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Tandy Brands Accessories, Inc. will release its third quarter 2008 financial results after the market close on Friday, May 16, 2008. via Business Wire

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Clearwire Corp., which is merging its wireless broadband unit with that of Sprint Nextel Corp. via Forbes

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Retail shares headed higher Monday, bolstered by rosier-than-expected forecasts from AnnTaylor Stores Corp. via MarketWatch

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“Someone like Microsoft might want to buy Powerset.”

Powerset on Sunday unveiled tools for searching Wikipedia that use conversational phrasing instead of keywords, marking the first step of its challenge to established Web search services such as Google. via Scientific American

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AnnTaylor Stores Corp.'s first quarter profit will exceed its previous forecast because of stronger results at its Loft apparel chain as well as better expense and inventory control, the company said Monday. via MarketWatch

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President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna was married on Saturday evening to Henry Hager, the son of the Virginia Republican Party chairman, in front of more than 200 family members and close friends. via Power 105.1 fm

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Rome, May 8 - Armani Hotels & Resorts of Italian fashion guru Giorgio Armani will open the Armani Hotel in the Burj Dubai tower in Dubai in 2009, it emerged at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai running until ... via Hotels

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“We are elated to have Mark with us. He is a great merchant and a world-class marketer who understands the original DNA of the Ellen Tracy brand. We are confident he will make exactly the right connection between Ellen Tracy and consumers.”

Fashionology Group LLC today announced that Mark Mendelson has been named President of Ellen Tracy LLC "). Fashionology acquired the Ellen Tracy brand early in April, 2008. via Earth Times

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Name of Product: Master Craft Pressure Washers Units: About 1,900 Importer: Fingerhut Direct Marketing, of Eden Prairie, Minn. via WTOL-TV Toledo

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“I don't see any fundamental changes that are going to loosen up the wallet for consumers”

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Sunday, May 11, 2008 After slashing inventory and cutting expenses, the retail industry is still bracing for the largest overall quarterly profit decline in at least nine years when ... via WQXI-AM Atlanta

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“The energy of the teens in Puerto Rico, mixed with our excitement for being here, will prove the right fit”

Aeropostale Inc. has announced plans to roll out stores in Puerto Rico. Its first store will open this month at Plaza Carolina. via VMSD

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John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. is holding open the option of appealing a recent Delaware court's refusal to block the breakup of IAC/InterActiveCorp into five companies. via The Birmingham News

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Police are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy who was struck by a freight train at a railroad crossing in western New York. via Newsday.com

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An artist's impression, as viewed from Guildhall Square THESE swanky new offices are what business giant Capita wants to replace the run-down former C&A building in Southampton. via The Daily Echo

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“This is another way we look at expanding the marketplace, going deeper into the consumer types as opposed to trying to be a little bit of everything to everyone and in the end not being enough of anything for anybody”

Nike Inc. and The Finish Line Inc. have opened a new retail concept called Finish Line Ltd, aimed at the niche market of runners and athletes in training. via VMSD

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London, May 8 : It was certainly a friendship formed in heaven, literally so, as George Clooney and Victoria and David Beckham clicked like a house on fire while travelling together in a private plane to New ... via The London News.Net

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The chief executive of luxury clothing retailer Barneys New York has said he plans to resign, The New York Times reported on Saturday. via Earth Times

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Colorado-based Liberty Media Corporation has filed an appeal to stop IAC/InterActiveCorp from going ahead with a plan to break up the Internet conglomerate. via KRDO

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“The numbers for the most part exceeded expectations, and that was helped in part by better traffic as the weather got better, the calendar shift, and for a lot of the retailers, heightened promotional activity”

Teen retailers in the United States proved a bright spot in April, as young men and women bucked the recent consumer saving trend affecting the apparel industry to shop and spend as the weather warmed up. via Reuters

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“There is no assurance that any such proposal will be made or, if made, would lead to an agreement with the company providing for a sale of the company”

The board of Children's Place Retail Stores Inc. said Friday it has approved a request from its former chief executive Ezra Dabah to work on a proposal to acquire the company with a private equity firm. via International Business Times

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“His role is more akin to founder or lead creative talent than a typical CEO.”

