Companies featured in this edition of the newsletter: ACTC, CHIP, CVM, DKAM, ENZ, IWEB, MBCI, MFGD, PHC

Markets rebounded last week, on the strength of upbeat productivity and manufacturing reports that led to solid gains in all of the major indices. Despite news that the unemployment rate had hit its highest levels in 25 years, the Dow managed to end the week up 310 points, gaining 3.2% on the week to close at 10,023, up 14.2% on the year. The Nasdaq posted a gain of 3.3%, closing at 2112 and extending its yearly gains to 34%, while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 advanced 3.2% and 3.1% respectively on the week to bring their YTD performance to 18.4% and 16.2%.

Several better than expected economic reports provided buying incentive throughout much of the week, as investors managed to shake off the previous week’s negative bias to send indices into positive territory

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U.S. stocks posted modest gains Friday even as a surprisingly weak jobs report failed to deter investors from taking a broader view that the economy is improving.  Analysts’ upgrade of General Electric and Amazon.com helped the market keep its head above water as many on the Street averred the worst for the labor market was over.  Although the unemployment rate – at its highest level in 26 years – aggravated concerns about consumer spending, it nevertheless reassured some investors that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates near historically low levels in the near future.      

On Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 17.46 points, or 0.2%, to 10,023.42 and the Standard & Poor's 500 index added 2.67 points, or 0.3%, to 1,069.30.  The Nasdaq composite index advanced 7.12 points, or 0.3%, to 2,112.44.  For the week, the Dow and the S&P 500 index advanced 3.2%, while the Nasdaq

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YRC Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: YRCW) today announced that it has finalized amendments of its credit facilities that extend to October 30, 2009 certain provisions under the previous amendments. Specifically, the amendments extend the expiration of the revolver reserve amount, the suspension of the minimum liquidity covenant, and the due date for the asset-backed securitization commitment fee of $10 million.

Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc. [NYSE: ARW], has received the Oracle PartnerNetwork

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Chicago, IL – October 9, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Target Corporation (TGT), Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), Hasbro Inc. (HAS), Mattel Inc. (MAT) and Citigroup Inc. (C).

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Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog:

Target Lowers Toy Prices

In order to woo customers this holiday season, major discount retailer Target Corporation (TGT) recently announced an aggressive price cut on toys. The announcement came on the back of the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) news on offering 100 toys for

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Why Is Beijing Investing $200 Billion in One Company? The answer is simple. This rail company hauls 25% of the world’s freight – but it only has 6% of the world’s track. Right now, freight supply is 65% shy of demand. Sales for this company have grown on average 47% over the last five year. And now, with a $200 billion infusion, it’s about to jump even higher. Estimates show the potential gains at 356%. Click here for the full report.

By Bob Blandeburgo
Associate Editor
Money Morning

The much-anticipated earnings report from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and new data from the U.S. Department of Commerce yesterday (Thursday) showed that consumers are not only reeling in their discretionary spending, but may also be pulling the reins on the necessities.

Retail sales fell 0.1% in July from the previous month, and 8.3% from a …

Companies featured in this edition of the newsletter: CBAI, ICLK, ITUI, IWEB, MBCI, OMCM, SIHI, SRCO

Markets continued their torrid pace this week on the strength of encouraging reports from two of the most beleaguered economic sectors, which led to gains in all of the major indices following the week’s activities. All told, the Dow ended the week up 2.2%, gaining 198 to close at 9370, bringing its YTD gains to 6.8%. The Nasdaq gained 1.1% on the week, bringing its yearly gains to 26.8% while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 posted gains of 2.3% and 2.28 % respectively, bringing their yearly gains to 11.9% and 14.6%.

Economic news stole the spotlight this week as earnings season wound down, leaving investors with a more definitive picture of the overall state of recovery than in many weeks prior. The good news started early in the week, as the ISM

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Bowne & Co., Inc. (NYSE: BNE), a global leader in shareholder and marketing communications services, today announced that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service affirmed its ‘B’ corporate credit rating and revised the rating outlook to positive.

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALTH) announced today that the Company has received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) that the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) will hold a meeting on September 2, 2009, to review the Company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for pralatrexate for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).

Astea International Inc. (Nasdaq:

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U.S. stocks rose Friday to their highest level in nine months as a better-than-expected July jobs report added to recovery hopes and indicated the recession is nearing an end.  Nervous investors who had locked in profits in earlier sessions fearing the employment report would disappoint found a new reason to rejoice and sent stocks sharply higher. 

The broad-based S&P 500 index rose 13 points, or 1.3%, to its highest point since October 6 as the Labor Department noted nonfarm payrolls tapered off in July.  Results from a separate survey showed an unexpected decline in unemployment rate, indicating an improving employment picture.  The Dow Jones industrial average rose 114 points to 9,370.07 and the technology-laden NASDAQ rose 27 points, or 1.4%, to 2,000.25.  Volume remained moderate as 1.5 billion shares exchanged hands on the New York Stock Exchange where winners topped losers three to one.

The S&P 500 is now

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Americans love to hate Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), but it is a retailer we would most certainly miss if it were suddenly gone. Could Obama and his market manipulators determine it is too big to fail?

I am not the kind of guy that would ever get a tattoo. The company’s media advisor once told me I have a perfect face for radio. Why would I want to mess with that kind of success by spreading blue ink across my body?

But if I was going to succumb to an artist’s electric needles, there are just two phrases I could remotely envision having permanently ironed onto my skin.

#1: A man just can’t sit around.

#2: Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.

You would understand the message contained in the first phrase if you witnessed the engineering catastrophe in my garage over the weekend and the ensuing excuse I

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Much of what we buy in retail stores is imported from outside the US. Those goods are typically shipped to one of our nation's ports. Tracking the activity of those ports gives us a good idea about how optimistic or pessimistic retailers are with import orders. An excellent source for this information is Port Tracker.Port Tracker is published by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and IHS Global Insight. It looks at inbound container volume, the availability of trucks and railroad cars to move cargo out of the ports, labor conditions and other factors that affect cargo movement and congestion. It provides valuable insight to what retailers are ordering and how much merchandise they plan to stock on their shelves. Access to the full report requires an NRF subscription. Information can be found here.According to the June 9 Port Tracker report, import cargo volume at ...