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The Fastest-Growing Holiday In America Is … Spooky
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 4:40pm | 770Read More...According to the National Retail Federation, Americans said they planned to spend a whopping $7.4 billion on Halloween in 2014. That’s a 5.87 percent increase over the $6.99 billion spent last year, making Halloween the fastest-growing holiday in America. Utilizing NRF data the University...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 8 (AA, JPM, WFC)
Sunday, July 7, 2013 - 8:02pm | 925Read More...The new earnings season kicks off this week with the traditional first report from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on Monday afternoon. The first of the big banks, J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), close out the week when they step into the earnings spotlight Friday morning. Analysts predict...
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Valentine's Day Stocks You're Going to Love
Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 8:22am | 550Read More...It’s Valentine’s Day and unlike that made-up holiday, Sweetest Day, most couples feel the pressure to spend money on each other. A simple, “I love you” just won’t do and that’s why an average of $130.97 is spent by a person celebrating Valentine’s Day. That equates to $18.6 billion in projected...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of June 25 (MON, NKE, GIS)
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 11:17am | 941Read More...This week, General Mills, Monsanto and Nike will step into the earnings spotlight. All three of these companies are forecast to report earnings growth. Below is a day-by-day rundown of what analysts expect from the week's most prominent quarterly reports. Monday Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL), an...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of December 19
Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 10:04am | 804Read More...As Christmas and the end of the year rush toward us, here is a quick look at expectations for some of the most prominent quarterly reports scheduled for this week. These include Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY), General Mills (NYSE: GIS), Nike (NYSE: NKE), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Walgreen (...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of June 27
Sunday, June 26, 2011 - 9:56am | 1012Read More...As the calendar quarter winds down this week, S&P 500 components scheduled to report quarterly results include Family Dollar Stores, General Mills, Monsanto and Nike. Analysts on average are expecting to see year-over-year earnings growth from each of them. Here are the consensus per-share...
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Ten More Takeover Candidates
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 7:35am | 874Read More...Yesterday, we had a quick look at ten potential takeover targets from a list of 50 offered up recently by Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) strategists. Here we glance at another ten from their list of leveraged buyout candidates. Again, the companies on their list have market capitalizations of less than...
