Waste management service provider Stericycle Inc. (SRCL) earned 55 cents in the third quarter, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2 cents. Earnings were up about 24% year-over-year, while it improved 9% sequentially on higher revenues and margins.  Revenues showed an increase of 7.5% year over year to $46.5 million helped by recent acquisitions, which added $19.3 million in the quarter. Stericycle completed six acquisitions during the first nine months of this year, which included the recently acquired Healthcare Waste Solutions’ operations in Minnesota and Wisconsin, besides Omni Medical Waste in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Operating costs decreased to 52.7% of total sales in the quarter from 55.6% in the same period of the previous year following which gross profit expanded to $140.9 million from $123.0 million in the same quarter last year. As a percent of revenue, gross profit improved to 47.3% from 44.4% in the ...

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Levi & Korsinsky is investigating the Board of Directors of I-Flow Corp.  (NasdaqGM: IFLO) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with their attempt to sell the Company to Kimberly-Clark Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, I-Flow shareholders will receive $12.65 in cash for each share of I-Flow common stock they own for a total transaction value of approximately $276 million.

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AAON Inc (AAON) Belo Corp (BLC) Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc (CADX) Caliper Life Sciences Inc (CALP) Covidien Ltd (COV) HLS Systems International Ltd (HOLI) HMS Holdings Corp (HMSY) Macrovision Solutions Corp (MVSN) Majesco Entertainment Co (COOL) NaviSite Inc (NAVI) Osteologix Inc (OLGX) Papa John's Int'l Inc (PZZA) Prudential Public Limited Co (PUK) Publicis Groupe SA (PUBGY) Reed Elsevier NV (ENL) Stericycle, Inc (SRCL) Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) Analogic Corp (ALOG) Centennial Communications Corp (CYCL) Dolan Media Co (DM) Endologix Inc (ELGX) HearUSA Inc (EAR) Lender Processing Services Inc (LPS) Stillwater Mining Co (SWC) Telstra Corporation Ltd (TLSYY) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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Amtrust Financial Services Inc (AFSI) AP Pharma Inc (APPA) Becton Dickinson and Co (BDX) Calavo Growers Inc (CVGW) Cytori Therapeutics Inc (CYTX) Dassault Systemes SA (DASTY) Decode Genetics Inc (DCGN) Dillard's Inc (DDS) Endologix Inc (ELGX) Haemonetics Corp (HAE) Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (IVN) Linktone Ltd (LTON) Navisite Inc (NAVI) Nile Therapeutics Inc (NLTX) Novavax Inc (NVAX) NSTAR (NST) Orchids Paper Products Co (TIS) Papa John's Int'l Inc (PZZA) Provident Energy Trust (PVX) Stericycle Inc (SRCL) TAM SA (TAM) Tucows Inc (TCX) Winner Medical Group Inc (WMDG) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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Stericycle Inc (SRCL) shares recorded an unusually low trading volume with 167 thousand shares today. The Lake Forest-based company's stock was up more than 1% at $47.72 in the morning trade. SRCL is a Zacks #1 Rank ("Strong Buy") stock.

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL - March 19, 2009 - Zacks.com releases the latest Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks featured in this week's analysis include Centex Corporation (CTX), Intel Corporation (INTC), Stericycle Inc. (SRCL), Tesoro Corporation (TSO) and U.S. Steel Corporation (X).

Zacks Industry Rank Analysis is written by Charles Rotblut, CFA, Senior Market Analyst for Zacks.com.

This week: Q1 Earnings: Winners and Losers

First-quarter profits are going to stink. The consensus projections call for S&P 500 (SPX) profits of $16.33, which equates to a decrease of approximately 14% from a year prior.

On a company-specific basis, the numbers could be worse. Median earnings are likely to decline 19.3%. More than 10% of S&P 500 members are expected to report triple-digit drops in profits (57 companies with declines of 100% or more). Conversely,

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Acxiom Corp (ACXM) AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) Alliance One International Inc (AOI) Almost Family Inc (AFAM) AsiaInfo Holdings Inc (ASIA) BioScrip Inc (BIOS) Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc (BR) Bruker Corp (BRKR) CombinatoRx Inc (CRXX) The Cooper Companies Inc (COO) Cosan Ltd (CZZ) DRI Corp (TBUS) EnteroMedics Inc (ETRM) FPIC Insurance Group Inc (FPIC) Gander Mountain Co (GMTN) Global Crossing Ltd (GLBC) Magyar Telekom Plc (MTA) Maxcom Telecomunic SAB de CV (MXT) Mercer Insurance Group Inc (MIGP) Metavante Technologies Inc (MV) Nelnet Inc (NNI) Pennichuck Corp (PNNW) Rackspace Hosting Inc (RAX) Silgan Holdings Inc (SLGN) Stericycle Inc (SRCL) Stewart Enterprises Inc (STEI) SuperGen Inc (SUPG) Transition Therapeutics Inc (TTHI) ...

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Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Acxiom Corp (ACXM) Alliance One International Inc (AOI) Allied Capital Corp (ALD) American Equity Investment Life Holding (AEL) Anaren Inc (ANEN) Aqua America Inc (WTR) AsiaInfo Holdings Inc (ASIA) Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc (BR) Caribou Coffee Company Inc (CBOU) Carrols Restaurant Group Inc (TAST) Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX) Chinacast Education Corp (CAST) Cosan Ltd (CZZ) DaVita Inc (DVA) Energy Recovery Inc (ERII) EZCORP Inc (EZPW) FPIC Insurance Group Inc (FPIC) General Mills Inc (GIS) Horsehead Holding Corp (ZINC) Immucor Inc (BLUD) Jarden Corp (JAH) Javelin Pharmaceuticals Inc (JAV) Magyar Telekom Plc (MTA) MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc (MAPP) Maxcom Telecomunic SAB de CV (MXT) Mercer Insurance Group ...

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Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Air Liquide (AIQUY) American Capital Ltd (ACAS) AsiaInfo Holdings Inc (ASIA) Basilea Pharmaceutic (BPMUF) Cavalier Homes Inc (CAV) El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (EPB) FPIC Insurance Group Inc (FPIC) Gander Mountain Co (GMTN) Gentiva Health Services Inc (GTIV) Harleysville Group Inc (HGIC) Immucor Inc (BLUD) Jarden Corp (JAH) MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc (MAPP) Metavante Technologies Inc (MV) Novell Inc (NOVL) Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGSVY) Portugal Telecom SGPS (PT) Radio One Inc (ROIAK) Silgan Holdings Inc (SLGN) Stericycle Inc (SRCL) UBS AG (UBS) Veolia Environnement (VE) Wireless Ronin Technologies Inc (RNIN) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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