' The top executive of Abercrombie & Fitch , who has built the retailer into a chain of about 1,000 stores, received compensation that the company valued at $9.9 million in 2007, an 82 percent increase from the ... via Columbus Dispatch

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Starting this Friday until Sunday in NYC, and then May 16 until May 18 in LA, fans of Target's Go International collections can purchase Rogan for Target , priced between $15 and $45. Before you get all ... via Fabsugar

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Quiksilver Inc., the maker of the namesake surfing and snowboarding gear, has been sued by sports network ESPN Inc. via Deseret Morning News

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Real Goods Solar, a residential and commercial solar installer based in Broomfield, began trading stock today with an initial public offering at $10 a share. via The Boulder County Business Report

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“The smart shopper is in full bloom”

Shoppers move around the new Hennes & Mauritz store opened at The Americana at Brand outdoor shopping community in Glendale, Calif. via Athens Banner-Herald

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Shareholders meetings, usually sleepy affairs, took a dramatic turn on Thursday at Charming Shoppes Inc. via MSN Money

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Regulatory News: On Thursday 8 May H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB held its Annual General Meeting under the chairmanship of lawyer Sven Unger. via Earth Times

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“These results, despite recent slowing of the overall U.S. economy, are a testament to the ability of our brands and merchants to put forward a compelling product and environment that positively resonates with our customers”

Urban Outfitters, Inc. , a leading lifestyle specialty retail company operating under the Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain and Urban Outfitters brands, today announced record sales for the three months ended ... via PrimeNewswire

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“For The Children's Place, we can once again focus exclusively on building our core namesake brand and driving the business forward”

Walt Disney Co. has reacquired the chain of Disney stores from The Children's Place Retail Stores Inc. via VMSD

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“Vacation rentals are a growing trend in travel, and PickPackGo is perfectly positioned to succeed by focusing on meeting renters' needs, while providing a compelling pay-for-performance distribution opportunity for property managers”

Erik Blachford, formerly President and CEO of Expedia, Inc. and CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp's travel division, IAC Travel, has joined the PickPackGo Board of Directors. via Travel Distribution News

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced the appointment of Phil McAveety as Chief Brand Officer for the global hotel giant. via Hotel News Resource

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“Superheroes are about issues of the body, identity and transformation, about acting your fantasies and transforming yourself into anyone or anything you want to be”

The Graphic Body Gallery, by Moschino and Willhelm, inspired by Superman, is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibition, Monday, May 5, 2008. via Kansas.com

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“The agency's work will seek to engage consumers in the brand all year long”

L.L. Bean heads to Chicago After a review, L.L. Bean has named GSD&M Idea City as its advertising agency of record. via DM News

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“Positively, our business covered the incremental cost of commodities in total.”

This week, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola reportedly review their bottle sizes within the US, and the beverage division of Sara Lee helps ensure the company remains on target for full year profit growth. via NutraIngredients-USA

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Spring training as we know it is threatened. Use this link to learn how to support the national pastime in our own backyard. via KVOA-TV Tucson

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“We learned that more than one in four local patients are using the pediatric emergency department for non-emergencies”

A community-wide study in upstate New York found that nearly 28 percent of all visits to the pediatric emergency department could have been replaced with a more cost-effective Internet doctor's "visit," or ... via Huliq.com

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. , one of the world ' s largest hotel and leisure companies, announced today the appointment of Thomas E. Clarke, Ph.D to the Company ' s Board of Directors. via Business Wire

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A federal jury in Oregon has ordered Topeka-based Collective Brands to pay 305 million dollars to sporting goods maker Adidas over trademark infringement. via KSNT-TV Topeka

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“A variety of external market pressures including volatile commodity prices, continue to affect the industry”

Sara Lee Corp. said fiscal third-quarter earnings excluding a host of onetime items inched higher in the latest quarter despite the drag of higher costs for many key ingredients.

