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How AMC Plans To Reanimate 'The Walking Dead' For 10 More Years
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 6:19pm | 524Read More...AMC Networks Inc (NASDAQ: AMCX) has plans to extend the lifespan of the zombie apocalypse series "The Walking Dead." What Happened Another decade of production with movies, television shows and graphic novels are in the works, according to Bloomberg. The company also...
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Piper Jaffray Raises Funko Price Target, Projects 'Strong Commercial Opportunities'
Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 3:42pm | 527Read More...Pop culture collectibles brand Funko Inc (NASDAQ: FNKO)'s brand licensing and more prominent retail placement is positioning the toy company for upside, according to Piper Jaffray. The Analyst Piper Jaffray analyst Erinn Murphy reiterated an Overweight rating on Funko and...
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GameStop <3 Geeks: Will Buy GeekNet For $20/Share In Cash
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 11:40am | 310Read More...GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) on Tuesday announced in a press release it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Geeknet Inc (NASDAQ: GKNT) for $20 per share. Shares of Geeknet surged over 100 percent on May 26 after Hot Topic, Inc. offered to acquire the company for $17.50 per share....
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Shares of Geeknet Surge Following Announcement Of Acquisition
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 4:10pm | 338Read More...Shares of Geeknet Inc (NASDAQ: GKNT) were surging higher by nearly 120 percent at $17.30 during Tuesday's pre-market trading session after the company announced that Hot Topic, Inc. will acquire all outstanding shares of the company at a purchase price of $17.50 per share. The transaction has a...
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Jim Cramer Names Some Of His Retail Picks
Saturday, July 19, 2014 - 3:29pm | 794Read More...CNBC's Jim Cramer noted this week that it's difficult to find genuine value stocks in a market that's nearing all-time highs. He then dove into the retailers that would shine in leveraged buyouts in a sector that has a number of “awful” performers. He asked Mad Money...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 11
Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 2:37pm | 821Read More...The earnings stage remains fairly quiet this week, though a scattering of retailers are scheduled to share their most recent results. The most prominent of those are S&P 500 components Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) and Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN). Analysts on average expect year-over-year...
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Hot Topic Takeover Sparks First Lawsuit
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 8:12am | 551Read More...Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT) shares rose to a six-year high, Thursday, before closing at $13.87, up 29 percent. This on news from Reuters that private equity firm Sycamore Partners plans to take the teen apparel retailer private in a $600 million deal. Sycamore, founded by former retail specialist...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 5
Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 11:21am | 1105Read More...Most of the S&P 500 have already posted their fourth-quarter results. But a few of them are scheduled to report fiscal quarterly results this week. These include Altera, Brown-Forman, H&R Block and Pall Corp. Also, earnings reports from retailers continue to roll out this week, as they have...
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Seven Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 3:12pm | 792Read More...Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Is Hot Topic Still Hot?
Friday, November 18, 2011 - 9:49am | 962Read More...I vividly remember what my Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT) shopping experience used to be like. I'd walk in, head straight for the pop culture tees, then move onto the band tees, and typically find at least one item worth buying. During a visit when I was not compelled to buy anything, I often found that...
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Earnings Preview: A Wary Eye on Abercrombie & Fitch
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 7:47am | 640Read More...Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2011 results Wednesday, November 16, before the opening bell. Shares recently sank on news that sales were sluggish overseas. And analysts are wary, as indicated by the falling EPS estimate for the most recent period....
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 15
Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 11:42am | 1098Read More...Earnings season is not over yet. Among the companies on deck to report quarterly results this coming week are Deere (NYSE: DE), Smucker (NYSE: SJM) and Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL). Analysts expect Deere's per-share earnings to be more than 13% higher than a year ago. Smucker's earnings are forecast to...
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Ten Apparel Retail Stocks Worth a Look Now
Saturday, August 6, 2011 - 12:45pm | 1063Read More...The earnings spotlight turns to retail this coming week with quarterly reports due from the likes of Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Analysts are looking for earnings growth from these three. And investors may take some comfort from the fact that, last week, many...
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Revolutionizing Apparel, One Creative Design at a Time
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 8:11pm | 600Read More...How'd you like to make $2,000 to design a t-shirt? Threadless gives you the chance. Once a niche site, now an apparel empire, Threadless makes cool and quirky Ts that go above and beyond the usual clones of Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT). In fact, it isn't a clone at all. “We invite anyone in the world...
