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This weekend in Barron's online: the world's most respected companies, a special report on what is next for the markets, and the prospects for Kansas City Southern and the Dole Food buyout. Cover Story "World's Most Respected Companies" by Vito J. Racanelli. After topping Barron's annual...

Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the first weeks of June. But, Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), saw relatively large upswings in the period. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (...

Book retailer and Nook maker Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) reported a much wider loss than expected in the fourth quarter as declines in sales were much more than expected. Further, the company painted a very negative picture for the next year for the company. Fourth Quarter Results For the...

Quarterly reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also:...

Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the final weeks of May. But Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) saw especially large upswings in the period. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE:...

Love them or hate them, tablet computers are here to stay. With over 100 million units sold in under three years, the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad has become a cultural icon and its domestic competition has established itself as well: Words like "Kindle Fire" and "Nook" have entered the American...

The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during in early April. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), GameStop (NYSE: GME), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) and SuperValu (NYSE: SVU) increased between...

The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed during the latter two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME), Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) and Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) increased somewhat between the March 15 and March...

The short interest in troubled retail companies was mixed but overall quiet during the first two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT), OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) and RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) increased somewhat between the February...

Starting Sunday, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) will give away one free Nook Simple Touch E Ink reader with the purchase of a Nook HD+ tablet. This deal (which runs until March 30) is one of the more unusual sales announced by Barnes & Noble, which got into the tablet business a couple years...

After a small global expansion in 2012, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is working hard to sell its e-books and e-readers in new regions, including China. Now the dot-com retailer is expected to bring its hardware to Taiwan. According to DigiTimes, Amazon has passed an examination conducted by Taiwan's...

By and large, the short interest in troubled retail companies increased during the final two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD...

This weekend in Barron's online: a Penta asset-allocation survey, the Dow ready to hit a record high, and the prospects for Barnes & Noble, Danone, Forestar Group and Asian markets. Cover Story "More Stocks, Fewer Bonds" by Karen Hube. After years of investing defensively, the largest...

By and large, the short interest in troubled retail companies declined during the first two weeks of February. However, the number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME) and Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) increased between the January 31...

After Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) all posted better-than-expected per-share earnings last week, the quarterly results from big retailers continue to roll out this week. Analysts on average expect that earnings from Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy'...