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Company News for December 21, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 10:36am | 944• Toronto-Dominion (NYSE:TD) announced plans to acquire Chrysler Financial for $6.3 billion • Royal DSM said it would acquire Martek Biosciences (NASDAQ:MATK) for $1.09 billion, or $31.50 per share • Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) has shown interest for Massey Energy (NYSE:MEE) • According to...
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Company News for December 21, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 10:02am | 944• Toronto-Dominion (NYSE:TD) announced plans to acquire Chrysler Financial for $6.3 billion • Royal DSM said it would acquire Martek Biosciences (NASDAQ:MATK) for $1.09 billion, or $31.50 per share • Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) has shown interest for Massey Energy (NYSE:MEE) • According to...
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Fast Money Picks For December 21st (WMT, VIP, JBL, NKE, AXP)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 7:56pm | 246CNBC Fast Money's Joe Terranova said on the show that he likes NIKE, Inc. (NYSE: NKE). He believes that everything is working well for this company now, and he expects it to move higher tomorrow. NIKE, Inc. (NKE) gained 0.24% today, and closed at $90.27. Carter Worth thinks that investors should...
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Stocks To Watch This Week
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 11:21am | 413IXIA (NASDAQ: XXIA) is a leading provider of converged test systems and services for wireless and wired infrastructures and services. This stock made a new 52 week high last week on a surge in volume. When a stock breaks out with volume after consolidation this is a sign of near term strength. The...
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Goldman Discusses Retailers During Christmas Shopping Season (TGT, AMZN, WMT)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 8:17am | 300Goldman Sachs is out with a research report on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT). In a note sent to clients, Goldman writes, "Walmart recaptured the Toy Tally lead from Amazon, which took a temporary lead after footballing a few items last week. The...
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Unconfirmed Rumors circulate that Dick's Sporting Goods Inc Common (DKS) will be acquired by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) at $50.00 a share
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 12:53pm | 58Unconfirmed Rumors circulate that Dick's Sporting Goods Inc Common (DKS) will be acquired by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) at $50.00 a share . Neither company could be reached for comment..(DKS),(WMT).
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Warner Bros. Joins NCR Corp. - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 12:03pm | 666Technology and solutions provider NCR Corp. (NCR) announced that it has inked a distribution deal with Warner Home Video, the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Under the terms of the deal, NCR Corp.'s Blockbuster Express kiosks will rent Warner Home Video's new movies 28 days...
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Warner Bros. Joins NCR Corp. - Analyst Blog
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 11:30am | 666Technology and solutions provider NCR Corp. (NCR) announced that it has inked a distribution deal with Warner Home Video, the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Under the terms of the deal, NCR Corp.'s Blockbuster Express kiosks will rent Warner Home Video's new movies 28 days...
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Top 4 Mid-Cap Stocks In the Grocery Stores Industry With The Highest Revenue (SWY, DEG, CBD, WFMI)
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 4:41am | 137Below are the top mid-cap grocery store stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Safeway Inc (NYSE: SWY) is $40.94 billion. SWY's PEG ratio is 1.14. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG) is $27.39 billion. DEG had $1.05...
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Zings Of The Day (GIS, WMT)
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 5:00pm | 100General Mills (NYSE: GIS) said it is going to raise prices in order to combat inflation. Inflation? Don't tell the Ben Bernank that. He doesn't see inflation at all. He also lives on Lollipop Lane. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) announced it will be recalling 2.2 million heaters that could go on fire. You...
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Continuing & Extended Claims Rise - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 12:03pm | 2538Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 3,000 last week to 420,000 (last week was also revised up by 2,000, so one could see it as a 1,000 decline). This was better than the expected level of 425,000. The recent trend in claims has been downward, but the path has been erratic. It still...
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Continuing & Extended Claims Rise - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 11:49am | 2538Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 3,000 last week to 420,000 (last week was also revised up by 2,000, so one could see it as a 1,000 decline). This was better than the expected level of 425,000. The recent trend in claims has been downward, but the path has been erratic. It still...
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Deutsche Bank: Amazon Better Priced Than Leading Category-Specific Retailers
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 8:49am | 109Deutsche Bank reports that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to strengthen its positioning as a low priced leader. “Since our checks in Nov, the price differential between Amazon and other multi-category retailers has further increased,” Deutsche Bank writes. “Category-specific trends remain largely...
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Retail Industry Outlook - Dec. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 6:30pm | 1779With the economic backdrop steadily improving, albeit at a very slow pace, the outlook for the holiday shopping season has brightened. According to NRF's 2010 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, U.S. consumers plan to spend an average of $688.8 on holiday-...
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Retail Industry Outlook - Dec. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 6:16pm | 1779With the economic backdrop steadily improving, albeit at a very slow pace, the outlook for the holiday shopping season has brightened. According to NRF's 2010 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, U.S. consumers plan to spend an average of $688.8 on holiday-...