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Rising Star Buy: Fast Retailing Here's why we're buying. |
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Share Buybacks Aren't All Equal In the right circumstances -- when a company has excess capital and undervalued shares -- share repurchases are great for shareholders. But if the company is repurchasing overvalued shares, the buyback can actually be a sign of poor management. |
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Fast Retailing's Big Bid for Barney's Is Japan's Fast Retailing getting too big too fast? Investors, take note. |
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Cache Cashes In Cache, an operator of women's apparel specialty stores, scores a hit with its fourth-quarter revenues. |
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The Power of Dividends It's more than money in your pocket. Dividends create powerful and advantageous incentives. Stock buybacks have been in vogue for years, but now are frequently overused. |
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Growth and Income From Limited Brands As it stands, Limited Brands has a number of brands with solid growth potential but is also able to generate substantial cash flow and benefit shareholders via dividend payments and stock buybacks. |
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How Buybacks Can Make You Rich An ETF makes it easy. The experience of an exchange-traded fund that specializes in stocks of companies that routinely do buybacks sheds some light on whether the practice truly adds value for investors. |
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Why Your Stock Is Probably Swindling You Stocks that don't pay dividends may be cheating you out of value |
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Jones Apparel Shops for Profits An improved job market and wider operating margins would help the apparel company. |
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Fast Retailing's Moving In Japan's hot casual clothing retailer targets the U.S. for future expansion. Unfortunately, there is not an easy way for U.S. investors to participate in Fast Retailing. |
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Is the Downside Limited? A low P/E and a 3% yield make it a good time to take a look at Limited Brands. |
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Stock Buybacks Booming Will this trend benefit investors? |
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Liz Claiborne Reports Stylish Revenues The well-run apparel company appears to be fairly priced. |
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American Apparel Gets Adult Supervision The trendy, troubled apparel maker turns outside for management help |
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Retail Stocks the Market Loves to Hate Do these widely despised companies conceal investing opportunities? |
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Limited Excitement for Limited? Speculation drives up the retailer's shares. Investors, take note. |
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Retail With Elbow Room Opportunities in retail stocks? You bet! |
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August 21, 2007
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Are Buybacks Best? Without a doubt, share repurchases are one of the best uses of a company's excess capital. Here's why investors should get interested anytime they hear a company's planning to buy back its own shares. |
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Outerwear Goes, Underwear Stays Limited Brands is cutting loose the brands that are dragging it down. And the company's 2.3% dividend yield also provides investors with a nice cushion while waiting for some of the uncertainty to clear. |
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Jobs: The Lull Will Linger Structural shifts across several key sectors make the robust job growth of the 1990s unlikely to return anytime soon. The current shortfall in job growth is heaviest in a few surprising sectors, such as retailing, education, health care and telecommunications. |
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A Health-Care Sequoia Growth will slow someday for United Health, but that day hasn't come just yet. Investors, take note. |
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IT Investments that Pay Off Whether you believe that IT revolutionized business processes or didn't change a thing, this article will help you get a handle on how to forge ahead in the "new" economy. |
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April 26, 2006
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Big Blue's Big Buy IBM bumps its dividend 50% and boosts share buybacks. This move has all the markings of smart capital allocation that's likely to be rewarding for patient investors. |
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January 5, 2007
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Another Yawner for Guess? Different month, same result for the iconic apparel retailer. Investors, there is only one Guess?, and there doesn't appear to be anyone on the horizon poised to knock this champ off its throne. |
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February 22, 2005
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Total Gives Something Back The French oil giant is not only well-diversified but also keenly focused on shareholders' interests. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
Retail: This Rising Tide Won't Lift All Boats Tax cuts will fuel sales in the first half of 2004, but their impact will fade. Sustained growth may postpone coming mergers and bankruptcies. |
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February 15, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Almost Time for Jones Apparel? Jones appears to have a sound strategy, but is the valuation compelling enough for investors? |
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Alyce Lomax |
Beware Retail Stocks Gone Wild Some retail stocks have been surging, but investors should exercise extreme caution. |
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Kohl's Still Isn't Cool The apparel retailer's sales woes continue to hit the bottom line. |
