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7:32 AM Target (TGT): Q1 EPS of $1.04 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $16.8B (+6% Y/Y) in-line. Shares +3% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, On the Move]
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7:30 AM GE Capital will pay to parent GE a $475M dividend in Q2, and a $4.5B special dividend in 2012 - the first such payments since they were suspended in 2009. Shares +2.7% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Breaking News, Financials]
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7:25 AM More on Abercrombie & Fitch's (ANF) Q1: Comparable store sales -5% Y/Y, led lower by Europe. Expects same-store sales to fall at a mid-single digits rate. Sees full year EPS of $3.50-$3.75, with lower sales offset by higher gross margin. Shares -0.9% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, On the Move]
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7:24 AM Chico's FAS (CHS): Q1 EPS of $0.32 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $651M (+21% Y/Y) beats by $21M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
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7:24 AM "Our biggest trading partner is tearing itself apart without any obvious solution," says BoE Governor King at a press conference. He's confident the U.K. economy can get back to its pre-crisis path, but it may take 10-20 years. As for recent strength in sterling: "A weaker pound is a vital part of the U.K.'s rebalancing." Sounds like additional QE remains on the table in the U.K. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
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7:16 AM Shares of Fossil (FOSL) move up 3.5% in premarket trading after Citigroup upgrades to Buy. Last week, Benchmark also dipped its toes in the FOSL pool after the company's earnings warning scared off investors en masse. 1 Comment [On the Move, Consumer]
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7:14 AM Greece's party leaders agree on the appointment of Chief Justice Pikrammenos to lead a caretaker government until new elections can take place, reports Dow Jones. Comment! [Global & FX, Breaking News]
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7:11 AM ABIOMED (ABMD): Q1 EPS of $0.07 in-line. Revenue of $37.3M (+30.9% Y/Y) beats by $2.3M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Healthcare]
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7:10 AM Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF): Q1 EPS of $0.03 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $921M (+10% Y/Y) beats by $30M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
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7:09 AM Talbots (TLB) agrees to extend the exclusivity period for negotiations with acquirer Sycamore Partners. The new expiration date is May 22. Comment! [Consumer]
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ANALYSIS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 7:30AM ET
- Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News by Wall Street Breakfast
- Amazon: More Problems Than We Thought? by Bill Maurer
- Not So Golden Years: Aging And The Markets by Russ Koesterich
- Is The Market Teetering At The Edge Of A Cliff?
- Cameron International A Smarter Oil Play
- Markets End Volatile Day In The Red
- Tuesday Options Recap
- Cisco: Too Much Of A Decline?
- Rating Global Equity Option-Income CEFs
- VIX Reflects Escalating Concerns About Market
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LATEST ARTICLES
- A Political And Monetary Turning In The Eurozone by Ari and Arun • Comment!
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- Dividend Challengers: 10 Increases Expected In The Next 11 Weeks by David Fish • Comment!
- Cheating With Partial Options Hedges by Bill Luby • Comment!
- Robert Samuelson's Lessons From Jamie Dimon's Bad Bet by Dean Baker • Comment!
- ADTRAN Inc.: Where are the Numbers? by Frank Voisin • Comment!
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NEW ON NEGLECTED STOCKS
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MACRO VIEW
- A Political And Monetary Turning In The Eurozone by Ari and Arun • Comment!
- Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News by Wall Street Breakfast • Comment!
- Chinese Materials Market: Finding The Winners by Emerging Money • Comment!
- Some Additional Perspective On Europe by Calafia Beach Pundit • Comment!
- Gold And Silver: Daily Outlook May 16 by Lior Cohen • Comment!
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INVESTING FOR INCOME
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ETFs & PORTFOLIO STRATEGY
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LONG & SHORT IDEAS
- Undervalued Picks From A Pro Investor by FAF Research • Comment!
- Cheating With Partial Options Hedges by Bill Luby • Comment!
- ADTRAN Inc.: Where are the Numbers? by Frank Voisin • Comment!
- Cramer's Lightning Round - McDonald's Informed Downgrade (5/15/12) by SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Comment!
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