Target posts earnings of $1.50 a share, ex-items vs. $1.46 a share estimate

Wall Street expected Target to post earnings of $1.46 per share on $21.63 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters. The retailer last month announced that it would close its 133 stores in Canada. At the time, it projected $5.4 billion in pre-tax losses from discontinued operations in the fourth quarter, "driven primarily" by the...