Target May Sell Assets
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The Target Corporation, under pressure by investors to bolster its share price, said yesterday that it might sell its $7 billion credit card portfolio and increase share buybacks.
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Lawmakers in Washington want to make it easier for mutual funds and pension plans to sell stocks in companies doing business in Sudan and Iran, targeting institutions like Fidelity Investments and the state boards that manage public retirement money.
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Stock investors will look to earnings  reports from retailers Federated Department Stores Inc.   and Target Corp.  next week as well as new soundings on  consumer sentiment as they to try to get a handle on the state  of the U.S. economy.
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The traditional asset manager is making a big play for alternative investments.
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If a company is losing more money, you may still want to invest.
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Investors may want to shop elsewhere for inexpensive retail stocks.
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Investors in the market for mutual funds may want to consider a promising alternative: shares of asset management companies that sell the funds.
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Target Corp.  on Thursday reported a better-than-expected 6.7 percent jump in September sales at stores open at least a year, and said quarterly earnings would likely be above Wall Street forecasts.
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United Airlines said yesterday that it might sell all or part of its maintenance operations to outside investors to raise cash to modernize and expand the unit.
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Target Corp  cut its outlook for October sales at stores open at least a year on Monday, the second month in a row the discount retailer has lowered its same-store sales forecast, as investors begin to focus on how the holiday sales season will measure up.
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Retailer Target Corp  , which has been under pressure from activist investor  Bill Ackman to boost its stock price, said on Wednesday it was  considering selling $7 billion in credit-card assets and would  evaluate its pace of share repurchases.
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The company plans to recoup by raising its commission on items that sell.
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Ritchie Capital Management is said to be close to an agreement to sell the assets in its flagship multi-strategy fund for about $1 billion.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a slightly higher market open on Thursday as higher November sales from retailers including Target Corp. , and Limited Brands Inc.  boded well for the holiday shopping season.
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If price is important to you, you might be willing to wait to buy a stock.
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Some of YUKOSâs assets will be sold through the Russian Federal Property Fund, the Justice Ministryâs Main Department in Moscow said on Tuesday.
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Dutch bank and insurer ING Group said Monday it will sell the activities of Baring Asset Management, nearly a decade after it purchased the remains of the bankrupt British bank Barings.