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

AES Corp (AES) Akzo Nobel NV (AKZOY) Alliance Financial Corp (ALNC) Atlantic Tele-Network Inc (ATNI) BASF SE (BASFY) Biovail Corp (BVF) Carbo Ceramics Inc (CRR) Cato Corp (CATO) Cellcom Israel Ltd (CEL) Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT) Covidien Plc (COV) DG FastChannel Inc (DGIT) Diodes Inc (DIOD) Dover Corp (DOV) E.ON AG (EONGY) Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd (ENH) Gap Inc (GPS) Investors Bancorp Inc ...

As the second-largest provider of electricity to the United States, Constellation Energy Group Inc. (NYSE: CEG) has a tremendous upside. At least, it would if the economy were growing strongly. 

Unfortunately, that’s not the case. And that means Constellation will have to clear a number of hurdles if it’s going to fulfill its long-term promise. Last year, the company bet big on higher energy prices and paid the price dearly when the economy collapsed.

Constellation’s very high level of debt, with large bond maturities in 2009 and 2012 at that time meant they were flirting with financial disaster.  That forced the company into a deal with Électricité de France SA (EDF), in which the European energy giant agreed to inject $4.5 billion into Constellation in exchange for almost 50% ownership of its nuclear plants.

That includes a brand new plant, Calvert Cliffs 3, that’s still subject

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Veritec Moves from Pink Sheets to OTC Bulletin Board

-Veritec, Inc. (OTCBB:VRTC), a pioneer and developer of proprietary two-dimensional matrix technology and developer of mobile banking debit card solutions, today September 4, 2009 announced that its common stock has begun trading on the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). Veritec’s common stock was previously quoted on the Pink Sheets.

“Veritec is very pleased to move from the Pink Sheets to the OTC Bulletin Board,” said Jeff Hattara, President and CEO of Veritec, Inc. “As reflected in our recent press releases, Veritec has had a number of significant commercial achievements in the last few months. We’ve taken this step to increase Veritec’s exposure to investors and improve liquidity in the trading of our common stock as part of our overall strategy to drive value for the company’s shareholders”.

About Veritec, Inc.

Veritec, Inc. is a pioneer and developer of proprietary two-dimensional matrix technology. The company’s portfolio

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

3Com Corp (COMS) 51job Inc (JOBS) Actions Semiconductor Co Ltd (ACTS) Aeropostale Inc (ARO) Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (ABV) American Italian Pasta Co (AIPC) American States Water Co (AWR) Amkor Technology Inc (AMKR) Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp (ANH) Asbury Automotive Group Inc (ABG) Ashland Inc (ASH) Associated British Foods Plc (ASBFY) AudioCodes Ltd (AUDC) Baidu Inc (BIDU) Banco Santander SA (STD) Bank of Montreal (BMO) Barnes & ...

Today we are featuring top-performing "Energy" equity mutual funds, which primarily invest equity securities of energy and/or natural resources companies.

Investors can find such funds by checking out the entire list of the Zacks #1 Rank Energy Equity Funds.

3 Hot Picks

Calvert Global Alternative Energy A (CGAEX) seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies involved in alternative energy. The fund is non-diversified.

The fund adopts a combination of quantitative and fundamental investment processes in selecting components of its portfolio. It can in companies of all market capitalizations and in US as well as foreign firms.

Unit holders need to make a minimum initial investment of $2,000 to enter this Zacks#1 Rank (?Strong Buy?) fund. It distributes dividends and capital gains, if any, annually.

DWS Climate Change A (WRMAX) was incepted in September 2007. The

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