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    Stock Picks for a Volatile Trading Day

    Investors are weighing a weak jobs report and the threat of bond-insurer downgrades with enthusiasm over Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo. CNBC asked the experts where investors should place their bets to make it through this volatility.

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    Super Bowl Stocks: Touchdowns & Fumbles

    Super Bowl XLII: Beyond football, big-screen TVs, pizza, beer and gambling all come to mind.  Are stocks in those areas good for your portfolio? Pick carefully, says Brent Wilsey. The president of Wilsey Asset Management named the stocks that'll be winners -- and that ones that will fumble.

  • U.S. Slowdown Hitting European Markets?

    U.K. markets down 1.5 percent on disappointing results from retailer Marks & Spencer (down 20 percent in the U.K.) and vague concerns that the U.S. slowdown may be spreading to Europe. Yesterday a confluence of events, including comments from AT&T about slowing consumer business, and poor commentary from Circuit City and Brinker, added to the poor sentiment.

  • Stocks On The Move: Circuit City, Websense...

    Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Circuit City (CC) and Websense (WBSN) popped while KB Homes (KBH) and Brinker International (EAT) dropped.

  • Earnings Theme: U.S. Sales Weak, Global Strong

    The pattern is now very clear: companies that have significant exposure to the U.S. consumer market are having problems. Whether it is Coach (lowered guidance), IHOP (drop in guest traffic), Brinker (ditto), or Whirlpool (lower overall sales). These companies are 1) seeing slower business in the U.S. market and 2) get a significant part of their sales in the U.S.

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    Consumer Stocks Tumble As Slowdown Looms

    Companies ranging from pancake house chain IHOP to high-priced handbag seller Coach reported signs of the continuing U.S. consumer pullback, sending retail and some restaurant stocks lower.

  • Restaurants Climb Top U.S. Retailers' List: Report

    In a sign of the growing influence that restaurants have on how and where consumers spend their money, a major retail trade group has included for the first time six restaurant companies on its list of the top 100 retailers, released on Friday.

  • Brinker International Reports Lower Same-Store Sales

    Brinker International said on Wednesday that sales at restaurants open at least 18 months fell 4.9% for the four weeks ended Feb. 28, hurt in part by unfavorable weather.

  • Casual Dining: Feast or Famine

    Consumers don’t seem to have the same appetite for casual dining that they had earlier in the year.