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TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) closed yesterday at $39.10. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $17.80 and 52-week high of $40.64. TJX stock has been showing support around 38.55 and resistance in the 39.45 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives TJX a positive 4 STAR (out of 5...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

Although Jim Cramer likes some of things Sears Holdings (Nasdaq: SHLD) and Eddie Lampert are doing, Cramer is not ready to buy SHLD.

Cramer said don't look at how Sears is trading today and automatically think Sears reported bad quarterly results. He said several retailers reported great numbers and fell including: Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST), TJX (NYSE: TJX) and The Limited (NYSE: LTD)

Jim Cramer said Sears generated more cash than he thought, bought back more shares than Cramer expected and now SHLD has a much stronger balance sheet than Sears had last quarter.

Cramer was surprised to see the stock down, but he does say Eddie Lampert delivered. Although, Eddie delivered Cramer is still unwilling to shop at Sears stores. Cramer prefers to shop at Costco (Nasdaq: COST) or Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) because of the shopping experience versus heading over to Sears.

It's not just the big names in discount retailers who will benefit from the change in consumer spending.

TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) closed yesterday at $39.14. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $17.80 and 52-week high of $40.64. The proprietary Key Risk Ranking for...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

BloggingStocks: Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage on BloggingStocks: Ann Taylor Stores Corp. (ANN) declining same-store sales offset better-than-expected Q3 earnings. Canadian Solar Inc. (CSIQ) reached a new 52-week high after ... Read more

TJX (TJX) posted a larger-than-anticipated profit as demand for discounted consumer products continued. The firm said it sees fourth-quarter earnings of 65 cents to 71 cents a share from continuing operations Saks (SKS) reported a surprise quarterly profit Microsoft (MSFT) shares rose 3.0%, and led the gainers on the DJIA, after Morgan Stanley ...

• TJX (NYSE:TJX) posted a larger-than-anticipated profit as demand for discounted consumer products continued. The firm said it sees fourth-quarter earnings of 65 cents to 71 cents a share from continuing operations

• Saks (NYSE:SKS) reported a surprise quarterly profit

• Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares rose 3.0%, and led the gainers on the DJIA, after Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and UBS (NYSE:UBS) recommended the shares.  Morgan Stanley's analyst raised the price target on the stock due to encouraging demand for Windows 7 and upbeat expectations for holiday season demand.  UBS' analyst placed a $34 price target on the shares

• Barclays Capital (NYSE:BCS) raised ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) to "overweight"

• Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) offered a slightly downside fourth-quarter guidance of 24 cents a share ex-items

• Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) said it sees fourth-quarter earnings of 14 cents to 15 cents a share, versus Street estimates of 15 cents a share

• BMO Capital downgraded Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) to "market perform" from "outperform," cutting the price target to $64 from $100

• A counter-offer to Kraft's (NYSE:KFT) hostile, $16 billion Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) offer may be in the works from Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Ferrero

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BloggingStocks: Tuesday, TJX Companies Inc. (TJX) reported that its profit soared in the third quarter, and fellow retailers Dillard's Inc. (DDS) and Saks Inc. (SKS) said they swung to year-over-year profits in the same period. TJX posted earnings of $347.8 ... Read more

Discount retailer TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2010. The company posted quarterly earnings of 81 cents per share, slightly above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 79 cents and approximately 42% higher than the year-ago period. Net sales in the quarter were 10% higher year-over-year at $5.2 billion. TJX reported [...]

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