The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Target Corp.'s second-quarter profit fell 7.6 percent, but managed to beat Wall Street expectations. (TGT)
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | yesterday
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs writes Wednesday that a Barron’s story about Target Corp.’s recent earnings missed the bulls’ eye when discussing its credit card issues. Fuchs writes, “To The Wall Street Journal, representative of much of the longer-form work, credit card trouble was the first factor mentioned in the lead sentence to explain why net [...]
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bill Ackman has been making a lot of news lately on Wall Street. His contraversal views about bond insurers with Marty Whitman are widely reported. He is right, so far, making a lot of money by shorting bond insurers. These are his buys and sells during the second quarter. Bill Ackman owns 9 stocks with a total value of $2.4 billion.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Target Corp. posted a 7.6 percent drop in second-quarter profit Tuesday and offered a cautious outlook for the third quarter as its customers focused on necessities like milk and paper towels and had trouble making their monthly credit card payments.
The Wichita Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Target Corp.'s second-quarter profits fell 7.6 percent, but managed to beat Wall Street expectations. (TGT)
ABC News (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
The second-quarter profit decline of 7.6% still beat Wall Street expectations.
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Olympian Kim Glass --she's an outside hitter on the US volleyball team--auditioned to be on America's Next Top Model five times. [The Cut ] Luxury retailer Saks Inc. is reporting losses of 31.7 million dollars for the second quarter. [WWD] Less luxurious retailer Target Corp. is having similar problems, reporting a 7.6 percent drop in sales. [ WWD] In a move that will force fashion editors to scramble,...
Unfortune (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Target Corp.’s second-quarter profit slipped as the discount retailer faced more frugal consumers and difficulties in its credit card business, the company said Tuesday. But the results still managed to beat analysts’ estimates.
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Retailer Target Corp. reported a 7.6% decrease in quarterly profit Tuesday, even as overall sales grew.
The Atlanta Business Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Target Corp.’s second-quarter profits fell 7.6 percent, but managed to beat Wall Street expectations. (TGT)
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Target Corp. reported a 7.6 percent drop in second-quarter profit Tuesday as its financially squeezed consumers focused on necessities like milk and paper towels.
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Target Corp.’s second-quarter profits fell 7.6 percent, but managed to beat Wall Street expectations. (TGT)
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Target Corp. reported a 7.6 percent drop in second-quarter profit Tuesday but beat Wall Street expectations despite weak sales growth in the tough economy that has seen shoppers pull back.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) today reported net earnings of $634 million for the second quarter ended August 2, 2008, compared with $686 million in the second
NewsObserver.com - Business (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Target Corp. reported a 7.6 percent drop in second-quarter profit Tuesday but beat Wall Street expectations despite weak sales growth in the tough economy that has seen shoppers pull back.
