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

Advisory Board Co (ABCO) Bell Microproducts Inc (BELM) Beneficial Mutual Bancorp Inc (BNCL) Briggs & Stratton Corp (BGG) Commerce Bancshares Inc (CBSH) Conceptus Inc (CPTS) Crane Co (CR) Dolan Media Co (DM) Dorman Products Inc (DORM) Dover Corp (DOV) Dow Chemical Co (DOW) Drew Industries Inc (DW) E-House China Holdings Ltd (EJ) ev3 Inc (EVVV) GAMCO Investors Inc (GBL) ICT Group Inc (ICTG) Integrated Silicon Solution Inc (...

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

American Superconductor Corp (AMSC) AstraZeneca Plc (AZN) Balchem Corp (BCPC) Banco de Chile (BCH) RG Barry Corp (DFZ) Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (BIO) CareFusion Corp (CFN) Chico's FAS Inc (CHS) China Green Agriculture Inc (CGA) Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW) CNinsure Inc (CISG) Conexant Systems Inc (CNXT) Corinthian Colleges Inc (COCO) Fossil Inc (FOSL) Genoptix Inc (GXDX) HSN Inc (HSNI) Information Services Group Inc (III) Keynote ...

Dell (DELL) will release its results on Thursday, after the close, as second-quarter earnings season nears an end. The technology company is projected to have earned 23 cents per share.

Joining Dell will be fellow S&P 500 members Big Lots (BIG), Medtronic (MDT), Novell (NOVL), Staples (SPLS) and Tiffany & Co. (TIF). A total of 76 companies are confirmed to release results.

Given the surprisingly strong July existing home sales report, all eyes will be on Wednesday's new home sales report. Specifically, economists will want to see that new home sales also rose for a fourth consecutive month.

Tuesday: August Conference Board consumer confidence, June S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index Wednesday: July durable goods orders, July new home sales, weekly crude inventories Thursday: Preliminary second-quarter GDP, weekly initial jobless claims Friday: July personal income and spending, revised August University of Michigan consumer confidence

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

Alliant Techsystems Inc (ATK) Cubic Corp (CUB) Fossil Inc (FOSL) Global Partners LP (GLP) International Royalty Corp (ROY) Newell Rubbermaid Inc (NWL) Nuance Communications Inc (NUAN) Ocwen Financial Corp (OCN) OSI Systems Inc (OSIS) Scientific Learning Corp (SCIL) SkillSoft Public Limited Co (SKIL) Sourcefire Inc (FIRE) Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corp (TRE) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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

Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI) Aeropostale Inc (ARO) Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (ALXN) Basilea Pharmaceutic (BPMUF) BCE Inc (BCE) China Pharma Holdings Inc (CPHI) Comscore Inc (SCOR) DRDGold Ltd (DROOY) EnteroMedics Inc (ETRM) Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc (GMCR) Haemonetics Corp (HAE) Hana Biosciences Inc (HNAB) Healthcare Services Group Inc (HCSG) Hecla Mining Co (HL) Merck & Co Inc (MRK) Omnova Solutions Inc (OMN) OSI Systems Inc (OSIS) Radio One Inc (ROIAK) Randgold Resources Ltd (GOLD) Ross Stores Inc (ROST) SupportSoft Inc (SPRT) Tecumseh Products Co (TECUA) Tier Technologies Inc (TIER) Tortoise Capital Resources Corp (TTO) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX) ...

Today before the opening bell, OSI Systems reported a successful second quarter and six months ended December 31, 2008. For the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the company announced revenues of $159.0 million and net income of 4.2 million; this compares to $164.2 million in revenues and $3.5 million in net income reported for the same period of the previous year.

Deepak Chopra, OSI Systems’ Chairman and CEO, stated, “Despite being the most challenging economic environment in decades, our financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 continue to demonstrate the earnings-generating potential of our businesses. We significantly improved earnings, generated record free cash flow of $15.5 million and ended the quarter with a record backlog. These achievements are the direct result of our initiatives over the past two years to implement organizational changes that have reduced our cost structure and improve our overall operating efficiencies.”

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The final week of August will feature earnings reports from S&P 500 members Big Lots (BIG), Dell (DELL), Novell (NOVL), Sears Holding (SHLD) and Tiffany (TIF). Overall, it will be a quiet week for earnings with 77 companies confirmed to report.

The economic schedule is pretty full, led by the minutes from the August Fed meeting. I don't anticipate any surprises from the notes. Other key data will include: Monday: July existing home sales Tuesday: July new home sales, August Conference Board consumer confidence index, August Fed minutes Wednesday: July durable goods orders, weekly crude inventories Thursday: Preliminary second-quarter GDP, weekly initial jobless claims Thursday: July personal income and spending, August Chicago PMI, revised August University of Michigan consumer confidence

The Federal Reserve's web site does not list any upcoming speeches.

The U.S. financial markets will be closed on Monday, Sep 1, in observance of Labor Day. Ahead of

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