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

Aeropostale Inc (ARO) The AES Corp (AES) Anglo American Plc (AAUKY) Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp (BGFV) Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (BIO) Brasil Telecom Participacoes SA (BRP) Bway Holding Co (BWY) Carmike Cinemas Inc (CKEC) Cognex Corp (CGNX) Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) Ctrip.com International Ltd (CTRP) DeVry Inc (DV) Discover Financial Services (DFS) Dolan Media Co (DM) Dow Chemical Co (DOW) Fossil Inc (FOSL) Gibraltar Industries Inc (ROCK) ...

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Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ:WW), a leading international human capital and financial management consulting firm, today August 13, 2009announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30, 2009. Revenues were $396.5 million for the quarter, a decrease of 13% (decrease of 4% constant currency) from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 revenues of $453.8 million. Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 was $31.2 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, a decrease from $41.7 million, or $0.95 per diluted share, in the prior-year fourth quarter. When compared to prior-year fourth quarter, exchange rates had a negative impact of $0.10 on diluted earnings per share. Additionally, severance expense

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

1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc (FLWS) 3D Systems Corp (TDSC) ACI Worldwide Inc (ACIW) Advanta Corp (ADVNB) Alon USA Energy Inc (ALJ) Alphatec Holdings Inc (ATEC) American Water Works Co Inc (AWK) AMETEK Inc (AME) Anaren Inc (ANEN) Animal Health International Inc (AHII) Apogee Enterprises Inc (APOG) Bankrate Inc (RATE) Banner Corp (BANR) Bel Fuse Inc (BELFB) Belden Inc (BDC) Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (BIO) Blockbuster Inc (BBI) ...

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

Administaff Inc (ASF) Aetna Inc (AET) BTU International Inc (BTUI) Capital Product Partners LP (CPLP) Carlisle Companies Inc (CSL) CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) Chemtura Corp (CEMJQ) CommScope Inc (CTV) CommVault Systems Inc (CVLT) Exterran Partners LP (EXLP) Extra Space Storage Inc (EXR) G&K Services Inc (GKSR) Genzyme Corp (GENZ) HCP Inc (HCP) Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp (IART) Lazard Ltd (LAZ) Matthews International Corp (MATW) Mindray Medical International Ltd (MR) Minerals Technologies Inc (MTX) The Mosaic Co (MOS) North Valley Bancorp (NOVB) P A M Transportation Services Inc (PTSI) Patriot Capital Funding Inc (PCAP) Patterson Companies Inc (PDCO) Paychex Inc (PAYX) Penford Corp (PENX) Penson Worldwide Inc (PNSN) ...

U.S. stock futures pointed to a modestly higher open on Monday as investors looked to new data later in the holiday-shortened week for clues over the direction of the recession-hit economy.

U.S. stocks have run up as much as 40 percent since early March but have drifted recently as investors looked for signs to justify earlier optimism over an economic economy that partly drove the rally.

“The focus will be on the economic data in this abbreviated week,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Avalon Partner in New York. “What we are going to see is a market that is going to respond to the economic data, numbers that should continue to indicate improvement ”

The main focus later this week will be the June jobs report set for Thursday instead of Friday, when U.S. markets will be closed due to the U.S. Independence Day holiday.

Other key economic data will include the

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Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc. (WW) slashed its 2009 earnings guidance after reporting a 9% decline in fiscal third-quarter sales today. Shares plunged more than 15% on the news.

The consulting firm now expects earnings between $3.35 and $3.40 per share on revenue of $1.65 billion to $1.67 billion. It had previously guided earnings of $3.50 to $3.57 per share and revenue of $1.67 billion to $1.72 billion.

Analysts, on an average, have been expecting full-year earnings of $3.55 per share.

Watson Wyatt projects fourth-quarter earnings of 65 cents to 70 cents per share, lower than analysts' expected profit of 86 cents. Revenue is expected in the range of $370 million to $390 million.

The company's third-quarter profit amounted to 95 cents per share, a penny shy of the 96 cents earned in the year-ago-quarter. However, earnings came in ahead of analysts' expectations by 2 cents.

Revenue fell to

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

Aaron's Inc (AAN) Akzo Nobel NV (AKZOY) ATS Medical Inc (ATSI) Banco Santander SA (STD) Bankinter SA (BKNIY) Boise Inc (BZ) The Cheesecake Factory Inc (CAKE) Coinstar Inc (CSTR) Danvers Bancorp Inc (DNBK) Domino's Pizza Inc (DPZ) Dresser-Rand Group Inc (DRC) First Community Bancshares Inc (FCBC) Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (FDP) Health Management Associates Inc (HMA) Healthsouth Corp (HLS) Ikanos Communications Inc (IKAN) Inventure Group Inc (SNAK) Kubota Corp (KUB) Middleburg Financial Corp (MBRG) NetEase.com Inc (NTES) Netflix Inc (NFLX) Neutral Tandem Inc (TNDM) Northrim BanCorp Inc (NRIM) P F Chang's China Bistro (PFCB) Pozen Inc (POZN) Ruby Tuesday Inc (RT) Steven Madden Ltd (SHOO) The TJX ...

Companies highlighted in this weekly wrap include The Buckle, Inc. (BKE), Xilinx Inc. (XLNX), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) and Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (WW).

< ?DART(15);?> The Buckle, Inc. (BKE) is seeing bullish earnings estimates and a higher share price since the stock was last featured as a Growth and Income pick in early April. The company also enjoyed robust sales in March.

Shares are Advancing on Upbeat Forecasts and Solid Fundamentals

Analysts have increased earnings projections since we last covered BKE earlier this month. Current full-year earnings expectations of $2.53 per share are above last month's $2.45. The most accurate estimate is more bullish at $2.56.

Stellar Sales

The Buckle announced higher sales for the month of March. Comparable store net sales jumped 15% year-over-year, while net

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