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| theflyonthewall.com: | Williams-Sonoma Chairman, CEO Howard Lester to retire in May | | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. announced that Howard Lester will retire from his position as Chairman and CEO and as a member of the Board at the May 2010 annual shareholders’ meeting. He will continue, however, to assist the company in a consulting and advisory role through December 2012 and have the title of Chairman Emeritus. Upon Mr. Lester’s retirement, the Board intends to appoint Laura Alber as the company’s CEO as well as a nominee to the Board of Directors. Alber joined the company in 1995 and was appointed to her current role as President in 2006. The Board intends to appoint Adrian Bellamy, the current Lead Independent Director, as non-executive Chairman of the Board upon his re-election at the company’s 2010 annual shareholders’ meeting. :theflyonthewall.com |
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July 30, 2010
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July 29, 2010
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| theflyonthewall.com: | On The Fly: Analysts Upgrade Summary | | MOST NOTEWORTHY: ConocoPhillips (COP), Citrix Systems (CTXS) and Arch Coal (ACI) were today's noteworthy upgrades: BofA/Merrill upgraded ConocoPhillips to Neutral from Underperform following the better than expected Q2 report. The firm has a $61 price target on shares. Deutsche Bank upgraded Citrix Systems to Buy from Hold following the company's Q2 results and raised its target for shares to $65 from $45. Shares were also upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Cowen following the better than expected Q2 report. Macquarie upgraded Arch Coal to Outperform from Underperform and raised its price target to $29 from $23. The firm expects PRB priced to move higher given increased domestic and export demand combined with supply shortfalls...OTHER UPGRADES: Boeing (BA) was upgraded to Hold from Sell at Societe Generale. Equinix (EQIX) was upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer. Williams-Sonoma (WSM) was upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays. :theflyonthewall.com |
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July 27, 2010
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| 08:59 EDT | | WSM |
| theflyonthewall.com: | On The Fly: Analysts Initiation Summary | | MOST NOTEWORTHY: Oasis Petroleum (OAS), Williams-Sonoma (WSM) and Higher One (ONE) were today's noteworthy initiations: Morgan Stanley initiated Oasis Petroleum with an Equal Weight rating. Shares were also initiated at Canaccord and UBS with a Buy rating and $20 target. Janney Montgomery started Williams-Sonoma with a Neutral rating and $24 target. JMP Securities initiated Higher One with an Outperform rating and $17 price target. Shares were also initiated at Goldman with a Neutral rating and $15 target...OTHER INITIATIONS: Principal Financial (PFG) was initiated with a Hold rating and $26 target at Deutsche Bank. CBOE Holdings (CBOE) was initiated with an Outperform rating and $33 target at Macquarie. BroadSoft (BSFT) was initiated with a Buy rating and $12 target at Needham. :theflyonthewall.com |
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July 26, 2010
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