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Filed under: Federated Dept Stores (FD)

Fourteen hundred lucky Prince fans will be able to catch a live concert at the downtown Minneapolis Macy's on July 7. The pocket-sized pop star is performing in his hometown at the Federated Department Stores (NYSE: FD) branch to coincide with the launch of his new fragrance, 3121.

For $250, a ticket to what's being called the Ultimate Prince Xperience, you get admission into the private concert, a ticket to Prince's concert at the Target Center that evening, and a bottle of the fragrance (3121 is also the name of Prince's newest album).

Remember when Prince was so against commercialization

and the corporate control of his record company that he scrawled "Slave" across his face and changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol? Yeah, me neither.

Beth Gaston Moon is an analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research .

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Highlights For Next Week

Hoorah, now that earnings are starting to wind down, I can highlight a few other things to look for next week.

Monday May 14

* Hitachi (HIT) Strategic Storage Announcement conference call at 8am.
* Aircastle Limited (AYR) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 11am.
* Another Vioxx trial starts for Merck (MRK) in Texas.


Tuesday May 15

* Motorola (MOT) mobile experience at 10am.
* Yamana Gold (AUY) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 11am.

Wednesday May 16

* Southwest Airlines (LUV) shareholder meeting at 11am.
* Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) to report Q2 earnings; conference call at 5pm.

Thursday May 17

* JC Penney Company (JCP) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 9:30am.
* Liz Claiborne (LIZ) annual shareholder meeting at 10am.
* Biogen (BIIB) research and development day at 8:30am.

Friday May 18

* British Airways (BAB) to report preliminary Q4 earnings; conference call at 9am.
* Federated Stores (FD) shareholder meeting at 11am.

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