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Ten Apparel Retail Stocks Worth a Look Now
Saturday, August 6, 2011 - 12:45pm | 1063The earnings spotlight turns to retail this coming week with quarterly reports due from the likes of Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Analysts are looking for earnings growth from these three. And investors may take some comfort from the fact that, last week, many...
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Capitulation 08-04-2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 7:17pm | 937Cusick's Corner I will not discount Chicken Little next time. Pure panic is in the market and preservation of capital is pinnacle. The reality is that the data is bad, and with the Claims Data coming in at 400K, the Non-Farm payrolls need to come in tomorrow at or above 150K. If we see 75K then...
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Options Brief: Officemax
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 2:01pm | 78Shares of Officemax (NYSE: OMX) are lower on the session by 8.92%, trading at $7.30. Overall put volume is now running at 2.71x the daily average, with 96% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 3,202 contracts have traded on the session so far. Officemax Incorporated provides office...
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Is There A Nook And A Crack In The Deal For Barnes & Noble?
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 11:42am | 637Back in early May, Liberty Media (NASDAQ: LCAPA) announced it had put an offer to Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) to buy 70% of the company, at $17 per share. Initially shares of Barnes & Noble spiked on the news, moving towards $20 per share, higher than the initial bid. Then some got...
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Perfumania Holdings, Inc. Reports Perfumania Comp Store Sales for July 2011 +14.4% YoY
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 11:32am | 169Perfumania Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PERF) announced today that Perfumania, one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries which operates specialty retail fragrance stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, reported total net sales of $18.1 million for the four week fiscal month of July 2011 which...
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Perfumania Holdings, Inc. Reports Perfumania Comp Store Sales for July 2011 +14.4% YoY
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 11:31am | 169Perfumania Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PERF) announced today that Perfumania, one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries which operates specialty retail fragrance stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, reported total net sales of $18.1 million for the four week fiscal month of July 2011 which...
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News Summary for August 4, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 7:51am | 587This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Thursday, August 4, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Thursday's pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S. equity futures are set for a weak morning as traders wait for the jobless claims data. At last check...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 7:37am | 128Robert W. Baird upgraded Almost Family Inc (NASDAQ: AFAM) from “underperform” to “neutral.” AFAM's shares closed at $21.92 yesterday. Almost Family's PEG ratio is 0.53. Rodman & Renshaw upgraded NxStage Medical Inc (NASDAQ: NXTM) from “market underperform” to “market perform.” NXTM's shares...
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Google Claims that Apple & Microsoft Created "Hostile, Organized Campaign" Against Android
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 7:06am | 344Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, stated on the company's blog Wednesday that rivals Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), among others, created a "hostile, organized campaign against Android." Drummond writes that "Android's...
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Goldman Sachs Upgrades Tiffany & Company to Neutral, Raises PT to $77
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 6:08am | 51Goldman Sachs upgraded its rating on Tiffany & Company (NYSE: TIF) from Sell to Neutral. At the same time, the rating agency raised its price target on the company's stock from $68 to $77. On Wednesday, TIF lost 0.42% of its value to finish the day at $73.07.
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Goldman Sachs Upgrades Tiffany & Co. To Neutral, Raises PT To $77
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 5:45am | 28Goldman Sachs has upgraded Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) from Sell to Neutral and has raised the price target from $68 to $77.
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Memories 08-03-2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 6:27pm | 1013Cusick's Corner Will history repeat itself? The pullback yesterday and over the last 8 sessions brought back memories of 2000 and 2007, where we had large breakdowns, relief rally and then a continuation to the downside. So why am I not screaming the sky is falling? The current pullback is after a...
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Pre-Market Losers
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 8:29am | 133MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is trading down over 10% after reporting Q2 earnings. Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) is trading down over 9% after reporting Q2 earnings. Sonus Networks (NASDAQ: SONS) is trading down over 8% after reporting Q2 earnings. OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) is trading down over 8% after...
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JP Morgan Reiterates Overweight and PT of $55 on Signet Jewelers
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 8:14am | 61JP Morgan reiterated its Overweight rating on Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $55. On Tuesday, SIG lost 6.13% of its value to end the day at $40.10. Its shares continued to slide in today's pre-market trading...
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Earnings Scheduled For August 3
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 3:58am | 502Owens Corning Inc (NYSE: OC) is expected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.57 on revenue of $1.38 billion. Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) is estimated to report its Q2 earnings at $0.56 per share on revenue of $6.81 billion. Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.41 on...