j c penney

This report is an intraday check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today. 52-Week High:

• J.
  
  C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) high of $42.29. J. C. Penney has been carrying momentum since last week, which CEO Ron Johnson announced a new format for stores as well as seeing fiscal 2012 earnings at or above those achieved in 2010.

J.C. Penney Co. says Myron E. Ullman III is stepping down as chairman and will be replaced by board member Thomas Engibous on Jan. 28.

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Macquarie lowers J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) from Neutral to Outperform with a price target of $42.

J.C. Penney hopes that Ron Johnson, a man who rethought how to sell computers, can also rethink how to sell clothes, cosmetics and accessories.

J.C. Penney Co. has named Ron Johnson, who pioneered Apple Inc.'s retail stores, the department store chain's next CEO.

This report is an intraday check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today. 52-Week High:

• Top Image Systems Ltd.
  
  (Nasdaq: TISA) high of $2.88. Top Image Systems is showing some strength today after reporting that it has launched "mobile banking solutions that allows financial institutions to better respond to customer demand for mobile based capabilities using smart phones." Shares are nearly 41 percent higher on the day.
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  C. Penney Company, Inc.

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session: Before The Market Opens Economic: 8:30am EDT

• Empire Manufacturing - Street sees 18

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• Net Long-Term TIC Flows - no Street consensusEarnings: Atrinsic, Inc.
  
  (Nasdaq: ATRN) - no Street consensus Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BSPM) - no Street consensus Birner Dental Management Services Inc.
  
  (Nasdaq: BDMS) - no Street consensus Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) - consensus EPS $2.47 Ceragon Networks Ltd.

Late last year came the story of the horrific customer support issued by an online retailer who actually enjoyed the bad PR, as he knew that one measure by which Google ranks a site high in its "organic" (not paid) results is links from other sites, including links complaining about a site.

J.C. Penney knows that too, and a New York Times investigation published Saturday shows they gamed the Google system the exact same way.

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session: Before The Market Opens Earnings: Agilent Technologies Inc.

(NYSE: A) - consensus EPS $0.60 Chemspec International Ltd. (NYSE: CPC) - consensus EPS $0.23 China TransInfo Technology Corp.

(Nasdaq: CTFO) - consensus EPS $0.19 Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CIE) - consensus loss $0.07 DR Horton, Inc.

(NYSE: DHI) - consensus loss $0.04 J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) - consensus EPS $0.17 STR Holdings, Inc.

(Nasdaq: STRI) - consensus EPS $0.37 Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.

A breakdown of J.C. Penney's first-quarter results: