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The Motley Fool April 2, 2009 Rich Smith	CarMax Gains Traction Sales are still heading downhill, but this Fool sees cash at the end of the tunnel.
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The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Rich Smith	CarMax Shifts Gears After its shares rose an impressive 8% on strong earnings Wednesday, auto superstore CarMax shifted gears this morning; at last report, it's already given back half of those gains. Why is the stock shifting into reverse?
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The Motley Fool March 8, 2004 Rich Smith	CarMax Revs Up Against the odds, CarMax increased sales last year.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2008 Rich Smith	CarMax Crashes, Shares Burn As soon as CarMax released fiscal Q1 2009 results the stock crashed, and burned.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 Rich Smith	CarMax Is a Hot Rod The auto dealer is firing on all cylinders. CarMax's success seems to have surprised its own leadership. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	CarMax Floors It Rivals' marketing and a destructive storm unexpectedly accelerate results. CarMax should come in toward the upper end of its guidance and continue to be a strong performer overall.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2008 Rich Smith	CarMax Still Stalled Expected to earn a penny a share for its fiscal Q3 2009, used car superstore operator CarMax lost a dime instead. Is there a light at the end of this tunnel?
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011 John Rosevear	Why New Car Deals Are Harder to Find Scarcity makes a difference. For several different reasons, automakers are being much more selective about where and when they offer those big discounts this year.
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The Motley Fool June 18, 2004 Rich Smith	WSJ Slices CarMax's Tires The Wall Street Journal may be underestimating CarMax's potential. No sooner had the Journal written CarMax's obituary than the world's biggest used-car lot declared it was still alive and kicking
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