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		<title><![CDATA[Several Retailers Miss November Sales Views]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brad DorfmanCHICAGO (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Several U.S. retailers posted weaker-than-expected sales for November, getting the key holiday season off to a sluggish start as consumers worried about the economy and double-digit unemployment.Eight of the 11 retailers that reported by early Thursday missed estimates, including Costco Wholesale Corp COST, Children's Place...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hold the Confetti for Dow 10,000]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street Strategies submits: It was pretty clear out the gate that the market would struggle as equity futures faded into the opening bell. There wasn't any panic per se, but tension in the air was thick enough to cut with a knife. The things that bugged me early on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:38:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pier 1 Imports F2Q10 (Qtr End 8/29/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question will go to the line of Budd Bugatch from Raymond James and Associates.  Analyst for Budd Bugatch - Raymond James and Associates -- [McConville] filling in for Budd, who is traveling today. Kerry, Alex, the one question I had for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:23:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Picking Up Pier 1 Ahead of Earnings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since bottoming at $.15 cents in March, Pier I Imports PIR stock has rallied over 1500% to its current price of $2.6 a share. Earnings are due on the 17th and we feel that PIR may be worth a very small allocation into the numbers for the following reasons. First...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:25:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bed Bath to Go Above and Beyond - Barron's]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond BBBY have outpaced rivals' over the past year, but investors shouldn't cash out yet, writes Barron's Lawrence C. Strauss. The stock could climb another 25% in the next year. by SA Editor Rachael Granby]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:40:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pier 1 Imports, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 2/28/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Budd Bugatch - Raymond James. Budd Bugatch - Raymond James Alex, you've done a great job in reducing inventories down to that $316 million level. Can you give us a flavor of the quality of the inventory now,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:56:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pier 1 Imports, Inc. F3Q09 (Quarter End 11/29/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Our first question comes from Analyst for Brian Nagel &#8211; UBS. Analyst for Brian Nagel &#8211; UBS You indicated that you continue to look for ways to better control costs, have you considered further store closures? Charles H. Turner  As we&#8217;ve...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pier 1 Imports, Inc. To Present at the Goldman Sachs Conference]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pre-Announces Second Quarter Results  FORT WORTH, Texas -- Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR) announced today that it is participating in the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference being held today at the Marriott Marquis in New York. Members of the management team are scheduled to give an update on the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pier 1 Imports, Inc. To Present at the Goldman Sachs Conference]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT WORTH, Texas -- Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR) announced today that it is participating in the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference being held at the Marriott Marquis in New York. Alex Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Cary Turner, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of Pier...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pier 1 Imports, Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 05/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator instructions  Your first question comes from Budd Bugatch &#8211; Raymond James. Analyst for Budd Bugatch - Raymond James This is actually TJ [McCondle] filling in for Budd, he&#8217;s on the road traveling.  A couple questions here, first the strong comp performance in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:43:12 -0700</pubDate>
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