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adidas Completes Bond Conversion

adidas AG announced this week that it had completed a € 400 million convertible bond, issuing 15,684,274 new shares in exchange for the debt.

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CIT Announces Restructuring Plan

Troubled small business lender CIT, upon whom much of the industry relies, announced a restructuring plan yesterday designed to keep the company out of bankruptcy by trimming $5.7 billion off its debts.

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Vail Resorts 2009 Net Income Drops 52.4%

Vail Resorts, Inc. reports results for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009.

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Amer Sports Lowers FY 2009 Earnings Estimate

Amer Sports, parent company of Salomon, announced that it is revising its 2009 earning estimates downwards and is considering the sale of its cycling business Mavic.

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Globe North American Sales Drop 20%

Cost reduction and restructuring efforts deemed a success as second half results improve.

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CIT Tender Offer Successful

CIT Group Inc., the financial company whose loans fuel over one million small and middle market businesses, announced yesterday the expiration and successful completion of a $1 billion tender offer designed to help keep the company from being forced into bankruptcy.

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Sport Chalet Q4 Sales Off 12.7%

Slow winter sports sales during a warm January contribute to slumping sales.

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VF Corp CEO Sees Markets “Stabilize” - Looking For Action Sports Aquisitions

VF Corp has seen the company’s US markets “stabilize” and says the company has compiled a war chest for acquisitions and is actively pursuing opportunities, especially in action sports.

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Foot Locker Plans More CCS Stores; Entry Into Snowboarding

Foot Locker CEO: “Action sports is a very fast-growing business. We made that acquisition because we wanted to be in it quickly.”

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PacSun Q1 Revenues Off 16.2%

PacSun beats earning guidance despite posting declining same-store sales of 18% percent for the first quarter and a loss of $8.7 million.

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