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

Advisory Board Co (ABCO) Amerigon Inc (ARGN) Amicas Inc (AMCS) Avago Technologies Ltd (AVGO) Bancorp Inc (TBBK) Bare Escentuals Inc (BARE) Benchmark Electronics Inc (BHE) BHP Billiton Ltd (BHP) BHP Billiton Plc (BBL) Cabela's Inc (CAB) Cadbury Plc (CBY) Cantel Medical Corp (CMN) Commerce Bancshares Inc (CBSH) Connecticut Water Service Inc (CTWS) Crane Co (CR) Domtar Corp (UFS) DryShips Inc (DRYS) EnerNOC Inc (...

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) ...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, crude surge as profits, data spur rally

Wall Street rallies on solid profits, recovery hopes

Oil jumps as economic data raises economic recovery hope

* Dollar slips as risk sentiment improves

By Herbert Lash

NEW YORK, July 30 - Global stocks rallied and oil surged more than 5 percent on Thursday as solid corporate results worldwide and encouraging economic data boosted sentiment that had turned skittish earlier in the week.

Commodity prices jumped, with the Reuters-Jefferies CRB index <.CRB> of 19 commodities rising 3.9 percent, its biggest daily gain since March, after a two-day sell-off.

And Long-dated U.S. Treasury bonds rebounded as fears about the appetite for U.S. government debt eased after robust demand for $28 billion in new seven-year notes. ID:[nN30286312]

U.S. equity gains were broad-based, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index <.SPX> hitting an almost nine-month intraday high that was less than 4 points below the key 1,000 mark. The S&P closed up

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

Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI) The Black & Decker Corp (BDK) Cal Dive International Inc (DVR) CBL & Associates Properties Inc (CBL) KB Financial Group Inc (KB) Logitech International SA (LOGI) Lufkin Industries Inc (LUFK) Overseas Shipholding Group Inc (OSG) Parker-Hannifin Corp (PH) Resource Capital Corp (RSO) Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS.A) SkyWest Inc (SKYW) Smith International Inc (SII) Titan Machinery Inc (TITN) Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List.

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

Acergy SA (ACGY) Akzo Nobel NV (AKZOY) Allegheny Energy Inc (AYE) Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS) BG Group Plc (BRGYY) Camden Property Trust (CPT) CBL & Associates Properties Inc (CBL) Columbus McKinnon Corp (CMCO) Consolidated Graphics Inc (CGX) Cytec Industries Inc (CYT) Dawson Geophysical Co (DWSN) Delphi Financial Group Inc (DFG) El Paso Corp (EP) Equinix Inc (EQIX) Frontline Ltd (FRO) Gamco Investors Inc (GBL) Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW) Lindsay Corp (LNN) Loews Corp (L) M&T Bank Corp (MTB) Mercury General Corp (MCY) Old Point Financial Corp (OPOF) Parker-Hannifin Corp (PH) Partner Communications Company Ltd (PTNR) Signet Jewelers Ltd (SIG) Superior Energy Services Inc (SPN) Urban Outfitters Inc ...

China Cracks the Aircraft Market by: Jack Perkowski December 05, 2008

2008 has been quite a year for the country’s aviation industry. Over the past six months, China has created a giant new aircraft company to make jumbo jetliners in competition with Boeing (BA) and Airbus; it has merged the country’s two largest aircraft makers into one company; it successfully tested its first domestic commercial jetliner; and it announced orders for the new aircraft from a unit of General Electric (GE).

In May, China formed China Commercial Aircraft Co. (CCAC) to make jumbo jetliners, capitalizing the new company with registered capital of 19 billion yuan ($2.7 billion). The state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission alone invested 6 billion yuan, becoming the largest shareholder. Shareholders of the new company also include China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I) and China Aviation Industry Corporation II (AVIC II), two of China’s main state-owned aircraft makers.

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