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Solomon Co. as advisor (at bizjournals.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/bizj/rss/SIG=128mpar91/*http%3A//dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2010/02/08/daily19.html?ana=yfcpc</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3637450094</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:05:19 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tiffany Is Bank of America&apos;s Valentine (at TheStreet.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/tsmfe/rss/SIG=12vs8a74g/*http%3A//www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10678410/1/tiffany-is-bank-of-americas-valentine.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;cm_cat=FREE&amp;cm_ite=NA</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1640728168</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:40:14 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tiffany upped to buy at BofA Merrill Lynch (at MarketWatch)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cbsm/rss/SIG=11kitjnkn/*http%3A//www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b6F41CE3E-4985-487A-B133-6D2C3DC7F0CE%7d&amp;siteid=yhoof2</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3794305515</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:23:35 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zale hires Solomon as advisor (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100209/apfn_us_zale_solomon.html?.v=1</link><description>Zale Corp. on Tuesday said it has hired Peter Solomon Co. as an advisor to help the struggling jewelery chain. 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Tiffany kicked things off last month with a raised earnings forecast and holiday sales up 17 per cent, year-on-year.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2886234800</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:15:17 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shaky Ground (at Forbes.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/forbes/rss/SIG=135tv7q8l/*http%3A//www.forbes.com/global/2010/0208/companies-haiti-earthquakes-nepal-turkey-shaky-ground.html?partner=yahoomag</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2487138789</guid><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:12:05 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DGSE Companies, Inc. Executes Definitive Agreements to Acquire All Equity Interests, and to Eliminate All Debt, Held by Stanford International Bank (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100205/20100205005095.html?.v=1</link><description>DALLAS----DGSE Companies, Inc. , reported today that it had executed definitive agreements with the Receiver of Stanford International Bank, Ltd. that provide for SIB to convert all of its related debt, accrued interest and other expenses into DGSE common stock, thereby eliminating the entire obligation, and DGSE or its assignees to acquire all of the equity interests owned by SIB.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2615578004</guid><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:30:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>[$$] End of 2009 Looked Up for LVMH (at The Wall Street Journal Online)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/wsj/rss/SIG=12i382pha/*http%3A//online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704041504575045291750061492.html?ru=yahoo&amp;mod=yahoo_hs</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2230793470</guid><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 03:45:59 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zale Asks Vendors For Help: Report (at TheStreet.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/tsmfe/rss/SIG=12rf38p6r/*http%3A//www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10675125/1/zale-asks-vendors-for-help-report.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;cm_cat=FREE&amp;cm_ite=NA</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1096394571</guid><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:38:56 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zale Finds Expensive Way to Borrow Money (at Seeking Alpha)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/pssa/rss/SIG=12j7buvud/*http%3A//seekingalpha.com/article/186654-zale-finds-expensive-way-to-borrow-money?source=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1756673015</guid><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:05:53 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 of Cupid&apos;s Favorite Stocks (Zacks.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/zacks/100204/zacks13553000000commentary.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3436167679</guid><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 06:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>[$$] Struggling Zale Looks to Suppliers for Cash (at The Wall Street Journal Online)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/wsj/rss/SIG=12ir0jtq7/*http%3A//online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703575004575043632703978028.html?ru=yahoo&amp;mod=yahoo_hs</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/299398759</guid><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 01:35:37 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Estimates grow for Alaska&apos;s Pebble Mine deposits (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100201/us_pebble_mine.html?.v=4</link><description>The potential for riches keeps growing at Pebble Mine, a huge minerals deposit in southwest Alaska near Bristol Bay and the world&apos;s most productive wild salmon streams.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2958587423</guid><pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:43:50 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birks &amp; Mayors Inc. 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