American Ecology Corp.’s (ECOL) MACD indicator has crossed over to bearish territory with a reading of -0.3907. The Zacks #5 Rank (“Strong Sell") stock slipped more than 1% to $17.00 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company’s full-year earnings has declined by 5 cents over the past month to 80 cents per share."ECOL" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Waste management service provider Stericycle Inc. (SRCL) earned 55 cents in the third quarter, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2 cents. Earnings were up about 24% year-over-year, while it improved 9% sequentially on higher revenues and margins.  Revenues showed an increase of 7.5% year over year to $46.5 million helped by recent acquisitions, which added $19.3 million in the quarter. Stericycle completed six acquisitions during the first nine months of this year, which included the recently acquired Healthcare Waste Solutions’ operations in Minnesota and Wisconsin, besides Omni Medical Waste in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Operating costs decreased to 52.7% of total sales in the quarter from 55.6% in the same period of the previous year following which gross profit expanded to $140.9 million from $123.0 million in the same quarter last year. As a percent of revenue, gross profit improved to 47.3% from 44.4% in the ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

ABB Ltd (ABB) American Ecology Corp (ECOL) American Oil & Gas Inc (AEZ) AmericanWest Bancorp (AWBC) Assurant Inc (AIZ) Blyth Inc (BTH) China Sunergy Co Ltd (CSUN) CoBiz Financial Inc (COBZ) Coleman Cable Inc (CCIX) Collective Brands Inc (PSS) Courier Corp (CRRC) Covance Inc (CVD) Cumulus Media Inc (CMLS) Doral Financial Corp (DRL) Echostar Corp (SATS) Electronics For Imaging Inc (EFII) Genesco Inc (GCO) The Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Heritage Financial Corp (HFWA) Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc (HCCI) Itron Inc (ITRI) LDK Solar Co Ltd (LDK) Liberty Property Trust (LRY) Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (MIC) Massey Energy Co (MEE) MDU Resources Group Inc (MDU) Mercantile Bank Corp (MBWM) Nash-Finch Co ...

It looks like everything can be negotiated in Idaho. In 2005 the town of Santa, Idaho changed its name to SecretSanta.com for one year, in return for $20,000. More recently new fiscal legislation passed with the aim of stimulating the economy statewide. Some interesting facts about Idaho are next:1. $19.17 million reduction on corporate income tax legislation just passed.2. Idaho is 5th nationally for entrepreneurial action3. Idaho’s top agricultural products are dairy products, cattle and calves and potatoes.4. Idaho’s mining sector includes silver, phosphate rock and gold.5. Service industries are the largest sector of Idaho’s economy.6. Idaho’s financial sector grew 7% between 2005 and 2007.7. The mining industry generates 4,100 jobs in the state. 8. Idaho’s Sun Valley is one of the country’s favorite tourist destinations.9. Idaho’s gross product in 2004 was $43.6 billion.10. ...

Author: wallstripAdded: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:16:15 -0800Duration: 129

(3-19-08) A wise person is hungry for truth, while American Ecology Corp (ECOL) feeds on trash.