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

AES Corp (AES) Akzo Nobel NV (AKZOY) Alliance Financial Corp (ALNC) Atlantic Tele-Network Inc (ATNI) BASF SE (BASFY) Biovail Corp (BVF) Carbo Ceramics Inc (CRR) Cato Corp (CATO) Cellcom Israel Ltd (CEL) Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT) Covidien Plc (COV) DG FastChannel Inc (DGIT) Diodes Inc (DIOD) Dover Corp (DOV) E.ON AG (EONGY) Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd (ENH) Gap Inc (GPS) Investors Bancorp Inc ...

Universal Forest Products, Inc. (UFPI) yesterday announced its third quarter results. Net earnings were $10.1 million, compared to a loss of $2.0 million in the prior-year quarter. Earnings per share stood at 51 cents versus a loss of 10 cents in the same period a year ago. The improvement in earnings reflects the company’s focus on cost containment.   Net sales for the quarter were $457.8 million, compared to last year’s $610.7 million. Sales continue to be adversely impacted by a weak housing market and sluggish consumer spending. These trends are expected to continue for the rest of 2009.   The company continues to realize the benefits of earlier decisions, which are yielding improved labor and overhead costs. Additionally, its efforts to diversify and grow its portfolio of products and services are creating growth in certain markets and areas, helping to mitigate the negative impact of weak overall ...

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

AeroCentury Corp (ACY) American Capital Agency Corp (AGNC) American Greetings Corp (AM) AudioCodes Ltd (AUDC) The Bancorp Inc (TBBK) The Boston Beer Company Inc (SAM) Corinthian Colleges Inc (COCO) The Corporate Executive Board Co (EXBD) Cymer Inc (CYMI) Homex Development Corp (HXM) Emergency Medical Services Corp (EMS) Ennis Inc (EBF) Fairchild Semiconductor International (FCS) Gerber Scientific Inc (GRB) Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (GOL) Golfsmith International Holdings Inc (GOLF) ...

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For Immediate Release

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The four highlighted picks are: Baidu, Inc. (BIDU), The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX), Universal Forest Products Inc. (UFPI) and Oriental Financial Group Inc. (OFG).      Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Four daily picks are offered free at http://at.zacks.com/?id=5607

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

AMCOL International Corp (ACO) Apollo Group Inc (APOL) Atmel Corp (ATML) Bayer AG (BAYRY) BioDelivery Sciences International Inc (BDSI) British American Tobacco (BTI) Cadbury Plc (CBY) Celanese Corp (CE) Central European Media Enterprises Ltd (CETV) CRH Plc (CRH) Diageo Plc (DEO) First Bancorp (FBNC) Flamel Technologies SA (FLML) Flanders Corp (FLDR) Grupo Televisa SA (TV) HDFC Bank Ltd (HDB) Henkel AG (HENKY) Herbalife Ltd (HLF) Jefferies Group Inc (JEF) Jones Apparel Group Inc (JNY) L'Oreal SA (LRLCY) Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd (LFT) MFA Financial Inc (MFA) MTR Gaming Group Inc (MNTG) Multi-Color Corp (LABL) National Australia Bank Ltd (NABZY) Odyssey Re Holdings Corp (ORH) Orbitz Worldwide Inc (...

Highlighted stocks include The Boeing Company (BA), General Motors Corporation (GM), TRW Automotive Holdings Corporation (TRW), Universal Forest Products, Inc. (UFPI) and Weyerhaeuser Company (WY)Industrial production dropped 2.0% in December, following a 1.3% drop in November. (The November figure was revised sharply lower from an original indication of a 0.6% increase.) The December figure was far below the consensus expectation for a 1.0% decline. The decline was even worse if you consider only manufacturing production which was down 2.2% following a 2.2% decline in November. Utilities declined a slight 0.1% following a 1.0% increase in November and mines dropped 1.6% following a 2.2% rise in November. On a year-over-year basis, total production was down 7.8% from a year ago and manufacturing output was down 10.0%. Industrial production has now been down in 4 of the last 5 months.

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