All ears on the Ira Sohn conference.
Chico’s Q1 beats on robust sales, shares up
May - 16 - 2012
Women’s apparel retailer Chico’s FAS Inc reported a rise in quarterly profit that surpassed Wall Street expectations as it continued to benefit from strong demand for its brands. Shares of the company, …
Wall Street edges higher at open
May - 16 - 2012
Stocks rose on Wednesday with traders citing comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel about keeping Greece in the euro zone as encouraging for markets. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 46.93 …
Oil drops $1 on U.S. stockbuild, Greece; WTI hits 6-month low
May - 16 - 2012
Oil fell more than $1 on Wednesday, with the U.S. benchmark dropping to a more than 6-month low, as a larger-than-expected rise in crude stocks in the United States and fears of Greece’s exit from the …
Oil falls $1 on rise in U.S. stocks, economic woes
May - 16 - 2012
Oil prices fell more than $1 on Wednesday as a larger-than-expected rise in crude stocks in top consumer United States and fears of Greece’s exit from the euro zone muddied the outlook for demand growth. …
Home Depot sales miss Wall Street estimates
May - 15 - 2012
Home Depot Inc posted quarterly sales that fell short of Wall Street’s heightened expectations on Tuesday after demand slowed in April following a jump in home improvement projects spurred by an unusually …
But homebuilders rally!
Social stocks rise before Facebook IPO
May - 15 - 2012
Investors are eager for Facebook to start trading later this week, and money is already pouring into social-networking stocks.Stocks in the industry are up by an average of 5 percent today, according to …