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Brad Anderson Hopes For Better Days in Best Buy's Future
Friday, May 31, 2013 - 9:40am | 421Many analysts declared Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) close to dead, unable to compete with the likes of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), and even GameStop (NYSE: GME). But, strong leadership in the way of decisive decisions form their CEO Hubert Joly has allowed the electronics retailer to...
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Short Interest Swings in Retail Stocks (BBY, DG, TJX)
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 3:27pm | 792The short interest in big retail companies was mixed as the holiday shopping season got underway. Shares sold short in Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), CVS Caremark (NASDAQ: CVS), Lowe's (NASDAQ: LOW) and Target (NYSE: TGT) increased somewhat between the November 15 and November 31 settlement dates....
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Best Buy Tumbles on Earnings Miss
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 11:23am | 472Shares of electronics retailer Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) traded lower on Tuesday, down over 11 percent, after the company reported disappointing earnings for the third quarter. Year-to-date, shares of Best Buy are down over 40 percent. A combination of management issues and secular trends has wrought...
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Best Buy Gives Schulze Two Seats, Expects Offer Soon
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 9:40am | 383Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) revealed this week that it will be giving company founder Richard Schulze two seats on the board, as well as access to the private information that he has requested as he looks to make a takeover offer. Talks broke earlier in August regarding a potential deal between Schulze...
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4 Beaten Down Stocks and How They Might Bounce Back
Monday, August 27, 2012 - 1:27pm | 763While the broad market indices are currently trading near four-year highs, some notable stocks have had terrible performances in recent months. Most of these companies face fundamental problems as technological changes have made their business models largely unworkable. Still, these distressed...
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Citigroup Maintains Neutral on Best Buy After Board Reaches Agreement with Schulze
Monday, August 27, 2012 - 12:12pm | 176Citigroup has published a research report on Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) following the board of directors' decision to reach an agreement with founder and former CEO Richard Schulze. In the report, Citigroup wrote, "This morning, BBY announced an agreement has been reached between the Board and Dick...
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Wedbush Downgrades Best Buy
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - 8:33am | 474Electronic retail giant Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) was downgraded from Neutral to Underperform by Wedbush Wednesday amidst calls for the company to take a deal being put together by former CEO Richard Schulze. Schulze bid $9.5 billion to take Best Buy private last week, but that bid was spurned. Schulze...
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Best Buy Hires Joly New CEO
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 9:39am | 401Electronics retail giant Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has named former director of hospitality and restaurant company Carlson, Hubert Joly, as the new chief executive officer and president. It has been a tumultuous few months for Best Buy. In mid-May, the company announced the resignation of chairman...
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Best Buy Surges On Buyout Offer
Monday, August 6, 2012 - 9:46am | 432Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) shares rose 23 percent in premarket trading after founder Richard Schulze on Monday offered to take the electronics retailer private for $24 to $26 a share, at least a 36 percent price premium. The offer values the company at $8.5 billion – at minimum. "I have been actively...
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Best Buy Founder Assembles A-Team for Buyout
Monday, July 30, 2012 - 12:44pm | 429Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy's (NYSE: BBY) founder Richard Schulze is assembling an executive team as he moves a step closer to a proposed buyout of the company. On June 27, Benzinga reported that Schulze was exploring the possibility of taking the company private after he had resigned...
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Real Deal on Wall Street: Why Best Buy Founder Really Wants to Buy the Company
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 1:18pm | 523A wise old man once told me that everything in life happens due to underlying motives. In investing, a larger company may opt to purchase a smaller rival because that company's product pipeline is superior, undercutting the future dominance of the larger company. Or, even in this age of quick...
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Southern Households Love What Conn's Has to Offer
Monday, June 4, 2012 - 8:07am | 488Popular holding company Conn's, Inc. (NASDAQ: CONN) reported first quarter results this morning that solidified the company's need to not only please its customers, but analysts as well. The specialty retailer of electronics, furniture, mattresses and more boasted a same store sales increase of 17....