Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

3M Co (MMM) AMCOL International Corp (ACO) Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (ADM) Arena Resources Inc (ARD) Bell Microproducts Inc (BELM) Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (BIO) BNP Paribas (BNPQY) Boston Beer Co Inc (SAM) Conmed Corp (CNMD) Crosstex Energy Inc (XTXI) Deutsche Bank AG (DB) Dover Corp (DOV) Dow Chemical Co (DOW) Eaton Corp (ETN) FBL Financial Group Inc (FFG) Fuel Systems Solutions Inc (FSYS) Genoptix Inc (GXDX) ...

Late last week, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) closed the previously announced acquisition of natural gas treating business from Dallas-based Crosstex Energy LP (XTEX) and its general partner Crosstex Energy Inc. (XTXI) for approximately $266 million.  As part of the transaction, Kinder Morgan purchased approximately 290 amine-treating and dew-point control plants from natural gas company Crosstex. These plants are primarily located in Texas and Louisiana , with additional facilities in Mississippi , Oklahoma , Arkansas and Kansas.  Kinder Morgan will use these natural gas treatment plants in servicing its Texas Intrastate customers and to other producers in various supply basins, including the fast growing shale plays. Following the deal, Kinder Morgan has become the largest provider of contracted natural gas treating services in the country.  The Crosstex asset acquisition will allow the partnership to expand its natural gas business through the inclusion ...

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Monday August 31, 2009

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Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH), a medical technology company testing its proprietary treatment method for primary and metastatic cancers to the liver, announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration granted Delcath’s request for orphan drug designation for doxorubicin for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), also known as primary liver cancer. Clinicians in the U.S. diagnose nearly 20,000 cases of HCC annually.

TAEJIN Technology, Co., Ltd., a supplier of linear and switching regulators to a wide variety of consumer and mobile applications, today announced it has selected Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM), a

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Monday August 24, 2009

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Residents of the Tri-State area now have a new alternative to costly traditional wireless service plans. MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS), the nation’s leading provider of unlimited, flat-rate, no signed contract wireless communications service, announces the expansion of its New York City area service to include Long Island, North Central New Jersey, White Plains and New Rochelle, N.Y., Stamford and Bridgeport, Conn. This expansion includes two MetroPCS company-owned retail stores, 50 authorized dealer locations and fifteen Best Buy stores. MetroPCS’ expansion will bring 250 jobs to the area. For more information on MetroPCS and coverage areas, please go to www.metropcs.com.

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Dividends are often regarded as a key indicator of a company’s financial health. They also contribute significantly to a stock investor’s long-term wealth, making them a crucial factor in evaluating a company for long-term investment. In today’s economic climate, it’s even more important to build a portfolio of quality companies with the financial strength necessary to issue dividends.

A recent research study found that in the year large-cap companies first began paying dividends, or reinstated them after a lapse, they outperformed their peers by 2.7 percentage points. However, large-cap stocks aren’t the only ones that issue dividends. Small-cap and Micro-cap companies also issue various types of dividends to reward existing investors as well as attract new investors.

Although the dividend payable dates for these companies have passed, some of the recently announced micro-cap dividends include Cadence Financial Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CADE) cash dividend of $0.05; Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Air Methods Corp (AIRM) Big Lots Inc (BIG) BJ's Wholesale Club Inc (BJ) Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD) Caribou Coffee Company Inc (CBOU) Churchill Downs Inc (CHDN) Crosstex Energy Inc (XTXI) Fushi Copperweld Inc (FSIN) Gammon Gold Inc (GRS) Geokinetics Inc (GOK) Greenlight Capital Re Ltd (GLRE) Hansen Natural Corp (HANS) Herley Industries Inc (HRLY) Memsic Inc (MEMS) National Grid Plc (NGG) RadioShack Corp (RSH) Santarus Inc (SNTS) Trinity Biotech Plc (TRIB) Virgin Mobile USA Inc (VM) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

"AIRM" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"BIG" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"BJ" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"BKD" Free Stock ...

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

Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) American River Bankshares (AMRB) Bank of Florida Corp (BOFL) The Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK) BE Aerospace Inc (BEAV) Bunge Ltd (BG) Callon Petroleum Co (CPE) Cano Petroleum Inc (CFW) CNH Global NV (CNH) CONMED Corp (CNMD) Covenant Transportation Group Inc (CVTI) Cowen Group Inc (COWN) CRM Holdings Ltd (CRMH) Crosstex Energy Inc (XTXI) Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA) ECB Bancorp Inc (ECBE) Electronics For Imaging Inc (EFII) Encore Wire Corp (WIRE) Entravision Communication (EVC) Esterline Technologies Corp (ESL) Expedia Inc (EXPE) The Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Heartland Payment Systems Inc (HPY) HLTH Corp (HLTH) Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT) ...