Even with the help of a lower tax rate, however, the Downers Grove packaged-food giant's latest earnings fell short of analyst forecasts by two pennies.

Earnings for the quarter ened March 29, adjusted to strip out the skewing effect of charges and other unusual items, rose to were $249 million, or 22 cents a diluted share, up modestly from the year-ago quarter's adjusted income of $242 million. Read more

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“Despite a challenging market environment, we are optimistic we will achieve all our targets.”

The company's net profit in the January-March quarter rose to 169-million compared with 128-million a year ago. via The Globe and Mail

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“It's selling adult books to teenagers.”

A Washington mother with a teenage son said she was outraged to find books with sexual content on sale at the teen clothing store Urban Outfitters. via Daily India

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“We believe it is in the best interest of all Charming Shoppes shareholders to resolve this matter”

With a dramatic shareholder showdown just days away, Charming Shoppes Inc. said today that dissident investors had rejected its offer to settle a proxy fight. via Philly.com

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U.S. stocks retreated as retailers fell on record oil prices and Yahoo! Inc . tumbled the most in almost two years after Microsoft Corp. via Bloomberg

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Scouler & Company, the Los Angeles-based financial turnaround and restructuring firm, was appointed Chief Restructuring Officer by the Dan River, Inc. via Earth Times

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L.L. Bean plans to open a second store in the Chicago metropolitan area as part of its retail expansion outside of the Northeast. via WMTW-TV Auburn

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Comtex DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., May 03, 2008 ----Sara Lee Corp. announces the following Webcast: When: May 6, 2008 @ 10:00 AM Eastern Where: http://www.investorcalendar.com/ClientPage.asp?ID=128244 How: Live over ... via Fox News

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“Democrats vote for Democrats, Republicans vote for Republicans ... and independents vote for the winners”

The increasingly bitter battle for the Democratic presidential nomination could benefit Republicans, but not in the catastrophic way some might expect. via Wausau Daily Herald

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- Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (down 260.25 points at 13,825.60):

Groupe Bikini Village Inc. (TSX:GBV). Clothing store. Unchanged at 8.5 cents on 10,691,004 shares. The firm reported it will proceed with a normal course issuer bid where it may purchase up to 13.74 million shares at the stock price as of April 22.

Caledonia Mining Corp. (TSX:CAL). Precious metals. Down half a cent, or 3.13 per cent, to 15.5 cents on 10,545,800 shares. The metals and mining sector was one of the biggest decliners on the TSX, falling nearly four per cent. Read more

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“My whole vision for Tumi is inspired by the most glamorous times of travel”

Tumi Inc. , the upscale luggage and accessories maker, has opened a new Manhattan store in the burgeoning Wall Street area. via VMSD

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Shares closed sharply higher, rising $2.62, or 17.95 percent, to $17.22. Trading was recorded at more than seven times the average daily volume, with shares traded reaching 2.9 million. via UnionLeader.com

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“An index-services provider could define the capitalizations one way and an asset manager another way, so there is no real definition, and it is all open to interpretation”

Question: With all the recession worries, what are the prospects for my shares of Coach Inc. via The Orlando Sentinel

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Christopher & Banks Corporation today announced that Martin Bassett has been named to its Board of Directors effective May 20, 2008. via Earth Times

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“Democrats vote for Democrats, Republicans vote for Republicans ... and independents vote for the winners”

The increasingly bitter battle for the Democratic presidential nomination could benefit Republicans, but not in the catastrophic way some might expect. via Wausau Daily Herald

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“With an increase in the divorce rate and more and more people accepting second marriages, that has definitely changed”

You're never too old to fall in love. That's what Yoji Kawamura figured after retiring at the age of 62 and deciding that part-time work and his new hobbies of photography and computers weren't enough to fill ...