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| Last: 32.50 | Chg: -0.19 | %Chg: -0.58% | Open: 32.61 | Vol: 6.3 M | |
| Bid: 32.49 | Ask: 32.50 | Size: 100 | High: 32.81 | Low: 32.44 | Avg Vol: 12.9 M |

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| Industry | Retail Discretionary |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.7 B |
| 52 Wk Performance Price | 57.8% |
| Dividend | 0.94 2010/03/09 |
| Today's High 32.81 | P/E 20.8 |
| Today's Low 32.44 | EPS 1.57 |
| Open 32.61 | Price to Book 11.3 |
| Prev Close 32.69 | |
| 52 Wk high 32.71 | Moving Averages: |
| 52 Wk Low 20.06 | 21 Day 31.13 |
| Market Cap 55.6 B | 50 Day 29.55 |
| Yield 2.891 | 200 Day 27.09 |
| Bid $ | Ask $ | Chg $ | Vol | Opn Int | Series | Bid $ | Ask $ | Chg $ | Vol | Opn Int |
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| 8.45 | 8.55 | -0.15 | 0 | 982 | Mar 10 24.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 3161 |
| 7.45 | 7.55 | -0.15 | 0 | 44 | Mar 10 25.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 930 |
| 6.45 | 6.55 | -0.15 | 0 | 0 | Mar 10 26.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 3045 |
| 5.45 | 5.55 | -0.15 | 1 | 7 | Mar 10 27.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 384 | 4605 |
| 4.45 | 4.55 | -0.15 | 0 | 550 | Mar 10 28.0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 389 | 11365 |
| 3.45 | 3.55 | -0.17 | 0 | 652 | Mar 10 29.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 5424 |
| 2.49 | 2.52 | -0.17 | 214 | 1150 | Mar 10 30.0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 18 | 13082 |
| 1.50 | 1.53 | -0.17 | 64 | 2291 | Mar 10 31.0 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 79 | 5728 |
| 0.58 | 0.60 | -0.14 | 805 | 7870 | Mar 10 32.0 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 2,222 | 1827 |
| 0.06 | 0.07 | -0.06 | 1,359 | 1134 | Mar 10 33.0 | 0.56 | 0.58 | 0.10 | 955 | 1766 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 86 | Mar 10 34.0 | 1.50 | 1.53 | 0.17 | 112 | 941 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 20 | Mar 10 35.0 | 2.49 | 2.52 | 0.17 | 11 | 314 |
| 7.40 | 7.70 | -0.12 | 0 | 2 | Apr 10 25.0 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 451 |
| 6.45 | 6.80 | 0.05 | 0 | 4 | Apr 10 26.0 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | 166 |
| 5.45 | 5.85 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | Apr 10 27.0 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 136 |
| 4.45 | 4.90 | -0.05 | 0 | 7 | Apr 10 28.0 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 1 | 1360 |
| 3.55 | 3.60 | -0.18 | 8 | 156 | Apr 10 29.0 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 120 | 14802 |
| 2.63 | 2.66 | -0.15 | 2 | 3677 | Apr 10 30.0 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 73 | 17410 |
| 1.75 | 1.78 | -0.14 | 11 | 2130 | Apr 10 31.0 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 87 | 5571 |
| 1.00 | 1.02 | -0.13 | 400 | 16169 | Apr 10 32.0 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.04 | 143 | 4721 |
| 0.45 | 0.47 | -0.10 | 975 | 8535 | Apr 10 33.0 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.08 | 236 | 1475 |
| 0.15 | 0.17 | -0.05 | 47 | 580 | Apr 10 34.0 | 1.65 | 1.68 | 0.12 | 139 | 620 |
