• Adecco announced plans to acquire professional staffing firm MPS (NYSE:MPS) for $1.3 billion

• Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) bettered earnings and revenue expectations with third quarter adjusted results of 51 cents a share, 3 cent higher than Zacks estimates, on revenues of $11.6 billion, which beat Zacks estimates of $11.47 billion. Full-year guidance was also raised to $2.00-$2.05 from $1.90-$2.00 prior

• United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) third quarter numbers beat consensus estimates with earnings of $1.14 versus Zacks estimates of $1.12 on revenues of $13.38 billion up from estimates of $13.40 billion. The firm expects full year earnings in the mid-point of its earlier guidance of $4.00-$4.20

• State Street (NYSE:STT) reported third quarter operating earnings of $1.05 a share, beating Zacks estimates of $1.00 a share, as revenues of $2.77 billion were above estimates of $2.22 billion. However, the company lowered full-year operating results from $4.25-$4.50 to $4.13-$4.17

• Comerica (NYSE:CMA) reported third quarter earnings

US stocks pared early losses to end the day mixed as a fall in commodities and oil prices worried investors, but a late rally in some blue chips sent conflicting signs about the strength of an economic recovery.  Mood was cautious on the Street Monday as markets looked for fresh direction ahead of the second-quarter earnings which begin this week. 

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 44.13 points, or 0.5%, to 8,324.87, and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index edged up 2.30 points, or 0.3%, to 898.72. The technology-laden Nasdaq declined 9.12 points, or 0.5%, to 1,787.40.  Among DJIA components, 19 closed higher while six of the ten S&P 500 industry groups advanced.  On the New York Stock Exchange, declining issues beat advancing ones by a three-to-two margin.

Among DJIA components, American Express (NYSE:AXP), up 5.6% and Merck (NYSE:MRK), up 3.3% led on the upside.  American

Chicago, IL - June 30, 2009 - Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Cytori Therapeutics (CYTX), Luminex Corp. (LMNX), Bank of NY Mellon (BK), First Advantage Corporation (FADV) and First American Corporation (FAF).

Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http://at.zacks.com/?id=5513

Here are highlights from Monday's Analyst Blog:

Cytori's IP and Cash Position Solid

Two concerns for investors in Cytori Therapeutics (CYTX) have been the intellectual property (IP) and the cash position. We believe both are solid, and should not prohibit investment in the name at the current

* Barclays (NYSE:BCS) is reportedly in talks to sell its Barclays Global Investors, in a deal valued at about $12 billion. Reports suggest those interested include, BlackRock (NYSE:BLK), which is expected to succeed competing bidder Bank of NY Mellon (NYSE:BK)

* Citigroup (NYSE:C), no longer among the DJIA components, is reportedly ready to restart last week's delayed $58 billion stock swap

* Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) worldwide development conference this week promises heightened attention for a major new product announcement of a lower-priced iPhone, priced at either $149 or $99, compared to the current low end of $199, with expectations that Steve Jobs would make an appearance.  Apple has closed higher over the past nine consecutive trading days.

* According to the International Air Transportation Association, global airline losses are expected to reach $9 billion this year, almost twice its projections three months ago, due to rising fuel costs and weak demand

* General Mills (NYSE:GIS)

By William Patalon III
Executive Editor
Money Morning/Money Map Report

[Editor's Note: When it comes to banking or global economics, there's literally no one better than Money Morning Contributing Editor Martin Hutchinson - a former investment banker with more than a 25 years experience. Hutchinson has proven himself to be a market maven and he is currently offering investors an opportunity to make $4.201 in cash in just 12 days. You can also subscribe to Martin's new investment service, The Permanent Wealth Investor, by clicking here .]

Just days after Chrysler LLC said it would be cutting one quarter of its auto dealerships, 1,100 General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) dealerships have reportedly been told not to expect a relationship with the embattled U.S. carmaker after October 2010.

GM dealers targeted for separation were informed by

…

Just days after Chrysler LLC said it would be cutting one quarter of its auto dealerships, 1,100 General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) dealerships have reportedly been told not to expect a relationship with the embattled U.S. carmaker after October 2010.

GM dealers targeted for separation were informed by letter over the weekend, Reuters reported.

The eradication of hundreds of hundreds of American auto dealerships is merely the latest development in the ongoing dismantling of the so-called U.S. “Big Three’’ – a  process that seems likely to leave Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) as the last American automaker standing.

“These companies are making up for now for what they have avoided doing for years, if not decades,” industry analyst John A. Casesa, managing partner of consultantcy Casesa Shapiro Group LLC, told The New York Times. “And if the

With the Treasury Department officially releasing the stress test results later today, Asian stocks swung into action amid some media reports that suggested major banks are better capitalized than once projected.  Reports trickling out over the days have suggested the bailout funds will be enough to plug the hole.  In Japan, where the markets opened after a three-day holiday, the Nikkei average charged ahead with a 4.6% gain. The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong added 2.3% to close at 17,217.89.  Investors also took heart from ADP's employment report yesterday that said private sector jobs in the U.S. fell by a less than expected 491,000 inApril.  U.S. stock futures suggested a higher opening at the Wall Street.  Dow futures edged up 0.5% to 8,513.00 and Standard & Poor's 500 futures rose 0.5% to 921.50.

On Wednesday, U.S. markets advanced as some media reports suggested the balance