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Protection Sold on Tractor Supply (TSCO)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 10:18am | 190Shares of Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) are higher on the session by 0.67%, currently trading at $37.40. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months, rising off of a low near $29.00. The stock recently broke above the key resistance-come-support level of $36.00. One...
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OfficeMax and E&I into New Contract (OMX)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 9:05am | 63OfficeMax® (NYSE: OMX) and E&I Cooperative Purchasing (E&I), the largest higher education purchasing consortium in North America, recently announced a new five-year contract for office supplies. As a valued E&I supplier, OfficeMax has been providing higher education institutions with...
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Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative Awards Contract to Office Depot
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 8:51am | 64Office Depot® (NYSE: ODP) today announced that the Company has been awarded a new contract for office supplies by the Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative (CKEC). The agreement enables participating school systems within the State of Kentucky to immediately take advantage of significant...
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Cramer Sets Rules For New Bullish Market (BA, HON, LVS, WYNN, BUCY, JOYG, APD, ARG, CAT, DE, WHR, INTC, KO, PEP, ETP, WMT, FE, SYK, UA, LULU, DKS, LTD, PBCT, CHK, ARNA, CLNE)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 6:50am | 579On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said that the new bullish market requires new rules. Cramer said that the first rule was to not fear the Democrats. He cited President Obama's pro-business agenda. Rule 2 is that banking uncertainty has declined. Cramer explained that the good news for banks globally...
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Top Domain Names are Owned by Publicly Traded Companies
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 3:50pm | 402Owning a strong domain name can be a valuable asset, due the the fact that a good name can receive a lot of direct 'type-in' Internet traffic, bypassing search engines. Here is a list of leading domain names and the publicly trade stocks that own them them. Asthma.com Glaxosmithkline plc (GSK)Book...
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Staples in Neutral Lane - Analyst Blog
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 11:36am | 483Being a leading retailer of office products and services, Staples, Inc. (SPLS) is better positioned than its competitors to benefit from the economic recovery, and is poised to sustain growth based on its margin expansion, effective merchandising, and growth prospects across its retail, delivery...
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Office Depot Named as an Approved Statewide Vendor for State of Florida
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 8:46am | 95Office Depot® (NYSE: ODP) today announced that the Company has been awarded a new contract for office and educational supplies from the State of Florida Department of Management Services. Office Depot was one of three vendors awarded a contract on this multi-vendor agreement. The new contract,...
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Cramer Talks About The Best Of Breed Stocks AGN, MRX, TIF, COH, MO, PMI, WYNN, LVS, BUD
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 7:55am | 350On CNBC’s Mad Money show, Jim Cramer said that the right theme could add significant value to a portfolio. This is particularly the case if an investor has chosen “the best of breed stocks.” The best stocks make money whether or not the going is good. “Big picture themes never go out of style,”...
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Stock Market News for September 9, 2010 - Market News
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 10:03am | 969Stocks advanced modestly on Wednesday as easing worries about European finances helped investors set aside concerns resulting from the Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book report. The beige book report on regional economic activity noted widespread signs of deceleration, causing some initial...
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Office Depot Releases Corporate Citizenship Report (ODP)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 3:33pm | 211Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) today announced the release of its 2010 Corporate Citizenship Report. Highlights from the 2010 Corporate Citizenship Report include: Diversity: Office Depot published our inaugural Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) Catalog, a first for any office supply retailer...
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Top Performing Industries For September 8 (NFLX, MGM, RF, FC)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 11:21am | 226At 11:02 am, the Dow gained 0.76% to 10,419.48, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.85% to 1,101.09 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.99% to 2,230.82. The industries that are driving the market today are: Music & Video Stores: This industry jumped 2.70% by 11:02 am. The...
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DKS Removed From Americas Buy List
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 11:12am | 107Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) has been downgraded to Neutral by Goldman Sachs as store growth and sector share leadership is causing estimates to start coming in more akin to Street and consensus, which were too low for the first half of 2010, Goldman reports. Since adding DKS to the Buy...
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Goldman Upgrades Staples To Buy
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 11:04am | 106Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) has been upgraded to Buy from Neutral by Goldman Sachs and has also had its price target raised to $23 (from $22), implying a 23% upside. Staples is currently implementing more disciplined capital allocation practices as it continues to buy back stock after a two year...
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News Summary- (COST, SPLS, LUV)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 10:43am | 217Shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) moved up after analyst, Adrianne Shapira at Goldman Sachs upgraded the company from “neutral” to “buy.” Adrianne also lifted her projections for the current and the next year. According to Shapira, COST is increasing its profit on improved sales...
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Company News for September 8, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 9:39am | 780• Bristol-Meyers (NYSE: BMY) said it agreed to acquire ZymoGenetics (NASDAQ: ZGEN) for $9.75 per share, in a deal valued at 885 million • A Bloomberg report said Vodafone (NASDAQ: VOD) will sell its stake in China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) for $6.6 billion • Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD) posted inline...