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) ...

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CSRH, EXC, PSFT, DB, PWRM, AVP, AQNM, RF, CVAT, LMT

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EXC, Exelon Corp.

EXC, a utility services holding company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity to residential, commercial, industrial, and wholesale customers in northern Illinois.

The Board of Directors of EXC declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.525 per share on Exelon’s common stock. The dividend is payable on December 10, 2009, to shareholders of record of Exelon at 5:00 p.m. New York Time on November 13, 2009.

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PSFT, Powersafe Technology Corp., PSFT.PK

PSFT subsidiary Amplification Technologies Inc. (www.amplificationtechnologies.com)

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Boston Properties Inc. (BXP), a real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently raised net proceeds of approximately $694 million by selling 5.875% senior unsecured notes due 2019.

The debt offering was managed by Bank of America Securities LLC, the investment banking arm of Bank of America Corp. (BAC), Citigroup Global Markets Inc., the brokerage and securities arm of Citigroup Inc. (C) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., the U.S. investment banking and securities arm of the German banking colossus Deutsche Bank AG (DB).

The senior unsecured notes were priced at 99.931% of the principal amount to yield 5.884% to maturity. Boston Properties plan to utilize the proceeds to reduce its huge debt. At the end of the second quarter, the company had about $6 billion in debt maturing by 2015.

Boston Properties develops, redevelops, acquires, manages, operates, and owns a diverse portfolio of Class A office, industrial, and hotel properties

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The earnings season beginning today (Tuesday) is shaping up to be an important one, as it could have a significant impact on a struggling stock market rally.

Since the stock market rally reached a pinnacle nearly two weeks ago, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost about 3.3% while the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has fallen about 3.7%. And if this week’s earnings report come in below expectations, the rally that helped stock prices surge more than 50% could come to an abrupt end.

Fortunately, many of the companies set to report earnings this week are traditionally strong performers and for the most part, companies that have weathered the financial crisis. But not all of them have met Wall Street’s expectations.

The quarterly results for five companies in particular – Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM), Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA), Costco Wholesale Corp. (Nasdaq: COST), Monsanto Corp. (NYSE:

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Investment banks have gotten fat off the land since 1982, when the great U.S. bull market got its start. Their business has multiplied many-fold, and their earnings have soared into the stratosphere, to a level far higher than any other sector.

Now, JPMorgan Chase & Co.  (NYSE: JPM) has issued a report suggesting that investment-banking returns on capital will be sharply down over the next few years. Perhaps this will be only a moderate downturn.

However, there’s also a good chance that labor-cost pressures – combined with tightening margins – will take the likes of JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) down a path similar to that of General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GRM) and Chrysler Group LLP, both of which earlier this year declared bankruptcy.

Challenging Headwinds

JPMorgan anticipates that the regulatory changes that are likely to take place over the next year or so

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On Sep 10, 2009, Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, a unit of MetLife Inc (MET) announced the sale of fixed-rate funding agreement-backed notes in the 144a private placement market worth $1 billion. The size of the deal represents a 100% increase from the originally planned $500 million. Bank of America Corporation (BAC), Credit Suisse Group AG (CS), and Deutsche Bank AG (DB) were the joint book-running managers for the sale. The notes are non-callable and carry a coupon rate of 2.875% and will mature on Sep 17, 2012. The notes will pay coupons semi-annually with the first payment expected on Mar 17, 2010. The company will use the sale proceeds of the debentures for general corporate purposes. Standard &Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) assigned 'AA-' rating while Moody's assigned 'AA2' rating to the notes. MetLife’s ...

Following the U.S. Treasury’s announcement last week requiring the world’s banks to maintain stronger capital and liquidity standards by the end of next year to prevent a re-run of the global financial crisis, 15 large banks that control the majority of derivative trading worldwide have committed themselves to maintaining greater transparency in a $600 trillion market that needs stricter oversight in the interest of the global financial system.   As part of a series of voluntary steps by the banks to expand the use of clearing houses for the over-the-counter market in derivatives, the international banking group on Tuesday made the commitment for targets in expanded central clearing systems to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Bank of America Corporation (BAC), Citigroup Inc. (C), Deutsche Bank AG (DB), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) were included in the banking ...

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

ATC Technology Corp (ATAC) Autoliv Inc (ALV) The Boston Beer Company Inc (SAM) Brigham Exploration Co (BEXP) Cymer Inc (CYMI) Deutsche Bank AG (DB) Expedia Inc (EXPE) Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc (HGR) Inergy Holdings LP (NRGP) ITT Corp (ITT) Joy Global Inc (JOYG) Limited Brands Inc (LTD) Lincoln Educational Services Corp (LINC) Lithia Motors Inc (LAD) Lorillard Inc (LO) Maidenform Brands Inc (MFB) Methode Electronics Inc (MEI) ...

Deutsche Bank AG (DB) yesterday announced that it will redeem all of its most bullish oil exchange-traded notes (ETNs), as the U.S. government plans to set stricter regulations in the commodities markets.   Deutsche said it would redeem outstanding PowerShares DB Crude Oil Double Long Exchange Traded Notes worth around $425 million. Deutsche plans to provide notice of the redemption on Sept 9.   Exchange-traded notes are one of Deutsche's several exchange-traded products allowing investors to bet on moves in crude oil futures and are designed to return double the amount of any gain in WTI crude futures. Deutsche is redeeming the leveraged notes due to stricter position limits for energy futures held on NYMEX and other exchanges.   The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission has been inclined towards placing more restrictions on exchange-traded funds and other investment vehicles that buy commodities futures. Managers of exchange-traded funds and ...

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., the New York unit of Germany's Deutsche Bank AG (DB), has a $42 million unsecured claim against mortgage lender Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. Taylor Bean filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on August 24 as it was forced to shut its mortgage lending operations on August 5. The filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court listed the claim as disputed and ranked it as the largest unsecured claim against Taylor Bean. Taylor Bean said the claim was related to Ocala Funding, an entity set up by Taylor Bean to borrow money for short periods to fund home loans. The filing also listed a $9 million claim from James G. Hicks of Lawrenceville related to money owed for the acquisition of a mortgage company made by Taylor Bean. The company said approximately 100 Taylor Bean bank accounts were frozen by Colonial ...