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Macy’s Trades Higher in the Pre-Market as They Beat Expectations

Macy’s fiscal first-quarter earnings topped analysts’ estimates and the company raised its fiscal 2011 earnings forecast and its dividend.

Macy’s [M  26.33   0.15  (+0.57%)   ] said it earned $131 million, or 30 cents a share, in the latest period.

Analysts were expecting Macy’s to earn 18 cents a share.

Sales rose 5.7 percent to $5.89 billion from $5.57 billion  a year ago. On a same-store basis, Macy’s sales were up 5.4 percent.”

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