Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT) , Starbucks (SBUX) , Private equity , Target Corp. (TGT) , Initial public offerings In the wake of last week’s public offering of Dollar General , more IPOs are expected to be coming down the pipeline as private equity firms seek a monetary return on investments made during the boom years.

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Toys ‘R’ Us and Dunkin’ Donuts in line for IPOs?

Filed under: Earnings reports , Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) , Home Depot (HD) , Target Corp. (TGT) , Penney (J.C.) (JCP) , Agilent Technologies (A) , Sears Holdings (SHLD) , Lowe’s Cos (LOW) , Limited Brands (LTD) , Deere and Co (DE) , salesforce.com inc (CRM) , Trina Solar ADS (TSL) Here are some highlights from last week’s earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO ) strong Q2 results beat expectations due to rising same-store sales.

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Earnings highlights: B&N, Deere, Heinz, Home Depot, HP, Sears, Target …

Filed under: D.R.Horton (DHI) , Lowe’s Cos (LOW) , Lennar Corp’A’ (LEN) , Toll Brothers (TOL) , Comfort Zone Investing Most investors got slammed last year, down 50% or more in their investments. Didn’t matter if they owned stocks or real estate, they got hammered. Many have to start over

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Comfort Zone Investing: Starting over

Filed under: Earnings reports , ConAgra Foods (CAG) , Kraft Foods’A’ (KFT) The J.M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM ), a food manufacturer famous for its jelly and baking products, reported a great first quarter on Friday

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J.M. Smucker kills estimates in Q1