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Bullish seasonal tendencies begin with a confirming bid courtesy of a corrective platform and a handful of well-received corporate motivators.

By Edward KrudyNEW YORK (Reuters) - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.Comments from Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT, the world's largest retailer, as well as from a host of...

Earnings season has been winding down now with over 85% of the S&P 500 Index having reported.  Still, there are some key companies posting their quarterly results and some companies were screened out of this list which are still actively traded or widely held stocks.  Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: [...]

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BloggingStocks: Santa hasn't even been tugged down Central Park West yet, and Wal-Mart (WMT) is already slashing its prices. The market among major retailers is intensifying, with many offering products as loss leaders in order to entice customers into the store ... Read more

BloggingStocks: The conventional wisdom is that consumer spending is what drives the U.S. economy. And consumer spending arises out of consumer confidence. Unfortunately, the signals along the road to economic recovery are mixed, what with the rising GDP growth and ... Read more

Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell by 20,000 this week to 512,000. Last week’s numbers were revised slightly higher, so arguably the drop was 18,000, but that’s still a nice improvement. The four-week moving average dropped by 3,000 to 523,750. Since new claims can be volatile from week to week, the four-week moving average is generally [...]

(BIG) Initial Jobless Claims Down

Easy comparisons and relatively favorable weather helped increase same-store sales in the typically weak month of October for retailers, up 1.8% from the year-earlier level but below the 2% growth expectation. Results for this series, which tracks data for stores open at least a year from 30 major retailers, had come ahead of expectations the [...]

($WMT) Easy Comparisons Help Retail Sales

Companies featured in this segment: Tesco plc (OTC:TSCDY), Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated (NYSE:WMT), Greggs (LSE:GRG), Diageo plc (NYSE:DEO), Kraft Foods Incorporated (NYSE:KFT), Cadbury plc (NYSE:CBY), CF Industries Holdings Incorporated (NYSE:CF), Braskem SA (NYSE:BAK), Sigdo Koppers SA (SCL:SK), Agrium (TSX:AGU)

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