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Strong Earnings Growth Unlikely

The depression continues. The broadest measure of unemployment – U6 – now stands at more than 17%. The bad labor news last week didn’t seem to bother investors....

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Target’s Price Target Raised at Piper Jaffray (TGT)

Target’s Price Target Raised at Piper Jaffray (TGT)

General merchandise retailer Target Corporation ( TGT ) saw its price target boosted on Thursday by analysts at Piper Jaffray. The analyst maintained its “Overweight”...

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DuPont Offers Optimistic Guidance for 2010 (DD)

DuPont Offers Optimistic Guidance for 2010 (DD)

Chemicals maker DuPont ( DD ) on Tuesday provided a very optimistic fiscal 2010 earnings forecast that easily bested that of analysts. The Wilmington, Delaware-based...

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Solar companies defend accounting practices

By Laura Isensee LOS ANGELES, Oct 16 – U.S.-based First Solar Inc denied it was using aggressive accounting methods to support its earnings growth, despite...

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