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When Katrina devastated much of the Gulf coast and crushed New Orleans, several economists said the effects would hurt national…
Virtually every publicly traded homebuilder stock has posted a new 52-week high in the last month and many now trade…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls…
In its report today on September retail sales, Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) announced that beginning in January 2013, the company…
Home improvement chain Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) this morning announced that it had dropped its hostile attempt to acquire…
Share prices for homebuilders’ stocks began rising at the beginning of the year and all but two of the homebuilders…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following a negative reaction by a government official to a…
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $0.64 and $14.25 billion in sales before markets…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning after the news that German chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS), 7-Eleven Inc., Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN) and other well-known retailers…
Home improvement giant Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) announced this morning that it has reached a definitive merger agreement with…
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is making a mistake in its recently announced acquisition of the Canadian home improvement chain…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Tuesday.…
The US Census Bureau reported this morning that retail sales in May fell by -0.2% month-over-month. Compared with May 2011,…
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