Archive for Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Retailers Suit Up for Latest Tailored Look

• Jakks Net Soars on Strong Sales By Melinda Fulmer

• Lands’ End to Close Phone Center, Cut Jobs

• IRS Says Firms, Execs Used Ploy to Avoid Taxes By Kathy M. Kristof

• Skechers Swings to Profit as Sales Rise

• Winn-Dixie Files for Protection From Creditors

• Hot Season May Bring Southland Blackouts By Marc Lifsher

• Virgin to Add Store to Hollywood & Highland By Roger Vincent

• Briefly

• Ebbers, CFO Clashed, Exec Says

• Maker of Rocket Engines Is Sold By Peter Pae

• Stocks Fall on Dollar, Oil Concerns By Josh Friedman

• CEO Says Sirius Workers Didn’t Get Subpoenas

• State Probing Two Title Insurers By Annette Haddad

• Crude Tops $51, Signaling More Pain at Pump By James F. Peltz

• Starwood to Try Its Luck in Las Vegas By Jerry Hirsch

• EARNINGS

• Ad Agency Execs Convicted of Fraud

• T-Bill Rates at Highest Level Since 2001

• PG&E Pressed on Pollution Cleanup By Andrew Wang

• Home Depot’s Earnings Rise on Solid Sales

• Dollar Sinks on Korean Bank Plan

• Retrial of Tenet Case Is Scheduled

• Kohl’s to Restate Results Over Some Store Leases

• Federated Profit Falls 4% but Beats Forecast

• Qwest Cleared to Bid on Government Contracts

• Icahn Sues Mylan Over Board Election Rules

• Also

• Herbalife Reports Loss in 4th Quarter By Melinda Fulmer

• Exec Tells of Odd Profit Data at HealthSouth

• NASD Fines Piper Jaffray, Quick & Reilly Over Preferred-Fund Sales

• Agencies Crack Down on Scams

• Index of Consumer Confidence Drops

• Sempra Energy Plans to Raise Stock Dividend 16%