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Target Corp. says it is temporarily suspending its efforts to sell the portfolio that handles the balances credit cardholders owe the company, but plans to resume the talks later this year.

Discount chain Target Corp. says it will buy back up to another $5 billion in shares under a new stock repurchase program.

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(Nasdaq: ADSK) 4% HIGHER; tops Q3 views Research In Motion Limited (Nasdaq: RIMM) 3% HIGHER; upgraded Target Corp.

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(Nasdaq: ZOOM) 15% LOWER; Q3 results, cuts guidance Amtech Systems, Inc.

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(Nasdaq: OCZ) 16% HIGHER; Q2 results, outlook Zumiez (Nasdaq: ZUMZ) 15% HIGHER; SSS up 10.1%, ups guidance Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) 7% HIGHER; takeover speculation 99 (NYSE: NDN) 5% HIGHER; takeover spec EasyLink Services (Nasdaq: ESIC) 4% HIGHER; Q4 results Corning (NYSE: GLW) 3% HIGHER; buyback plan Target Corp.

(NYSE: TGT) 3% HIGHER; strong SSS Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) 3% HIGHER; sees upside Monsanto Co.

Better news on jobs drove U.S. stocks higher Thursday. Target Corp., Gap Inc. and other retailers jumped as their stores reported higher sales.

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(NASDAQ: APAC) 55% HIGHER; acquired by One Equity OCZ Technology (NASDAQ: OCZ) 9% HIGHER; strong Q1 results, guidance Renren Inc.

American Depositary (NYSE: RENN) 7% HIGHER; continued upside Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) 6% HIGHER; SSS up 4.5% E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc.

(NYSE: DANG) 6% HIGHER; continued upside PMI Group Inc. (NYSE: PMI) 6% HIGHER; continued upside on mortgage headlines Kohl's Corp.

Solid holiday sales and improvements in its branded credit card business helped Target's fourth-quarter profit rise almost 11 percent, but a company official cautioned Thursday that the economy is a 'wild card.'

The discounter said two major initiatives _ offering more food and giving shoppers a 5 percent discount if they use Target Corp.'s branded cards _ would help drive a key measure of revenue growth for this year to its highest level in several years.

Target Corp. says a key revenue figure edged up 0.9 percent in December but fell well short of analyst expectations.

Its shares tumbled 5 percent in pre-market trading.

Target Corp. is cutting up its Visa cards — and replacing them with its own.

Retailer Target Corp. reports earnings for its third quarter on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.