Jo-Ann Stores JAS
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TEXT-S&P revises Jo-Ann Stores outlook to positive
April 12 - Overview -- U.S. fabrics and crafts retailer Jo - Ann Stores Inc.'s financial ratios improved last year from sales growth and margin expansion. -- We are affirming all ratings,...
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Swiss government to buy Saab's Gripen fighter jets
ZURICH, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Switzerland has chosen to replace its fighter jet fleet with 22 of Swedish defence and aerospace group Saab's JAS -39 Gripen, Defence Minister Ueli Maurer said on Wednesday.
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RPT-Swiss opt for Saab's Gripen fighter jets - paper
ZURICH, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Switzerland has chosen to replace its fighter jet fleet with Swedish defence and aerospace group Saab's JAS -39 Gripen, Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources close to the government.
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Jo-Ann Stores , Inc. JAS Q4 2011 Earnings Call Transcript
… At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to the Jo - Ann Stores ' Fiscal Year 2011 Fourth Quarter Conference Call ..... background noise. Thank you, and welcome everyone to the Jo - Ann Stores ' fiscal 2011 fourth quarter conference call. In just …
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New Issue- Jo-Ann Stores sells $450 mln in 8-yr notes
March 3 (Reuters) - Jo - Ann Stores Inc on Thursday sold $450 million of senior notes in the 144a private placement market, said a market source.
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A.C. Moore Arts and Crafts ([[ACMR]] +18.8%) says it is considering strategic options, including a possible sale of the company. The announcement comes weeks after a rival, Jo-Ann Stores ( JAS ), ...
… considering strategic options, including a possible sale of the company. The announcement comes weeks after a rival, Jo - Ann Stores ( JAS ), agreed to a $1.6B takeover from P-E firm Leonard Green & Partners . ( PR ) Post your comment!
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A Differing Perspective on Retail M&A: Fred's
… up a mispriced gem. The latter stages of 2010 brought a flurry of deal activity, including J Crew ( JCG ) and Jo - Ann Stores ( JAS ). More recently, management teams have decided to test the waters, announcing publicly a willingness to do …
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Diamond Hill Long-Short Fund Fourth Quarter Commentary
… and the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund. We eliminated our short positions in retailers Gymboree Corp. and Jo - Ann Stores , Inc . ( JAS ), auto dealership CarMax, Inc. (KMX), trucking company Werner Enterprises (WERN), drug wholesaler …
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Crafting stylish rewards in the Jo-Ann merger…… they, too, can create a $1.6 billion deal, as Jo - Ann Stores , Inc. ( JAS ) did at the end of December with an affiliate of ..... the guy to write it. The preliminary proxy that Jo - Ann Stores filed last week gave us insight into how Webb will …
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Want a copy of our 2011 M&A picks?
… the next M&A” target. One of our recent successes was our prediction — all the way back in March 2009 — that Jo - Ann Stores ( JAS ) would be taken over. At the time, the company was trading at just over $14. When the deal was announced …