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2013/1/29
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of VMware Inc. VMW slid more than 17% in pre-market trades Tuesday morning after several brokers downgraded the stock of the enterprise software maker following its fourth-quarter results and outlook.
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2013/1/29
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks retreated in early trading Tuesday, with notable losses coming from VMware Inc. VMW , EMC Corp.
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2013/4/2
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Vodafone Group PLC VOD rose 4.8% in London on Tuesday, after a media report said Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. were working on a breakup bid for the U.K. telecom firm.
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2013/2/13
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Vodafone Group PLC VOD tumbed in London, while American depositary shares saw selling pressure in heavy premarket activity after a German magazine said the company is weighing a possible takeover of German cable network operator Kabel Deutschland AG .
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2013/3/6
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Vodafone Group PLC VOD shot up nearly 5% in London on Wednesday on the heels of a report that Verizon Communications Inc. VZ is weighing up several options involving relationships with the U.K. mobile-phone operator.
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2013/5/14
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- More than 40% of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
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2013/3/12
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley said on Tuesday that the retail giant still hasn't seen any drop in spending related to the payroll tax increase.
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2013/3/27
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT shares edged lower 0.6% on Wednesday after it said late Tuesday that it expects to incur a loss from investigations over whether it used bribes to expand in some foreign markets.
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2013/2/4
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was downgraded to a neutral rating from overweight by J.P Morgan on Monday.
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2013/2/15
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT weighed heavily on the Dow Jones Industrial Index , pulling the index into negative territory after a Bloomberg report showed an executive bemoaning the state of February sales.
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2013/5/14
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT said on Tuesday that it's conducting its own safety inspections at all of the 279 factories in Bangladesh that make goods for it.
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2013/5/16
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT shares fell 2.2% on Thursday to be the biggest decliner in the Dow after the world's largest retailer reported a disappointing first-quarter profit.
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2013/5/16
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT said its first-quarter profit rose 1.1% to $3.78 billion, or $1.14 a share, from $3.74 billion, or $1.09 a share, a year earlier.
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2013/2/21
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Dow component Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT shares rose 1.6% on Thursday after the company reported a better-than-expected fiscal fourth quarter profit and raised its annual dividend 18% to $1.88 a share.
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2013/5/7
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT is looking at two internal choices to succeed Chief Executive Mike Duke, Bloomberg News reported, citing a person familiar with the situation.
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2013/4/12
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Wall Street bank stocks fell at the open on Friday after J.P. Morgan Chase [S: JPM] and Wells Fargo [S: WFC], two of the nation's biggest banks, reported quarterly financial results.
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2013/4/8
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks erased Monday losses to turn modestly higher as investors once again viewed a market drop as a buying opportunity.
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2013/2/22
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Washington Post Co.
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2013/5/1
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Rep.
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2013/4/24
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- WellPoint Inc. WLP on Wednesday reported a 14.2% jump in earnings as sales rose 14.7% and the managed health care firm lifted its full-year earnings per share outlook.
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2013/4/23
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Wells Fargo & Co.
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2013/4/12
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wells Fargo & Co.
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2013/4/24
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Western Digital Corp.
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2013/2/12
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Western Union Co.
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2013/4/24
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Whirlpool Corp.
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2013/2/13
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Whole Foods Market WFM Wednesday missed the fiscal first-quarter consensus estimate for sales at its existing stores, sending the stock down 5% in late trades.
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2013/3/25
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Whole Foods Market Inc. WFM was downgraded to neutral from overweight on Monday at Piper Jaffray, which cited decelerating same-store sales trends and rising competition.
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2013/5/7
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Whole Foods Market WFM late Tuesday topped Wall Street's quarterly profit view, announced a 2-for-1 stock split, and raised its fiscal 2013 profit forecast.
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2013/5/16
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of William Lyon Homes rose more than 4% Thursday in the builder's first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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2013/3/19
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Williams-Sonoma Inc. WSM reported late Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 9% to $133.7 million, or $1.34 a share, from $122.6 million, or $1.17 a share, a year ago.
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