When sales don't work, there's always begging -- at least that's what J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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May 2 - News
The Martha Stewart brand is being pulled left and right by retail giants J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) and Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M).
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May 2 - News
When investors think of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), they think of negatives and a struggling business that has a low probability of turning itself around.
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May 2 - News
The world of retail-department stores has changed drastically over the past several years, due in large part to the convenience of online shopping.
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May 1 - News
The once proud name of American middle market retailing has had its stockholders played for suckers by a city slicker named Ron Johnson, who thought he could make the old dog ...
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May 1 - Hedge Funds
In recent days, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) added another world-class hedge fund manager to its shareholder list.
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May 1 - News
There is always a high demand for out-of-consensus ideas as these are easy shots to make money.
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May 1 - News
When Ron Johnson attempted to re-brand J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) by making it trendy, he effectively alienated its core customers.
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April 30 - News
Since the very public ousting of CEO Ron Johnson, J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 30 - News
Most investors own stocks in the hopes of seeing them rise in value over the years.
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April 28 - News
Renowned hedge fund magnate George Soros provided some real life to J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 27 - News
Looking solely at economic data, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment for April rose to 76.4.
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April 27 - News
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) and Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) can't possibly be more different from one another.
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April 23 - News
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) has received what seems like nothing but bad news for over a year. Sales have continued to slump.
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April 23 - News
Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M) has bounced back strongly from the Great Recession, with the share price rising more than sevenfold since bottoming below $6 in late 2008.
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April 22 - News
The apparel industry should be just one of the benefactors of a rebounding economy.
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April 21 - News
Yesterday we looked at the first part of my attempt to parallel the similarities between one of America's most-watched sports, auto racing (i.e., NASCAR), and investing.
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April 21 - News
NEW YORK (AP) -- J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 17 - News
There was no shortage of bad news for troubled retailer J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) last week.
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April 16 - News
James Cash Penney opened his first store, one of a chain known as "the Golden Rule," in Kemmerer, Wyo., on April 13, 1902.
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April 14 - News
Like seeing a horse named Paste winning the Kentucky Derby, J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 13 - News
Ordinarily, you'd expect a legal victory to give a company's stock at least a short-term boost. But for J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 12 - News
Last year, I introduced a weekly series called "CEO Gaffe of the Week." Having come across more than a handful of questionable executive decisions when compiling my list of the...
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April 12 - News
Stupidity is contagious. It gets us all from time to time. Even respectable companies can catch it.
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April 12 - News
Way back in June 2011 when Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) lost retail chief Ron Johnson to J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 11 - News
Just the other day I remarked how often the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) got saved by late-afternoon rallies that limited the damage done during the ...
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April 10 - News
Despite the disaster that is its sales strategy, not to mention the apparent confusion that reigns in the C-suite, J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 10 - News
J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 10 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) hit yet another record high today, as stocks had a late-day run for the second session in a row today.
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April 10 - News
By my own count, I have written five articles in the last 12 months regarding beleaguered retailer J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP).
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April 9 - News
In all fairness, I suppose you can't blame them for being antsy; J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 9 - News
Even Ron Johnson, a ringer from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s retail business, couldn't step in to save the struggling J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP).
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April 9 - News
Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) kicked off earnings season less than 24 hours ago, investors and analysts are still parsing last night's speech by the Federal Reserve chairman...
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April 9 - News
Editor's note: A previous version of this article mentioned that Richard Schulze was rejoining Best Buy's board, which was incorrect. Mr.
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April 9 - News
Ron Johnson didn't do J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) investors any favors in the year and a half that he was at the helm.
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April 9 - News
After weeks of looking forward to first-quarter earnings results, investors didn't get the decisive start to earnings season that many had expected when Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) ...
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April 9 - News
After a month of failed mediation, Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M), Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE:MSO), and J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 9 - News
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP)'s executive compensation has recently come into the spotlight, following the company's proxy filing last week.
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April 8 - News
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is on fire, and I'm not talking about the stores.
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April 7 - News
The first quarter officially came to a close last weekend and ended on a perfect note for the broad-based S&P 500 -- at an all-time record high.
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April 5 - News
A day after one of the worst losses for the broad-based S&P 500 (S&P Indices:.INX) all year, we're seeing a small rebound, albeit on the heels of economic news that otherwise ...
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April 4 - News
In 2011, when J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) hired Ron Johnson as CEO, it also paid him $53.3 million in total compensation. Last year, while J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 4 - News
The Phillips curve attached above suggests that once inflation is induced, unemployment rate dips over the intermediate term, before normalizing to its fair value.
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April 4 - News
Some hedge funds are known for their activist stances.
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April 3 - Hedge Funds
Shopping used to be entertainment, back before the Web was spun. Men and women would enter a store with a rough idea of want or need.
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April 3 - News
The financial media can be a valuable source of news and relevant information about the market.
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April 3 - News
On March 22, department store chain Dillard's, Inc.
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April 1 - News
According to Bloomberg, as of Mar. 21, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) has a 42.6% short interest. This means that of J.C.
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April 1 - News
The market has seen an incredible run off its lows over the past four years.
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March 31 - News
While reviewing Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST)'s recent results I had an eerie sense of déjà vu.
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March 28 - News