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Sebi should attract new retail investors to MFs, rather than IPOs
Livemint
Among the plethora of decisions taken at the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi) board meeting last week, quite a few were related to improving processes of the primary markets. Some of these measures seem only incremental, but are ...
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Lowe's, Best Buy lead retail decliners
MarketWatch
Lowe's, the world's second-largest home improvement retailer, lost ground to its biggest competitor Atlanta-based Home Depot (NYSE:HD) , which reported its profit increased 7% and total same-store sales increase 2.1% in its second quarter last week.
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Facing flak over price-rise remark, Beni now bats for retail FDI
Newstrack India
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Yet drawing flak for his remark that he was "happy" with price-rise as it was beneficial for farmers, union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma Monday batted for foreign equity in retail, terming it the only way to enhance farmers ...
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RPT-As school bells ring, retailers start listening for sleigh bells
Reuters
By Jessica Wohl. Aug 19 (Reuters) - U.S. retailers expect another solid showing this holiday season, as summertime surveys and shipments show that companies are placing big orders even as some remain cautious about the economy. A report from the ...
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Average Retail Gasoline Prices Rising in PA
Gant Daily
Average retail gasoline prices in Pennsylvania have risen 4.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.72 per gallon yesterday. This compares with the national average that has increased 2.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.70 per gallon, ...
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Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. [ROIC] to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market ...
NASDAQ
Retail Opportunity Investments Corporation (Nasdaq:ROIC) is a fully integrated real estate company that qualifies as a REIT for U.S federal income tax purposes. The Company is focused on acquiring, owning, leasing, repositioning and managing a diverse ...
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State losing €860m to black market, says Retail Ireland
RTE.ie
Retail Ireland commissioned the report to put a shape on the impact of recession on retail crime, which it estimates causes a loss to the State coffers equivalent to around 6% of the annual PAYE tax-take. IBEC said the cost to the State of tobacco ...
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There's life in retail, but not as we know it
The Australian
McPherson's fortunes hinge just as much on the attitudes of the retailers as it does on their shoppers, and we all know the grocers haven't been smothering their suppliers with love. Coles struck a blow last year by removing vertical "click strips ...
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Barnes & Noble Shares Suffering as Microsoft Bloom Fades: Retail
San Francisco Chronicle
20 (Bloomberg) -- Barnes & Noble Inc.'s stock surged a record 52 percent on April 30, the day Microsoft Corp. swooped in with an offer to buy a stake in the money-losing retailer and fund its expansion into electronic books. The euphoria has evaporated ...
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Sales up 2% at Casual Male Retail Group in Q2 FY'12
Fibre2fashion.com
Casual Male Retail Group Inc. the largest multi-channel specialty retailer of big & tall men's apparel and accessories reported operating results for the second quarter of fiscal 2012. Financial Highlights. Comparable sales increased 2.0% and total ...
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Can Retail's Rally Keep It Up?
Investorplace.com
Plus, the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) is in the black since second-quarter earnings season kicked off. And even the ugliest of all retail stocks — good old Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) — saw gains after tossing out Q2 numbers. ANF shares ...
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ILLUSTRATOR / VISUALISER - (TOP RETAIL AGENCY) - NR MANCHESTER
The Independent
We are seeking an experienced Illustrator / Visualiser to join the retail division of one of the UK's largest and most successful integrated marketing communication agencies. Read on... Forming part of a worldwide business that spans 300 cities across ...
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Sunshine and Olympics loosen online purse strings, e-Retail Index shows
Retail Times
Summer sunshine and Olympic fever loosened purse strings with online sales experiencing the highest growth this year, recording a 17% jump on July 2011 and a 9% increase on June 2012, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail ...
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Who would buy Agrium's retail arm?
Globe and Mail
If Jana Partners is indeed banking on private equity speculation to buoy the value of an independent Agrium Inc. retail farm supply division, the activist investor better hope for a pick up in the leveraged buyout market because no private equity firm ...
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Globe and Mail
Northeast Ohio retail study shows Mentor with "healthy" retail vacancy rate
Plain Dealer
MENTOR, Ohio -- Vacancies account for 6.8 percent of retail properties in the Mentor-Great Lakes area, according to a mid-year overview by the commercial real estate services firm CBRE. The firm also reported a vacancy rate of 11.8 percent in Lake ...
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Apple retail exec: "we messed up"
TG Daily
Apple senior vice president of retail John Browett reportedly sent an internal email to management teams at its stores, saying that the company wanted to try a new "formula" that didn't work out. In the email, at least part of which was obtained by the ...
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TG Daily
Retail Sales Rise 0.5% In June 2012
Bernews
Retail Sales Rise 0.5% In June 2012. August 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment. According to the latest Retail Sales Index released by the Department of Statistics this morning [Aug 20], total retail sales in June 2012 rose 0.5%. Liquor stores showed an ...
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India: Increased retail sales in run up Independence Day
FreshPlaza
Retailers such as Future Group, Reliance Retail, Bharti Retail, RPG Group's Spencer and K Raheja Corp's HyperCITY - helped by active participation of several consumer product companies - offered deep discounts across product categories to push volumes ...
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Retail Under Assault
Inthemoneystocks.com (blog)
This morning, the leading retail sector is coming under some selling pressure. The important and highly followed Market Vectors Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:RTH) is trading lower by 0.20 cents to $43.80 a share. Last week, the RTH made a new 52 week high ...
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Inthemoneystocks.com (blog)
Retail, restaurants at renovated Providence Arcade could reopen as early as ...
The Republic
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Several restaurants and more than a dozen retail shops could open at Providence's renovated Arcade mall as early as next month. The Providence Journal reports that building owner Evan Granoff says four "unique" restaurants and 14 ...
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US: Retail group formed for launch of new shopping app
FreshPlaza
"The MCX platform will employ secure technology to deliver an efficiency-enhancing mobile solution available to all merchant categories, including retail stores, casual dining, petroleum and e-commerce," said Mike Cook, corporate vice president and ...
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