its retail mix in ‘The Shops at Sunset Place', an open-air shopping mall in South Miami, Florida. CasaIdeas, a Chilean premier retailer specializing...
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Quick Points on the Covered Call Strategy
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 4:02pm | 1658The covered call is one of the most popular options strategies used by the retail options trader. It is also often one of the first option trading strategies a stock trader will try when entering the options arena. On days when the market is in pullback mode, we tend to see interest in covered...
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Options Brief: Zale Corporation (ZLC)
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 12:42pm | 74Shares of Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC) are higher on the session by 2.43%, trading at $4.22. Overall put volume is now running at 2.75x the daily average, with 18% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,131 contracts have traded on the session so far. Zale Corporation operates as a...
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Monday's Most Advance Gainers NASDAQ; VRML. APWR, FlWS, ARSD, SPCHA
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 12:39pm | 555Green Stock Company Snapshot- A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NasdaqGS: APWR) POINT ROBERTS, Wash., December 27, 2010 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on early morning percentage gainers on the NASDAQ.com. Mid morning leaders include...
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Jo-Ann to be Acquired for $1.6B - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 12:03pm | 685Jo-Ann Stores Inc. (JAS), the fabric and craft retailer announced that it will be purchased by an affiliate of private-equity firm, Leonard Green & Partners LP for $61 per share, or $1.6 billion, in cash. The offer price was at a 34% premium to Wednesday's closing price of $45.63. The deal...
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Jo-Ann to be Acquired for $1.6B - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 11:45am | 685Jo-Ann Stores Inc. (JAS), the fabric and craft retailer announced that it will be purchased by an affiliate of private-equity firm, Leonard Green & Partners LP for $61 per share, or $1.6 billion, in cash. The offer price was at a 34% premium to Wednesday's closing price of $45.63. The deal...
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Stock Market News for Dec 27, 2010 - Market News
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 10:30am | 725On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rose to its highest mark but other major indices shed a few points. Ahead of the Christmas celebration, mixed economic data left the benchmarks to sway just modestly, and investors took a wait and watch attitude. Durable goods orders dropped...
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Stock Market News for Dec 27, 2010 - Market News
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 10:08am | 725On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rose to its highest mark but other major indices shed a few points. Ahead of the Christmas celebration, mixed economic data left the benchmarks to sway just modestly, and investors took a wait and watch attitude. Durable goods orders dropped...
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Retail Take Over Targets
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 11:28am | 115TheStreet.com's (NASDAQ: TSCM) Jeanine Poggi writes about 19 takeover targets, in light of news that Jo-Ann Stores (NYSE: JAS) was being acquired by Leonard Green, a major private equity firm for $61 per share in cash. Poggi gives some examples such as Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), Children's Place (...
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Company News for December 23, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 10:33am | 410• Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) revised its bid amount for Riversdale Mining, offering $3.9 billion, up from $3.5 billion • Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) posted fiscal third quarter profits of $0.74, below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.93, and reported revenues of $2.2 billion, which are again...