Foolish Forecast: Growth at Conn's?
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The firm may finally post net inflows this year.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- US stock futures are pointing to a mixed open Wednesday as the positive impact of a report showing stronger-than-expected second-quarter growth in the US economy was offset by concern oil could surge above $50 a barrel on inventory
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Another interesting piece about the low-life world of ticket reselling surrounding professional sports in Boston -- particularly the Red Sox ( "StubHub site offers Green Monster seats before Sox do," Feb. 9 ). StubHub seems like an especially crummy bunch. So crummy, in fact, that The Boston Globe will probably stop accepting their advertising business. Right?
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Spotting the clues to buy before stocks rise.
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By local and wire dispatches. The economy could be a little brighter in the new year if two indexes geared toward forecasting activity in coming months prove to be on the money.
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Steady but unspectacular growth might leave investors wanting a bit more kick.
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TESCO puts in another crackerjack trading performance. Sales, volumes, profits, divi all sharply up. Er, hmm ... whatâs on the telly tonight?
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Investor's Business Daily - That&#39;s a little softer than the prior reading of 4% and estimates for a 3.9% annual rate. But it&#39;s still the best in a year. Net exports were a little weaker than prior estimates said. Still, trade and business investment offset another sharp drop in home building as well as sluggish consumer spending. Most economists expect slower 2nd-half growth as a credit crunch takes its toll on housing and other sectors.
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(InfoWorld) - Global IT expansion this year is expected to be modest, but vendors that demonstrate nimbleness and creativity are being rewarded. Market indices have declined as traders brace for a slowdown after corporate share prices rose steadily over the past seven months. But IT investors are still jumping on the bandwagon for companies that are seen making wise investments and restructuring decisions. Traders applauded EMC's decision, announced Wednesday,Â to offer 10 percent of its VMware virtualization software subsidiary in an IPO. Despite a general market downturn Thursday due to concerns over the U.S. housing market, EMC shares were trading at $14.58 Thursday afternoon, up by $0.99. The spin-off lets the public inject cash into a part of the company offering trendy virtualization technology while allowing users and investors to more easily analyze the core traditional storage business, which many analysts feel is undervalued. Hewlett-Packard shares also remained high this week in the wake of its Monday announcement thatÂ it will buy business transactions monitoring software supplier Bristol TechnologyÂ for an undisclosed amount. HP said Bristol will help strengthen its business technology optimization product offerings. Cisco Systems shares jumped Wednesday,Â after it issued its earnings report Tuesday, and stayed high. Cisco is doing well in several key areas. Beating analyst forecasts for sales last quarter, Cisco reported that revenue increased more than 27 percent to $8.4 billion and profit grew 39.7 percent to $1.9 billion, compared to the year-earlier quarter. Key to company growth were storage products and developing markets -- precisely what market observers are looking for. Brokerage Robert W. Baird & Co. upgraded Cisco to "outperform" from "neutral." User demand for security, storage, wireless devices, and server optimization technology remains high, analysts say. Small businesses and developing economies are forecast to be the main drivers of growth. "The opportunity to provide SMBs with advanced technology will continue to grow significantly throughout the world in 2007," according to the report, from Ray Boggs, vice president for Small/Medium Business and Home Office research at IDC. Companies positioning to capitalize on trends are even, sometimes, forgiven losses. Even though ISP EarthLink Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $24.8 million, compared with a year-earlier profit of $29.2 million, it got kudos for making efforts to target growth opportunities. "The industry is shifting, and it is focusing on new opportunities like broadband, wireless Internet and Internet telephony in a variety of marketplaces around the USA, " said telecom analyst Jeff Kagan. EarthLink's loss was mainly attributed to its investment in Helio, the company's wireless joint venture with South Korea's SK Telecom. Despite the loss, Goldman Sachs analyst Anthony Noto upgraded the stock to "neutral" from "sell." "We believe the flexibility of the company to cut these investments or restructure via a leveraged buyout, management buyout or recapitalization limits the downside," Noto wrote in a research note. Â
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Wall Street is expected to take its  direction from a swathe of economic data on Friday as it begins  the fourth quarter, but TiVo Inc. TIVO.O may rise on news of  a development deal.
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Here are the companies with the highest estimated growth rates -- should you buy?
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Could the megaretailer still be a growth stock?
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Do you know how to spot tomorrow's outperformers?
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Given the current economic climate, is AmEx about to charge it up?