For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – November 4, 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: Stanley Works (SWK), Black & Decker Corporation (BDK), Joy Global (JOYG), Paccar (PCAR) and Illinois Tool Works (ITW).

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Here are highlights from Tuesday’s AnalystBlog:

Stanley Works Acquires B&D

Stanley Works (SWK) and Black & Decker Corporation (BDK) have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create Stanley Black & Decker, an $8.4 billion global tool maker. The Board of Directors of both companies approved an all-stock transaction valued

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While last week GDP growth came in better than expected at 3.5%, which was a very welcome development, there was very little change in the coverall shape of GDP. This is a troubling development for the long term. GDP is the sum of spending by the Consumer, Private Investment, Government Spending and Net Exports. The Graph below shows the percentage each of them has contributed to overall GDP since 1947. The Consumer is still by far the dominate force in the economy, and it is becoming more so. In the 3Q, PCE, meaning the consumer, rose to 70.98% of GDP, up from 70.66% in the second quarter. That is an all-time record high. At the same time, private investment was virtually unchanged near an all-time low as a share of GDP at 11.04%, up from 11.03% in the 2Q. Government spending as a share of GDP ...

by Edward Hugh: BarcelonaIndia's inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in more than 13 years at the start of July, putting pressure on the central bank to continue raising interest rates following the two increases made last month. Wholesale prices rose 11.91 percent in the week to July 5, after gaining 11.89 percent in the previous week, according to the commerce ministry in New Delhi on Friday.It now seems very likely indeed that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will continue to tighten policy, since one of the major risks facing India now is that inflation becomes entrenched, and to avoid that eventuality the RBI may well need to implement a further significant policy tightening, and this of course will have implications for an Indian economy where growth is already slowing. However, with inflation at nearly 12% ...

India's inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in more than 13 years at the start of July, putting pressure on the central bank to continue raising interest rates following the two increases made last month. Wholesale prices rose 11.91 percent in the week to July 5, after gaining 11.89 percent in the previous week, according to the commerce ministry in New Delhi on Friday.It now seems very likely indeed that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will continue to tighten policy, since one of the major risks facing India now is that inflation becomes entrenched, and to avoid that eventuality the RBI may well need to implement a further significant policy tightening, and this of course will have implications for an Indian economy where growth is already slowing. However, with inflation at nearly 12% and the repurchase rate at 8.5% ...