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ThinkstockThere is a nearly endless number of criteria that measure how well CEOs perform, whether they are paid fairly, and what metrics should be used for determining chief executive compensation....
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Retail sales have been soft since early summer, and August doesn’t appear to be a get-well month for retailers either. Research firm Retail Metrics projects that August sales will rise just 1.7%...
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Shares of Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) fell 20.80% to close at $30.76 on trading volume of 15.9 million shares. The company earned 36 cents a share, down from 41 cents a share expected by analysts....
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The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning and spent most of the day heading lower still. Economic data was mixed at best today, with the flash PMI number lower than expected in China...
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Stocks are down Thursday following the news that initial jobless claims rose to 372,000 last week. The Dow Jones is down 0.61%, the Nasdaq is down 0.66% and the S&P 500 is down 0.52%. Today’s...
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Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) reported second quarter EPS of $0.36 on $1.18 billion in sales before markets opened today. In the same period a year ago, the discount retailer reported EPS of $0.50 on...
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The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning after Japan reported an unexpected plunge in its exports in July (our coverage here). In Europe there was not economic news out today, and...
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While most earnings have already been announced, we have a significant number of sector leaders reporting earnings this week. We have taken the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share and...
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The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning after the news that German chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany would support European Central Bank sovereign bond buying. Unfortunately...
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The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following more data from China. Both export and import data fell short, weighing on most Asian markets (more coverage here). There was...
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Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday morning. Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse....
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The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning after European leaders disagree on a fiscal response to the continent’s debt crisis(our coverage here). New US home sales were slightly...
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The three major US stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning following their European and Asian counterparts, none of which were the least concerned about a downgrade to Japanese debt or dire...
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The three major US stock indexes opened somewhat higher this morning as investors paid little attention to last night’s downgrade of Spain’s banks (more coverage here). With little economic data...
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24/7 Wall St. has compiled earnings previews for some of the top companies reporting in the week ahead. Estimates have been taken from Thomson Reuters for consensus earnings and targets and we have...
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