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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
American Apparel Wins Same Store Sales Game	American Apparel, Inc. (AMEX: APP) is trading up 2% pre-market on strong same store sales data for August. The apparel retailer is showing that its young adult retail trendy stores aren’t a flash in the pan. The relatively new apparel retailer posted same store sales for August at +31% on a constant currency basis and posted +34% gains if you include the adjustments from currencies. It also opened 16 new stores in August alone and has now opened 36 stores in 2008. This is rarely a ...	September 04, 2008
American Apparel scoops up ads on Facebook and MySpace	Filed under: Marketing and advertisingTo say that American Apparel (AMEX: APP) is a unique company is like saying that Tiger Woods is a talented athlete: you have a CEO who receives oral sex from employees during interviews, tells reporters that his company's CFO is a "complete loser," and the company has taken out ads promoting its controversial views on immigrations laws. Then, just for fun, the company is being sued by Woody Allen. But when you get past all the weirdness, you have a company ...	August 10, 2008
Will Teva, The ‘Mighty Israeli PacMan,’ See a Rival Bidder for Barr Pharma?	Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is so acquisitive that Credit Suisse Group analysts dubbed the generic pharmaceuticals company “The Mighty Israeli PacMan.” But will another company jump in to stop Teva midchomp into its $7.46 billion acquisition of Barr Pharmaceuticals? From TevaUSA.com At least one analyst suggests it is a possibility. Credit Suisse specialty pharmaceuticals analyst Marc Goodman–who opined that the takeover is “a great deal for Teva”–w...	July 18, 2008
Four at Four: Fannie, Freddie Frighten	When it comes to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, market participants remain Nervous Nellies. Shares of the government-sponsored enterprises ended the day down a sickening 24% and 13%, respectively, as investors fretted over a worsening of the credit crisis (and things can always get worse). Tuesday, soothing words from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and James Lockhart, head of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, calmed investors’ nerves a little, after the suggestion was mad...	July 09, 2008
American Apparel's odd press releases	Filed under: ScandalsOn Friday morning before the opening bell, American Apparel (AMEX: APP) announced that CFO Ken Cieply -- the main founder and CEO Dov Charney called a "complete loser" -- had resigned. Except they didn't exactly announce that. The headline was American Apparel Announces Hiring of Interim CEO, which is reminiscent of the old joke about NASA needing another seven astronauts. But the market saw through the attempted spin and sent the stock down a few cents.But American Appar...	May 27, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The StreetWORD VIDEO HERERetail TradeIS the retail sector worth a short-term trade considering the bullish action in the sector of late? Kohl's (KSS) and Nordstrom (JWN) are set to report earnings on Thursday. Macke said traders could get long KSS and JWN ahead of their reports. He thinks both firms will report decent numbers and the stocks should pop. Adami advised investors if they trade KSS make sure to be out by Friday. Finerman disclosed her hedge fund has sold out of Children's Pla...	May 14, 2008
American Apparel CEO calls CFO a 'complete loser' -- but wait, there's more!	Filed under: Management, ScandalsBack in December, I wrote about American Apparel (AMEX: APP), which had recently gone public through special purpose acquisition vehicle, and its CEO's checkered reputation -- sexual harassment lawsuits, masturbating in front of a reporter, etc. etc. etc. The stock has taken a beating since then. This weekend's Wall Street Journal has a lengthy profile of American Apparel and CEO Dov Charney, and it just gets juicier. In an interview, he referred to his company'...	April 12, 2008
Jim Cramer's Lightning Round	Bullish Goldman Sachs (GS), Foster Wheeler (FWLT), Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK), FMC Technologies (FTI), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Schering-Plough (SGP), US Bancorp (USB), Wells Fargo (WFC), Research In Motion (RIMM), Apple (AAPL) and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX). BearishMerrill Lynch (MER), Fluor (FLR), Penn National Gaming (PENN), MBIA (MB), Flotek Industries (FTK), Ford Motor (F), Dryships (DRYS), Cornell Companies (CRN), Crocs (CROX), American Apparel (APP), Southern Peru Copper (PCU). ...	March 18, 2008
Nasdaq lightens up on blank check IPOs	Filed under: Press releases, NASDAQBlank-check IPOs have been on the rise recently. There are companies that conduct initial public offerings for the sole purpose of raising capital to acquire other companies. American Apparel (AMEX: APP) recently went public in this manner. Historically, Nasdaq listing standards have barred these companies from the exchange, which has been a big boon to the otherwise-struggling AMEX. Now the Nasdaq is proposing a new rule to the SEC that would allow SPACs to l...	February 24, 2008
American Apparel takes a stand on immigration reform -- Good business?	Filed under: Marketing and advertisingRecently gone-public clothing sensation American Apparel (AMEX: APP) has a new marketing campaign, and it isn't just about selling clothes. According to the New York Times, "In a new series of ads, American Apparel is moving in a political direction. The cause is immigration reform, and the ads say in part that the status quo "amounts to an apartheid system" and should be overhauled to create a legal path for undocumented workers to gain citizenship in the ...	January 18, 2008

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