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JC Penney CEO Mike Ullman told shareholders: "I have an enduring affection for J.C. Penney." They appeared to return the favor, at the company's shareholder meeting.
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Cramer thinks consumers may have spent their money online.
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Find out why Cramer is praising President Obama’s new right-hand man.
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Apple rolled out its new Mac App Store, in an effort to steal some buzz from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It officially went online on Thursday morning with Apple releasing a software update for the Snow Leopard OS.
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Deborah Weinswig, a top retail analyst at Citigroup, reveals which stocks are worth looking at on this pullback.
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With Apple having paved the way for tablets last year, 2011 is when the competition is hoping to chip away at the company’s dominance in the category. It’s going to be a tough fight, though.
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In his new book, "HOW TO RUN THE WORLD Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance," Khanna takes a look at the current global chaos and offers up a road-map out of the "Dark Ages."
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Here's why you should keep a close eye on these six stocks.
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Retail is a 'lead indictor for the S&P' and the broader market, David Berman, president of the retail-based hedge fund Durban Capital, told CNBC on Wednesday. 'Everyone gets excited about department stores, the problem is that they are really on a long-term death spiral.'
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In the new edition of Mark Twain's classic novel, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" two words will be changed.
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From the best books for business owners to the most anticipated books of the new year, the lists are out on what you should be reading in 2011.
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Bill Ackman, the activist investor whose Pershing Square Capital took a 16.5 percent ownership stake in J.C. Penney last fall, has not been pushing JCP to broadly pursue a transaction to create value, but rather has been engaged with the company in conversations about how it can improve its operations, according to sources.
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The McDonalds Corporation’s introduction of ancillary products, such as lattes, smoothies and oatmeal, will hurt profits in the long run, Howard Penney, a restaurant analyst at Hedgeye Risk Management, told CNBC Wednesday.
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Apps and Internet connectivity are everywhere. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, you’ll see more devices incorporating PC-like functions. And they'll be not just smartphones and set-top boxes, but TVs, digital cameras and printers as well.
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The struggling bookseller is asking its lenders and book publishers to allow it to refinance its debt, the New York Times reports.
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It’s pretty astonishing just how quickly Apple iPhone users have grown to rely on the phones—and how much control they have given it (along with the iPod Touch and iPad) over their day to day lives.
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After predicting in his last two keynote addresses at the Consumer Electronics Show that innovation from the consumer electronics would help the U.S. economy rebound, Gary Shapiro is standing by his message. The question is now whether there is enough innovation to jump-start things for 2011, especially after consumer confidence unexpectedly dipped in December.
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Robotics company iRobot has unveiled its re-imagined Scooba robot floor washer at the Consumer Electronics Show. It's smaller, faster, quieter and definitely ready to go where few robot mops have gone before—and no human ever really wants to go—behind the bathroom toilet.
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With the Motorola spinoffs having started trading, the "Fast Money" desk debates which is the better trade.
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Here's why you should keep a close eye on these six stocks.
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Stocks rose sharply to close the first day of trading in 2011, but the "Fast Money" traders thought these names were the most interesting.
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To the creative, go the spoils. Hoping to boost sales, restaurants are launching a slew of innovative items.
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From waffle tacos to doughnut-bacon-and-egg sandwiches, restaurants pull out all the stops to capture your taste buds.
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Restaurant owners are worried that a tough new drunk driving law may hurt their business.