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Big Lots, Inc.

5/25/2013, 1:59 PM ET

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Tuesday, April 30, 9:12 AM Big Lots (BIG) taps David Campisi to be its new CEO, effective next week. The new hire was recently the Chairman and CEO of Respect Your Universe. Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, April 11, 10:52 AM Big Lots (BIG +1.1%) seems to be taking its own sweet time to find a new CEO as the retailer enters its sixth month without a new top exec. The development adds to the theory of dealReporter that the company is toying with the idea of selling itself. Comment! [Consumer]
Wednesday, March 6, 10:48 AM Big Lots (BIG +6%) could be toying with the idea of selling itself, speculates dealReporter. A respectable Q4 earnings report sets the table while the interesting disclosure that the company didn't buy any shares during the quarter adds to the theory. Comment! [Consumer]
Wednesday, March 6, 9:10 AM Premarket gainers: PRAN +13%. PBR +12%. CYTX +9%. PPHM +8%. GEVO +8%. MTG +8%. TSL +8%. HNR +7%. BIG +7%.PBR.A +6%. PAY +5%. WPRT +5%.
Losers: AVAV -25%. TFM -11%. AEO -9%. SOHU -8%. QIHU -5%. NBG -5%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, March 6, 6:46 AM More on Big Lots' (BIG) Q4: Comparable-store sales in the U.S. rose 3.5%. Canadian operations posted the first profitable quarter since the acquisition in 2011. The company sees Q1 EPS of $0.53-$0.65 vs. $0.75 and FY13 EPS of $3.05-$3.25 vs. $2.90 consensus. (PR) Comment! [Consumer, Earnings]
Wednesday, March 6, 6:45 AM Big Lots (BIG): Q4 EPS of $2.09 beats by $0.11. Revenue of $1.75B in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, March 6, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: AEO, AMRC, BF.B, BIG, END, HOV, POZN, SPLS, TFM, WMC, WRES Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, March 5, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: AEO, AMRC, BF.B, BIG, END, HOV, POZN, SPLS, TFM, WMC, WRES Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, February 7, 6:04 PM PVH and Big Lots (BIG) are swapping indices: PVH is joining the S&P 500, and Big Lots is moving to the S&P MidCap 400. Also joining the MidCap 400 are CommVault (CVLT), which is replacing Warnaco Group (WRC), and Primerica (PRI), which replaces soon-to-be-acquired Shaw Group.. Titan (TWI) will take CommVault's current spot in the S&P SmallCap 600. PVH +1.8% AH. BIG -2%. TWI +3.1%. PRI +2.9%. Comment! [Consumer, Tech, Financials, On the Move]
Wednesday, January 23, 6:42 AM Shares of Big Lots (BIG) look like they could snap back, writes Barron's David Englander. The retailer has launched a number of new initiatives which look promising and has big opportunities in Canada where closeout competition is lighter. Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, January 17, 2:58 PM Shares of Big Lots (BIG +5.4%) shoot higher after dealReporter points to increasing talk between the company and LBO specialists. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 3:47 AM The WSJ continues its focus on executive trading at Big Lots (BIG), finding that ten senior managers sold a total of over $23M in stock in March. The sales were made not long before the firm reported slowing Q1 revenues, which sent shares plunging 24% in one day. One of the execs, CEO Steven Fishman, is already the subject of FBI and SEC investigations for $10M of stock sales. 4 Comments [Consumer, Top Stories]
Friday, December 7, 2012, 7:02 AM The FBI has reportedly joined the SEC in investigating retiring Big Lots (BIG) CEO Steven Fishman for selling $10M of the company's stock in March, just over a month before the firm reported slowing Q1 sales, which sent shares plunging 24% in one day. Big Lots has confirmed an earlier report that the SEC is probing Fishman and said that it's received a grand-jury subpoena from the U.S. attorney's office for records about his trading. Comment! [Top Stories]
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 4:12 AM The SEC reportedly launches a probe of retiring Big Lots (BIG) CEO Steven Fishman for selling $10M of the company's stock in March, just over a month before the firm reported slowing Q1 sales, which sent shares plunging 24% in one day. Fishman, whose retirement was announced yesterday, sold the stock outside of his 10b5-1 preset trading plan. (See WSJ investigation) Comment! [Consumer, Top Stories]
Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 9:21 AM Big Lots (BIG) announces that CEO Steven Fishman will retire as soon as a successor is appointed. The company has been mired in a sales slump, with this morning's Q3 earnings release tipping off more of the same. Shares of BIG, +7.1% premarket, are on a rush off the news. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 9:10 AM Premarket gainers: SINO +28%. GALE +14%. FHCO +10%. BIG +7%. OCZ +6%. ALXA +5%.
Losers: GERN -28%. PBY -9%. DRI -9%. SSN -6.4%. PCS -6.4%. Comment! [On the Move]