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

Administaff Inc (ASF) Allete Inc (ALE) American Equity Investment Life Holding Co (AEL) Applied Signal Technology Inc (APSG) Asset Acceptance Capital Corp (AACC) Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc (BBW) Capstone Turbine Corp (CPST) Cascade Corp (CASC) Cbeyond Inc (CBEY) Cheniere Energy Inc (LNG) Chesapeake Utilities Corp (CPK) China Telecom Corp Ltd (CHA) Commercial Metals Co (CMC) Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (ERJ) First Community Bancshares Inc (FCBC) First Mariner Bancorp Inc (FMAR) ...

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

American Commercial Lines Inc (ACLI) Arris Group Inc (ARRS) Associated Banc-Corp (ASBC) Astec Industries Inc (ASTE) Badger Meter Inc (BMI) Banner Corp (BANR) Beacon Roofing Supply Inc (BECN) Brunswick Corp (BC) C&D Technologies Inc (CHP) Capital Product Partners LP (CPLP) Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) Ciber Inc (CBR) CIT Group Inc (CIT) Copano Energy LLC (CPNO) Crucell NV (CRXL) CryptoLogic Ltd (CRYP) Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (ERJ) ...

Sears Holdings Corp. (SHLD), the fourth largest broadline retailer in the U.S., has teamed up with Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, the country’s third-largest homeowners’ insurance company, First Alert, the world's largest manufacturer of smoke alarms, and Firefacts.org, a leading website on fire safety, in its fight against fire casualties.   The initiative is a part of the strategy to raise general awareness on fire safety and to equip local communities and residents with the fire safety materials to prevent and protect home fire emergencies. Besides having a special in-store display of all fire safety items offered by First Alert, Sears Holdings stalls will also have members of the local Fire Department on hand to offer safety tips to customers.   The recent campaign by Sears Holding is also part of a broader strategy to communicate directly with its customers to get a feel of the market pulse, ...

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Monday August 24, 2009

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MAXXAM Inc. (NYSE: MXM) announced that it will convene, as promptly as practicable, a special meeting of its stockholders to approve, subject to final action by the Board of Directors of MAXXAM Inc. (”MAXXAM” or the “Company”), a 1-for-250 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock and preferred stock. The purpose of the reverse stock split is to reduce the number of holders of record of MAXXAM common stock below 300, which will permit the Company to suspend its reporting obligations and deregister its common stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Terminating the Company’s status as a public company

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

Access National Corp (ANCX) Acxiom Corp (ACXM) American Public Education Inc (APEI) Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) Chico's FAS Inc (CHS) Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) CPEX Pharmaceuticals Inc (CPEX) Jo-Ann Stores Inc (JAS) Legal & General Group Plc (LGGNY) PepsiAmericas Inc (PAS) PLATO Learning Inc (TUTR) Raven Industries Inc (RAVN) Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD) TravelCenters of America LLC (TA) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

"ANCX" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"ACXM" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"APEI" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"CFFN" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"CHS" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"CTRN" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"CPEX" Free Stock ...

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) is closing in quickly on its June 1 deadline to finish overhauling its operations, or opt for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Because that deadline is actually one week from yesterday (Monday), analysts and investors will be watching GM closely this week.

No matter which path GM chooses – conventional restructuring or bankruptcy – the U.S. Big Three of GM, Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and Chrysler LLC will have to adjust to the U.S. auto market’s post-financial-crisis “new reality.” Automakers will sell only 10 million cars and trucks in the U.S. market this year, the worst in at least 30 decades – and roughly 38% less than the 16 million vehicles that were sold in the United States annually in recent years before the financial collapse caused an accompanying collapse in auto sales.

Part of the reason for the

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In low volume trading, as many have started the holiday weekend early, the markets were down with the Dow closing at 8277.32.  The NASDAQ was down 0.19% closing at 1692.01, with the S&P down 0.15% closing at 887.00.  The 10-year saw the yield fall to 3.45% as prices fell.  Oil and gold were both up, settling at $61.67 and $958.90 respectively. 

In earnings news, Autodesk [ADSK: 20.70, +1.87 (+9.93%)] announced earnings after hours yesterday; the company reported a loss of $32.1 million, or $0.14 per share falling from a profit of $94.6 million the same period the year prior, while also missing the street’s estimate of $0.08 per share.  The software maker saw revenue slip to $425.8 million this fiscal quarter as costs and poor tech spending, caused by the poor economy, hampered the company’s bottom line.  Shares of Autodesk stock were up significantly in after hours yesterday and over

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Sears Holdings Corp.'s (SHLD) share price has surged more than 15% in morning trade after the company reported a surprise first-quarter profit yesterday evening.

The owner of Kmart discount stores posted adjusted earnings of 38 cents per share against the consensus estimate calling for a loss of 88 cents.

The Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based company's sales fell 9% to $10.1 billion, while same-store sales declined 7.4%.

"In this challenging economic environment we are pleased with the progress we have made in improving our gross margin rate, controlling inventories and further reducing our cost structure," said interim CEO W. Bruce Johnson.

The consensus estimate on the company's full-year earnings has moved down by 18 cents over the past 60 days to 34 cents per share.

Shares of Sears Holdings, a Zacks #3 Rank ("Hold") company, were trading on higher-than-usual volume of approximately 3.3 million, compared to average daily

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In sports, championship-caliber teams all have at least one characteristic in common: They’re able to focus on the fundamentals.

With the U.S. unemployment rate jumping to its highest level  in a quarter century in February, it’s become abundantly clear that that the U.S. recession is much deeper than President Barack Obama anticipated, meaning it’s likely that additional measures will be undertaken to arrest the slide and restart growth.

Many experts are now calling for the Obama administration to focus on the fundamentals – fundamental economics, that is. They want him to drop some of its ancillary pet projects – such as healthcare reform – and are telling President Obama to focus all his time and the government’s resources on three things:

Arresting the economy’s slide. Hastening its subsequent rebound. And fixing the U.S. banking system.

A focus on anything else is just a diversion and is a waste of time – especially because  there are

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In sports, championship-caliber teams all have at least one characteristic in common: They’re able to focus on the fundamentals. With the U.S. unemployment rate jumping to its highest level  in a quarter century in February, it’s become abundantly clear that that the U.S. recession is much deeper than President Barack Obama anticipated, meaning it’s likely that additional measures will be undertaken to arrest the slide and restart growth. Many experts are now calling for the Obama administration to focus on the fundamentals – fundamental economics, that is. They want him to drop some of its ancillary pet projects – such as healthcare reform – and are telling President Obama to focus all his time and the government’s resources on three things: Arresting the economy’s slide. Hastening its subsequent rebound. And fixing the U.S. banking system. A focus on anything else is just a diversion and is a ...