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Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Thursday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) Shares of Level 3 Communications hit...

Today in Boston, several companies will be presenting at Oppenheimer's 11th Annual Consumer Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel. Below is a schedule of publicly-traded companies and their presentation times: 9:30am: Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) 10:05am: Pool Corp (NYSE: POOL)...

Goldman Sachs has changed price targets on the following companies: Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) From $70.00 to $67.00 Bed, Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) From $62.00 to $60.00 Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) From $46.00 to $45.00 Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) From $52.00 to $51.00...

Audiovox Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) shares are slightly higher today, gaining 6 cents despite reports that noted and famed value investor Seth Klarman's Baupost Group has cut its stake in the company. At last check, shares of Audiovox were up 6 cents to $7.28, a gain of 0.8% on 50,000 shares....

Audiovox Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) today announced that Paul Jacobs has been promoted to President and CEO of Klipsch Group Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Audiovox. Fred Klipsch is stepping down from that position but will remain the Klipsch Group Chairman and has agreed to stand for election...

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...

Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: CORE) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to $30 million of the Company's common stock.

KSW, Inc. (NASDAQ: KSW) today announced that it has recently been awarded new private sector contracts totaling approximately 36 Million Dollars. These projects include three residential buildings at Gotham West in Manhattan, a 41 story apartment building in Long Island City, N.Y. and a boutique...

Shares of Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) are lower on the session by 0.31%, trading at $55.21. Overall put volume is now running at 22.25x the daily average, with 58% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,157 contracts have traded on the session so far. Genuine Parts Company is a...

Shares of LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ: LKQX) gained about 0.2% after the company announced its plans to buy the US paint distribution business, including 40 stores, from AkzoNobel Coatings Inc. The transaction is likely to close by May 27. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Wal-Mart...

LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ: LKQX) announced its plans to buy the US paint distribution business, including 40 stores, from AkzoNobel Coatings Inc. "We have long admired the body shop solutions offered by AkzoNobel, recognized as a color technology leader and the world's largest coatings company,"...

Audiovox Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) is estimated to post its FQ4 earnings at $0.02 per share. J.C. Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.25 on revenue of $3.95 billion. American Lorain Corporation (AMEX: ALN) is expected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.08 on revenue...

Calix Inc. (CALX) is trading at a price of $22.61, a dramatic change of 1.21 with % change of 5.65 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 1.02B Symmetricom Inc. (SYMM) is trading at a price...

Sysco Corp (NYSE: SYY) reported its FQ3 profit at $258.5 million, or $0.44 per share, from $247.6 million, or $0.42 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's sales jumped to $9.76 billion from $8.95 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.41 per share on sales of $9.45...

Core-Mark Holdings (NASDAQ: CORE) Reports Q1 EPS of $0.13 vs. $0.10 Estimate; Revenues $1.72B vs. $1.76B Estimate