| 0.04 | 0.05 | -0.02 | 53 | 281 | Apr 10 35.0 | 2.54 | 2.57 | 0.15 | 149 | 251 |
| 17.40 | 17.55 | -0.10 | 0 | 0 | May 10 15.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 858 |
| 14.90 | 15.05 | -0.10 | 0 | 0 | May 10 17.5 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 462 |
| 12.40 | 12.55 | -0.12 | 0 | 13 | May 10 20.0 | 0.02 | 0.04 | -0.01 | 0 | 1935 |
| 10.45 | 10.60 | -0.08 | 0 | 1 | May 10 22.0 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 60 | 6290 |
| 9.45 | 9.60 | -0.08 | 40 | 52 | May 10 23.0 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0 | 3510 |
| 8.45 | 8.60 | -0.18 | 0 | 10 | May 10 24.0 | 0.06 | 0.08 | -0.01 | 0 | 8444 |
| 7.50 | 7.70 | -0.18 | 0 | 500 | May 10 25.0 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0 | 7229 |
| 6.55 | 6.65 | -0.17 | 3 | 142 | May 10 26.0 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 36 | 8344 |
| 5.60 | 5.70 | -0.15 | 3 | 1202 | May 10 27.0 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 542 | 14606 |
| 4.65 | 4.75 | -0.15 | 2 | 6952 | May 10 28.0 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.01 | 18 | 6135 |
| 3.75 | 3.80 | -0.15 | 11 | 6498 | May 10 29.0 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 40 | 13574 |
| 2.91 | 2.93 | -0.13 | 12 | 29654 | May 10 30.0 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.02 | 98 | 7230 |
| 2.12 | 2.14 | -0.12 | 193 | 10315 | May 10 31.0 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.04 | 27 | 2336 |
| 1.44 | 1.46 | -0.10 | 63 | 14339 | May 10 32.0 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.06 | 37 | 6296 |
| 0.89 | 0.90 | -0.09 | 287 | 17313 | May 10 33.0 | 1.39 | 1.41 | 0.08 | 137 | 391 |
| 0.49 | 0.50 | -0.06 | 19 | 1685 | May 10 34.0 | 1.99 | 2.02 | 0.11 | 85 | 445 |
| 0.23 | 0.25 | -0.03 | 1 | 1487 | May 10 35.0 | 2.73 | 2.76 | 0.13 | 0 | 136 |
| 0.09 | 0.10 | -0.02 | 17 | 240 | May 10 36.0 | 3.55 | 3.65 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.03 | 0.04 | -0.01 | 0 | 0 | May 10 37.0 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 75 | May 10 40.0 | 7.45 | 7.60 | 0.17 | 0 | 13 |
| 17.40 | 17.55 | -0.08 | 0 | 0 | Aug 10 15.0 | 0.02 | 0.04 | -0.01 | 0 | 60 |
| 14.90 | 15.10 | -0.07 | 0 | 0 | Aug 10 17.5 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0 | 46 |
| 12.45 | 12.60 | -0.08 | 0 | 10 | Aug 10 20.0 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 1 | 165 |
| 9.95 | 10.15 | -0.10 | 0 | 3 | Aug 10 22.5 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 3 | 2688 |
| 8.60 | 8.65 | -0.18 | 0 | 10 | Aug 10 24.0 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0 | 1449 |
| 7.65 | 7.70 | -0.17 | 0 | 128 | Aug 10 25.0 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 12 | 5281 |
| 6.70 | 6.80 | -0.15 | 5 | 174 | Aug 10 26.0 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0 | 574 |
| 5.80 | 5.85 | -0.18 | 0 | 258 | Aug 10 27.0 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.01 | 0 | 2457 |
| 4.90 | 5.00 | -0.15 | 4 | 1626 | Aug 10 28.0 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.01 | 10 | 5270 |
| 4.10 | 4.15 | -0.15 | 65 | 1625 | Aug 10 29.0 | 0.79 | 0.81 | 0.02 | 5 | 5058 |
| 3.30 | 3.40 | -0.15 | 12 | 3592 | Aug 10 30.0 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 0.03 | 467 | 1870 |
