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These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Monday, March 10, 2014. They include Alcatel-Lucent, Charter Communications, Staples and VMware.
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Wikimedia CommonsPoor results for the holiday quarter were supposed to injure Wall Street’s sentiment on Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). On the contrary, it has continued to rise, leaving observers...
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These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Friday, March 7, 2014. They include Nokia, Safeway, Sirius XM, Skull Candy and Teva...
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thinkstockMarch 6, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday after an encouraging report on new claims for jobless benefits, an improvement (for workers) in unit labor costs, and a decline in factory...
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The office supplies sector was challenged even before Thursday. Now things are worse after Staples said that its sales are being challenged and that it would close some 225 of its more than 2,200...
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Office supplies retailer Staples reported disappointing fourth-quarter and full year 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The company said it will close 225 stores in North America by...
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These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. They include Apple, Bank of America, Pandora Media, Staples and Smith...
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If Tuesday's move in Office Depot is not proof that the efficient market does not exist, then what does? Ditto for Staples. We have said that the efficient market theory has been dead for quite some...
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ThinkstockBest Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) wasn’t the only stock hit by its admission that deep discounting failed to boost holiday sales. Investors dumped Best Buy shares heavily in response, and...
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Jon OggStocks have pulled back over the past week, after eight straight weeks of rallying. Now investors are getting ready for year-end and positioning themselves for 2014. 24/7 Wall St. goes over...
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courtesy of Office DepotThe merger of Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and Office Max closed earlier in November and now the landscape for office supply stores includes just two major big-box players:...
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ThinkstockNo matter what customers are in the market for on Thanksgiving Day, a store where they can buy that special or not-so-special something will be open at least part of the day. From toy...
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Jon OggIt is an August Friday, and there are a surprising number of research calls before the week ahead, which is usually the slowest week of the year other than the one between Christmas and New...
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ThinkstockEarly August is when most families begin and end their shopping for back-to-school items like pencils, shoes, and other gear. This year about 90% of U.S. families plan to spend at least as...
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U.S. equity markets opened barely higher this morning following a report that mortgage loan applications had fallen by 9.8% from the previous week, on top of a 7% decline for the prior period. In...
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