Market Currents

• Wednesday, September 9, 2009

• 09:03 AM Talbots (TLB): Q2 EPS of -$0.33 beats by $0.19. Revenue of $305M (-23%) vs. $309M. Shares +11.7% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: ENCO +333%. VVUS +54%. HITK +17%. TLB +11%. TITN +10%. FIG +7%. ATPG +8%. SRZ +7%. ARNA +6%. HL +4%. ETFC +4%. ABB +4%. OREX +4%.
  Losers: PBY -8%. PALM -6%. MYL -5%. LAZ -4%. 1 Comment

• Wednesday, May 20, 2009

• 09:00 AM Pre-market gainers: PRGN +28%. IRE +21%. IGLD +15%. ANPI +14%. ADI +12%. TLB +12%. BEXP +12%. TTM +10%. AIB +7%. SQNM +6%. GM +6%. CNB +9%. EGLE +6%. HBAN +5%. CIT +5%. JASO +5%. CDE +5%. AMD +5%. TGT +5%. SOL +5%. THC +5%. ZION +5%. DB +4%.
  Losers: RF -7%. FST -5%. NTES -5%. HPQ -4%. Comment!

• Monday, April 13, 2009

• 16:55 PM Talbots (TLB): FQ4 EPS of -$1.17 misses by $0.52. Revenue of $328M (-23.3%) in-line. Shares -15.4% AH. (PR) Comment!

• Thursday, February 5, 2009

• 10:53 AM Talbots (TLB) +15.6%. The struggling women's retailer is cutting 370 corporate-level jobs (17% of that group), and manages to arrange a new $200M loan from major shareholder Aeon (AONNY.PK), which it will use to repay debt. Shares are down 72% over the past three months. (PR) Comment!

• Tuesday, November 25, 2008

• 08:55 AM Talbots (TLB): Q3 EPS of -$0.28 misses by $0.06. Revenue of $357M (-13.8%) in-line. Shares +3.8% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: AEO, CHRS, CHS, CSUN, DHI, DLTR, EV, TLB, VIP, ZLC Comment!

• Wednesday, August 27, 2008

• 08:48 AM Talbots (TLB): Q2 EPS of -$0.34 in-line. Revenue of $528M (-7.7%) vs. $532M. Shares -5.0% pre-market. [PR] Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday's open: CEO, CHL, CHRS, DLTR, SOLF, TLB Comment!

• Tuesday, June 17, 2008

• 09:56 AM Companies most loved by institutions: IXYS Corp. (IXYS), Progenics Pharmaceuticals (PGNX), Inspire Pharmaceuticals (ISPH), Talbots (TLB), AbitibiBowater (ABH). Comment!

• Thursday, June 12, 2008

• 11:14 AM Talbots (TLB) +19%. Yesterday it snagged a $50M credit line and confirmed its 2008 guidance. Today: Short squeeze? Comment!

• Thursday, June 5, 2008

• 09:25 AM More layoffs: Talbots (TLB) is reducing its corporate staff by 9%. Comment!