Economic Data

Favorable Durable Goods Report – Ahead of Wall Street (AAPL) (ACN) (AMZN) (HPQ) (JBL) (MMI) (PAYX)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Stocks have been gaining ground all over again recently — up almost 4% in the last three days — even as tangible positive news has been hard to come by. Optimism has been growing in recent days that the Europeans are finally moving toward a TARP-like solution to get a handle on their problems, but we have yet to see any official confirmation of those rumors and discussions. It is hard to envision the rally sustaining itself without fundamental support, though today’s favorable Durable Goods report would qualify as such […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Golden Meditech Increase Stake in NYSE-listed Affiliate – China Cord Blood Corporation to 40.9%

Golden Meditech Increase Stake in NYSE-listed Affiliate – China Cord Blood Corporation to 40.9% PR Newswire HONG KONG, Sept. 28, 2011 HONG KONG , Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Golden Meditech Holdings Limited (“Golden Meditech” or the “Group,” – 801.HK; 910801.TW), China ‘s leading integrated healthcare enterprise, today announced that the Group has continued to increase its ownership in its NYSE-listed affiliate, China Cord Blood Corporation (“CCBC,” – CO.US) from the open market […]

Stock Analysts

AmerisourceBergen Acquires Again (ABC) (CVS)

AmerisourceBergen Corporation ( ABC ) recently announced that it has agreed to acquire CVS Caremark Corporation ’s ( CVS ) subsidiary TheraCom LLC, for $250 million. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 for AmerisourceBergen, which ends on December 31, 2011. […]

Stock Analysts

Macy’s to Hire More for Holidays (JCP) (M)

Macy’s Inc . ( M ), one of the leading department store retailers in the United States, recently announced its plan to hire approximately 78,000 temporary staffs for the upcoming holiday season expecting incremental sales. The recent announcement marks an increase of 4% from 75,000 staffs hired last year […]

Technicals

Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Wednesday – Tale of the Tape (AGII) (AMSC) (AMZN) (BCON) (BHE)

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: Amazon.com ( AMZN ) American Superconductor Corp ( AMSC ) Argo Group International Holdings ( AGII ) Beacon Power ( BCON ) Benchmark Electronics ( BHE ) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List . ARGO GROUP INTL (AGII): Free Stock Analysis Report AMER SUPERCON (AMSC): Free Stock Analysis Report AMAZON.COM INC (AMZN): Free Stock Analysis Report BEACON POWER (BCON): Free Stock Analysis Report BENCHMARK ELETR (BHE): Free Stock Analysis Report Get all Zacks Research Reports and be alerted to fast-breaking buy and sell opportunities every trading day. […]

Technicals

Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Wednesday – Tale of the Tape (ARGN) (BBW) (COLB) (DXPE) (EGBN)

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Amerigon Inc ( ARGN ) Build-A-Bear Workshop ( BBW ) Columbia Banking System ( COLB ) DXP Enterprises ( DXPE ) Eagle Bancorp ( EGBN ) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List . AMERIGON INC (ARGN): Free Stock Analysis Report BUILD-A-BEAR WK (BBW): Free Stock Analysis Report COLUMBIA BK SYS (COLB): Free Stock Analysis Report DXP ENTERPRISES (DXPE): Free Stock Analysis Report EAGLE BCP INC (EGBN): Free Stock Analysis Report Get all Zacks Research Reports and be alerted to fast-breaking buy and sell opportunities every trading day. […]