Feb 28, 2017

Target shares in freefall after disappointing holiday sales

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Target announced its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday, posting a decline in same-store sales compared with the fourth quarter of 2015. Investors are bidding down the retailer's stock in pre-market trading, with shares falling more than 12%. The firm also predicted future revenue and earnings far below what analysts had been expecting.

Source: Money.net

Why it matters: It'syYet another sign of the retail industry overextended itself in recent years, and the toll that competition from e-commerce has taken on traditional bricks-and-mortar. Long a better performer on Wall Street than its rival Walmart, Target now trades at a relative discount.

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Coronavirus dashboard

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Global: Total confirmed cases as of 5:30 p.m. ET: 12,607,510 — Total deaths: 562,338 — Total recoveries — 6,948,863 — Map.
U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 5:30 p.m. ET: 3,228,884 — Total deaths: 134,600 — Total recoveries: 983,185 — Total tested: 38,919,421 — Map.
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Sports: Charge of "money grab" by college football.
World: India reimposes lockdowns as coronavirus cases soar.

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Ursula Perano

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Supreme Court expands religious freedoms in schools, employment

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The Supreme Court ended its term with a series of rulings on religion's role in schools, the workplace and access to health care.

Why it matters: The decisions elevated protections for people and employers of faith, while curtailing those of religion teachers, the nonreligious taxpayer and women who rely on their workplaces' health care plans for contraception.

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Mike Allen

4 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Scoop: Don Jr. plans convention-week Biden book

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Donald Trump Jr., in quarantine since girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle tested positive for the coronavirus, says he's used the time to finish a book that he'll self-publish the week of the Republican convention, at the end of August.

What he's saying: Don Jr., whose controversial blasts connect with President Trump's base, told me in a phone interview that "Liberal Privilege" will be his effort to paint a picture of Joe Biden and his record that the press ignores.