Trying to be like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) didn't work out so well for J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP).
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May 3 - News
JANA Partners, lead by the famous activist investor Barry Rosenstein, has become active again.
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May 3 - News
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
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE:LEE), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Apple Inc.
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May 1 - News
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
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), SandRidge Energy Inc.
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April 29 - News
SAC has been under fire in recent years, as the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have investigated numerous current and former employees suspected...
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April 29 - Hedge Funds
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
Times have been tough at J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) recently.
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April 26 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Yahoo! Inc.
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April 26 - Hedge Funds
A market-moving update, George Soros's Soros Fund Management bought 17,386,361 shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 25 - Hedge Funds
The retail industry as a whole has seen some positive momentum in 2013, with consumer sentiment rising to a new post-recessionary high.
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April 24 - News
"A company's strategy is a human construction." Read that line again.
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April 24 - 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
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE:CS), The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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April 23 - Hedge Funds
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
When a stock tumbles, the situation might lead to an opportunity of purchasing an undervalued company.
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April 17 - News
NEW YORK (AP) -- J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 17 - News
Every so often, life gives us an opportunity that we can either choose to ignore, or reach out and grab. That opportunity for me came this year, in the form of walking away ...
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April 17 - News
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD), NovaGold Resources Inc. (USA) (NYSEAMEX:NG), Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:KGC), J.C.
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April 16 - 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
Editor's Note: Related tickers: UBS AG (USA) (NYSE:UBS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 16 - Hedge Funds
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
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Oaktree Capital Group LLC (NYSE:OAK), Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG), Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WLT), J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 12 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 11 - Hedge Funds
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