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Consumer/ Retail Stocks News; (YESD.PK),(NYSE: COH), NYSE: WMT)
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 1:50pm | 738Coach, Inc. Common Stock (NYSE: COH) Trading at $50.02, up 5.54 (12.46%) SAN FRANCISCO - October 26, 2010 (Investorideas.com newswire) - Investorideas.com, a leader in sector investor research reports on recent news on retail and consumer stock news. Several retail stocks were up on today's better-...
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Mad Money Lightning Round OT: Cramer Likes Retailers (LPHI, PBI, TGT, COST, RTH)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 7:55pm | 250On CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT, Jim Cramer said that he doesn't believe in the secondary market for insurance. He thinks that investors should not buy Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPHI), but he invited the management of this company on the show to explain him why should he buy this...
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Chiquita (NYSE: CQB) Looks to Harvest Fresh Growth
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 2:25pm | 1195With seasonal apples virtually everywhere here in Vermont it's almost impossible not to think about the importance of fresh fruit in our diets. Of course, as an independent investor I spend as much time considering potential ways to profit from the fresh food movement as I do putting...
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Chiquita (NYSE: CQB) Looks to Harvest Fresh Growth
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 2:25pm | 1195With seasonal apples virtually everywhere here in Vermont it's almost impossible not to think about the importance of fresh fruit in our diets. Of course, as an independent investor I spend as much time considering potential ways to profit from the fresh food movement as I do putting...
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Brian Sozzi Notes Underperformance In Major Retailers (TGT, COST, WMT, BJ)
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 3:35pm | 90Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies noted the relative under-performance of the major retailers over the past month. Companies like Target (NYSE: TGT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Costco (NASDAQ: COST), and BJ's Wholesale (NYSE: BJ) have lost 0.2% over the past month, compared to a 2.6% gain in the S...
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Options Strategies for Coach (NYSE:COH) Shares
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 10:11am | 1817The leaves are beginning to fall, which means the holiday shopping season isn't too far away. Some investors may think the time is right to look at adding some retail stocks to their portfolios. With this seasonal trend in mind, brokerage firm Barclays upped its 12-month price target in Coach (...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades (NFLX, FFIC, BJ, AMZN)
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 9:13am | 157Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) was upgraded by Janney Montgomery from “sell” to "neutral." NFLX's shares closed at $153.15 yesterday. Shares of Netflix have moved up 178.00% year-to-date. Keefe Bruyette upgraded Flushing Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FFIC) from "market perform" to "outperform." FFIC's...
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Janney Montgomery Scott Upgrades BJ To Buy
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 8:43am | 53Analysts at Janney Montgomery Scott upgrade BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc (NYSE: BJ) from "neutral" to "buy." The target price for BJ has been raised from $43 to $48. BJ's shares lost 1.17% to close at $41.25 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Barnes & Noble Announces NOOK™ eBook Reader Will Be Sold at Walmart
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 8:34am | 101Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) today announced its award-winning NOOK eBook Reader will be sold in 2,500 Walmart stores (NYSE: WMT) and online at www.walmart.com. The popular NOOK devices are expected to arrive on Walmart shelves beginning as soon as October 24, in advance of the holiday...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: TECO,CRAI,LMT,RTN,WMT - Press Releases
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 4:09pm | 2891For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – October 19, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: TECO Energy (TECO) as the Bull of the Day and CRA International Inc (CRAI) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Lockheed Martin ( LMT), Raytheon Co (RTN) and Wal...
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The Largest Employers in the World
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 1:50pm | 349You might be surprised to learn what the largest employer in the world is. Want to take a guess? It is the Chinese Army, also known as the Peoples Liberation Army, at 2.3 million employees. WalMart (WMT) is in second place with 2.1 million employees, then the Indian Railway at 1.4 million, and the...
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Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) Sentiment is Mixed Before Earnings
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 1:26pm | 1905Last week, a number of financial pundits offered their revised opinions on Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) and the message was decidedly mixed. On one hand, Sanford Bernstein downgraded its rating to underperform from market perform. The covering analyst noted that shares have run sharply higher...
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Oil's Not Well
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 4:52pm | 2981By Phil of Phil's Stock World After a really fun Friday where we had another couple of massive index puts pay off in the morning, on Saturday we reviewed our October's Overbought 8 list, with half our trade ideas already past our 50% targets and 3 of the 4 remaining spreads on track. In...
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Budget Deficit Falling, Not Rising - Analyst Blog
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 12:15pm | 2683The Budget Deficit is falling, not rising, although it remains at historically very high levels. In September, the Federal Government spilled $34.4 billion worth of red ink; that is $10.8 billion, or 23.9% less than it spilled in September 2009. The data, while extremely seasonal, is not seasonally...
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Target Says ‘Small is Beautiful' - Analyst Blog
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 10:36am | 445Target Corporation (TGT) in order to tap the urban markets, where real estate remains a constraint, plans to introduce smaller format stores similar to that of its biggest rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT). The company informed that the new stores will vary in size from 60,000 to 100,000 square...