http://seekingalpha.com/currents/all SA Currents RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319271?source=feed 319271 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:48:58 -0400 SeekingAlpha -1.4% to $92.69 - the lowest level since early November, and off 12.5% just this month. While tiny Greece continues to dominate the headlines, China being in something greater than a soft landing may be of more import. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319261?source=feed 319261 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:47:56 -0400 SeekingAlpha NOC) will increase its quarterly dividend to $0.55 from $0.50, payable on June 13 to shareholders of record on May 28. It's the ninth consecutive annual increase in Northrop's quarterly dividend. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319251?source=feed 319251 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:43:06 -0400 SeekingAlpha TGT) Q1: Comparable-store sales +5.3% Y/Y. Credit card receivable decreased 6% to $6.1B. Both EBITDA and EBIT margin rates higher. SG&A expense rate falls to 19.9% from 20.4% last year. Sees Q2 EPS of $1.04-$1.14. Raises FY12 EPS guidance to $4.10-$4.30, from $4.05-$4.25. Shares +3.3% premarket. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319241?source=feed 319241 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:41:45 -0400 SeekingAlpha last night, Facebook (FB) increases the size of its IPO to 421.2M shares from 337.4M. (S-1) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319231?source=feed 319231 2 comments!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:37:07 -0400 SeekingAlpha Greek private sector bank deposits provides a clear image of a depression. Not to make light of the €700M withdrawn since the election, but reductions of that amount have been par for the course each week for several years, and likely reflect economic contraction as much as a bank run. There remains €165B in deposits in the system. 2 comments!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319221?source=feed 319221 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:32:42 -0400 SeekingAlpha Target (TGT): Q1 EPS of $1.04 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $16.8B (+6% Y/Y) in-line. Shares +3% premarket. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319211?source=feed 319211 1 comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:30:48 -0400 SeekingAlpha 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) 1 comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319201?source=feed 319201 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:25:48 -0400 SeekingAlpha 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) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319191?source=feed 319191 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:24:15 -0400 SeekingAlpha Chico's FAS (CHS): Q1 EPS of $0.32 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $651M (+21% Y/Y) beats by $21M. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319181?source=feed 319181 1 comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:24:07 -0400 SeekingAlpha 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!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319171?source=feed 319171 1 comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:16:10 -0400 SeekingAlpha 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!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319161?source=feed 319161 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:14:06 -0400 SeekingAlpha agree on the appointment of Chief Justice Pikrammenos to lead a caretaker government until new elections can take place, reports Dow Jones. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319151?source=feed 319151 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:11:47 -0400 SeekingAlpha ABIOMED (ABMD): Q1 EPS of $0.07 in-line. Revenue of $37.3M (+30.9% Y/Y) beats by $2.3M. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319141?source=feed 319141 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:10:10 -0400 SeekingAlpha Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF): Q1 EPS of $0.03 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $921M (+10% Y/Y) beats by $30M. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319131?source=feed 319131 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:09:08 -0400 SeekingAlpha TLB) agrees to extend the exclusivity period for negotiations with acquirer Sycamore Partners. The new expiration date is May 22. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319121?source=feed 319121 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:05:45 -0400 SeekingAlpha Deere & Company (DE): FQ2 EPS of $2.61 beats by $0.07. Revenue of $10B (+12% Y/Y) beats by $300M. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319111?source=feed 319111 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:05:07 -0400 SeekingAlpha sift through the numbers after pitching their 2012-2013 schedules to advertising execs. CBS appears to be the leader in ad commitments with $2.78B set, while Disney's (DIS) ABC will land $2.35B and Comcast's (CMCSA) NBC is in line for $1.66B. News Corp's (NWSA,NWS) Fox - which is planning a big Saturday night sports programming block next year - has $2.03B in ads slated for next season. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319091?source=feed 319091 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:01:09 -0400 SeekingAlpha MBA Mortgage Applications: +9.2% vs. +1.7% last week. Thirty-year fixed mortgage rate with conforming loan balances ($417,500 or less) decreased to 3.96% from 4.01%. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319101?source=feed 319101 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:00:34 -0400 SeekingAlpha On the hour: S&P -0.02%. 10-yr -0.07%. Euro -0.15% vs. dollar. Crude -1.68% to $92.41. Gold -1.46% to $1534.35. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319081?source=feed 319081 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 06:57:20 -0400 SeekingAlpha Citi Trends (CTRN): Q1 EPS of $0.69 beats by $0.23. Revenue of $198M (+4.5% Y/Y) beats by $1.5M. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319071?source=feed 319071 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 06:51:53 -0400 SeekingAlpha GM) CEO Dan Akerson vows to improve on his self-imposed "B" performance grade before retiring in another year or two. As part of his vision, the exec reiterates the company will give up its top position in vehicles sold if it means profits can be boosted. GM +4.3% premarket, boosted by a Berkshire Hathaway investment. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319061?source=feed 319061 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 06:43:12 -0400 SeekingAlpha SPLS) Q1: North American Retail revenue flat Y/Y, while International Operations slipped 8%. Outlook for 2012 assumes low growth in the U.S. and a soft demand in Europe. Expects full year sales to grow in low single-digits. Shares -2.6% premarket. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319051?source=feed 319051 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 06:39:26 -0400 SeekingAlpha ValueVision International (VVTV): Q1 EPS of -$0.18 misses by $0.03. Revenue of $136.5M (-4.9% Y/Y) beats by $12M. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319041?source=feed 319041 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 06:35:18 -0400 SeekingAlpha -0.1%, Dow -0.1%. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319031?source=feed 319031 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 06:18:16 -0400 SeekingAlpha Staples (SPLS): Q1 EPS of $0.30 in-line. Revenue of $6.1B (-1.1% Y/Y) in-line. Shares -2.6% premarket. (PR) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319021?source=feed 319021 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:58 -0400 SeekingAlpha Overseas: Japan -1.1%. Hong Kong -3.2%. China -1.2%. India -1.8%. London -1.2%. Paris -0.2%. Frankfurt -1.1%. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319011?source=feed 319011 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 05:53:29 -0400 SeekingAlpha via) Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/319001?source=feed 319001 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 05:49:17 -0400 SeekingAlpha BHP) Chairman Jacques Nasser says the company no longer plans to invest $80B in new projects over five years, as outlined by CEO Marius Kloppers last year. Nasser also warned of "volatility and uncertainty" and the further easing of commodity prices due to the uncertainty in the global economy. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/318991?source=feed 318991 Post your comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 05:36:51 -0400 SeekingAlpha inflation report, the Bank of England looks ahead two years and sees inflation slowing below its 2% target and GDP at 2.6%. U.K. growth prospects are "unusually uncertain," with the eurozone debt crisis posing the biggest risk. 2012 growth forecast lowered to 0.8% from 1.2%. Pound -0.54% vs. USD. Post your comment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/318981?source=feed 318981 1 comment!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 05:26:43 -0400 SeekingAlpha unexpectedly falls in 3 months to March to 8.2% from 8.4% vs. consensus of 8.4%. Number of unemployed -45K to 2.63M (International Labor Organisation measure). The number claiming jobless benefits in April -13,700 to 1.59M, the biggest drop since July 2010. Claimant count rate unchanged at 4.9%. (PR) 1 comment!]]>