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The four highlighted picks are: TD AMERITRADE Holdings Corp. (AMTD), Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY), Global Partners LP (GLP) and Wonder Auto Technologies, Inc. (WATG).     Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Four daily picks are offered free at http://at.zacks.com/?id=5607

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The Value Trader trading portfolio cashed in on two big winners this week.

Wonder Auto Technology, Inc. (WATG) was sold for a gain of 17.28%.

WATG, a Chinese auto parts manufacturer, was trading at only 7.5x forward earnings and a price-to-book of 1.88 when it was added to the portfolio on May 29.

Calumet Specialty Products LP (CLMT) broke out since it was added to the portfolio on Apr 30.

The portfolio locked in a gain of 22.93%.

The crude processor was cheap when it was added to the Value Trader, trading at just 5x forward earnings with a price to book of 0.77.

"WATG" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"CLMT" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Stocks highlighted in this article include: Wonder Auto Tech, Inc (...

General Motors Corp. (GM) reportedly found a buyer for its majority stake in German unit Opel a day after the struggling automaker said it does not plan to repay a $1 billion debt due June 1.

Citing sources familiar with the matter, German magazine Der Spiegel reported that Fiat SpA was close to a deal to buy a large chunk of GM's European business. The Italian carmaker is already in talks to buy a stake in Chrysler LLC with an April 30 deadline for the transaction.

A unit of Canadian auto parts manufacturer Magna International Inc. (MGA) is also reported to have shown interest in the Ruesselsheim-based Opel. However, none of the parties confirmed these reports.

GM needs to sell a large stake in Opel to get about $4.30 billion in German government loan guarantees to keep the unit afloat. The Detroit auto giant

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Canadian Business has a great article examining Oleg Deripaska's surrender of his stake in the auto parts manufacturer Magna after losing nearly $600 million on the gamble. Questions are raised about lax corporate governance standards and other hidden features of the transaction. Did the Canadian owner Frank Stronach (photo) hide his arrangement with Deripaska over management fees from shareholders?

Canadian Business has a great article examining Oleg Deripaska's surrender of his stake in the auto parts manufacturer Magna after losing nearly $600 million on the gamble. Questions are raised about lax corporate governance standards and other hidden features of the transaction. Did the Canadian owner Frank Stronach (photo) hide his arrangement with Deripaska over management fees from shareholders?