| 2.62 | 2.66 | -0.13 | 0 | 4376 | Aug 10 31.0 | 1.34 | 1.36 | 0.05 | 5 | 2344 |
| 2.00 | 2.02 | -0.11 | 6 | 3973 | Aug 10 32.0 | 1.72 | 1.74 | 0.06 | 25 | 2843 |
| 1.46 | 1.48 | -0.10 | 190 | 6049 | Aug 10 33.0 | 2.19 | 2.20 | 0.07 | 137 | 1254 |
| 1.02 | 1.04 | -0.08 | 70 | 4993 | Aug 10 34.0 | 2.75 | 2.77 | 0.09 | 114 | 336 |
| 0.68 | 0.69 | -0.06 | 7 | 6091 | Aug 10 35.0 | 3.40 | 3.45 | 0.10 | 0 | 218 |
| 0.42 | 0.44 | -0.05 | 200 | 0 | Aug 10 36.0 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.25 | 0.27 | -0.03 | 12 | 63 | Aug 10 37.0 | 4.95 | 5.05 | 0.15 | 0 | 25 |
| 0.03 | 0.05 | -0.01 | 0 | 387 | Aug 10 40.0 | 7.70 | 7.85 | 0.05 | 0 | 32 |
| 29.85 | 30.10 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | Jan 11 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 210 |
| 27.35 | 27.60 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | Jan 11 5.0 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 783 |
| 24.90 | 25.10 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | Jan 11 7.5 | 0.00 | 0.04 | -0.01 | 0 | 622 |
| 22.35 | 22.60 | 0.02 | 0 | 10 | Jan 11 10.0 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0 | 1337 |
| 19.85 | 20.10 | 0.25 | 0 | 89 | Jan 11 12.5 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0 | 4248 |
| 17.40 | 17.60 | -0.15 | 0 | 841 | Jan 11 15.0 | 0.10 | 0.12 | -0.01 | 0 | 5966 |
| 14.90 | 15.10 | -0.10 | 0 | 207 | Jan 11 17.5 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0 | 13604 |
| 12.45 | 12.65 | -0.20 | 2 | 15000 | Jan 11 20.0 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0 | 13008 |
| 10.05 | 10.30 | -0.18 | 5 | 4120 | Jan 11 22.5 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 0 | 31710 |
| 7.85 | 7.90 | -0.18 | 29 | 19050 | Jan 11 25.0 | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 150 | 30167 |
| 3.85 | 3.95 | -0.15 | 20 | 26988 | Jan 11 30.0 | 1.93 | 1.97 | 0.04 | 13 | 21529 |
| 1.35 | 1.38 | -0.08 | 49 | 26553 | Jan 11 35.0 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 0.07 | 57 | 7475 |
| 0.30 | 0.33 | -0.03 | 60 | 9117 | Jan 11 40.0 | 8.35 | 8.45 | 0.10 | 0 | 5539 |
| 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0 | 1208 | Jan 11 45.0 | 12.80 | 13.25 | 0.02 | 0 | 484 |
| 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | 2544 | Jan 11 50.0 | 17.80 | 18.25 | 0.00 | 0 | 468 |
| 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 386 | Jan 11 55.0 | 22.70 | 23.20 | 0.20 | 0 | 230 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 397 | Jan 11 60.0 | 27.65 | 28.20 | -0.25 | 0 | 319 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 130 | Jan 11 65.0 | 32.55 | 33.15 | 0.22 | 0 | 679 |
| 17.40 | 17.95 | 0.92 | 0 | 304 | Jan 12 15.0 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0 | 304 |
| 12.50 | 12.70 | -0.20 | 0 | 957 | Jan 12 20.0 | 0.74 | 0.78 | 0.01 | 0 | 472 |
| 8.15 | 8.35 | -0.20 | 47 | 2110 | Jan 12 25.0 | 1.64 | 1.72 | 0.01 | 20 | 4571 |
| 4.80 | 4.95 | -0.12 | 0 | 6194 | Jan 12 30.0 | 3.30 | 3.40 | -0.03 | 20 | 1378 |
| 2.46 | 2.53 | -0.09 | 0 | 1986 | Jan 12 35.0 | 5.95 | 6.10 | 0.10 | 0 | 180 |
| 1.08 | 1.14 | -0.04 | 6 | 98 | Jan 12 40.0 | 9.50 | 9.65 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.40 | 0.44 | -0.03 | 0 | 144 | Jan 12 45.0 | 13.70 | 13.90 | 0.12 | 0 | 44 |