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Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ: RCII) Reports EPS of $0.79 vs. $0.85 Estimate; Revenues $742.2M vs. $754.6M Estimate

Biogen Idec Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) shares moved up 22.96% to $106.45 at 10:30 am. The volume of BIIB shares traded was 1010% higher than normal. BIIB reported upbeat Q1 results. Select Comfort Corporation (NASDAQ: SCSS) shares rose 23.70% to $16.42. The volume of SCSS shares traded was 607% higher...

Piper Jaffray, which raised its PT on shares of Select Comfort Corporation (NASDAQ: SCSS), is providing some color on the stock. “SCSS reported another strong quarter of outperformance - its now 9 in a row,” Piper Jaffray writes. “Sales totaled $193M (+22% Y/Y) and EPS of $0.30 were materially...

Wedbush Securities has raised the price target on Select Comfort (NASDAQ: SCSS) from $11 to $16 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on Select Comfort (NASDAQ: SCSS) from $13 to $20 and maintains its Overweight rating.

Select Comfort (NASDAQ: SCSS) Reports EPS $0.30 vs. $0.19 Estimate; Revenues $193.1M vs. $165.56M Estimate

Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ: RCII) today donated two large-screen televisions and $5000 to the Louisiana Community Development Capital Fund. The donation is tied to a philanthropic initiative dubbed "Random Acts of Caring," launched by Rent-A-Center in 2008. "CapFund thanks Rent-A-Center for its...

By 10:25 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 121.09 points, or 0.98%, to 12,260.02, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 12.12 points, or 0.92%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 29.61 points, or 1.07%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the...

Senior Analyst At BB&T Capital Markets Says Housing Market Has Been Good To Pier 1 (NYSE: PIR). On CNBC the analyst said, "People diverted money from home purchases to interior decorating."

Shares of Select Comfort Corporation (NASDAQ: SCSS) are higher on the session by 4.21%, currently trading at $12.87. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name...

Cusick's Corner The news today that Japan experienced yet another earthquake spooked the market, triggering selling. There were initial reports that their nuclear facilities did not suffer any damage so the sell-off did not last long and there was buying on the dips, which helped the markets trade...

Cusick Corner The market braced itself for the news in Japan and has held its ground. But the market is whippy and the fact that it's overbought is looking like it has started to wane, leaving me with uncertainty into the After Hours. I have written over the last few weeks about some strategic...

Bed Bath and Beyond Inc (NASDAQ: BBBY) shares jumped higher today, after the company said it beat earnings estimates, and reported better than expected guidance. This is because "Frank the Tank" went there on a nice little Saturday. President Obama, Speaker Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader...

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) have jumped 11% to $54.86 after the company reported better than expected earnings yesterday after the closing bell. The company reported Q4 earnings per share of $1.12 compared to analysts' consensus EPS estimates of $0.97. Revenue was up 11.6% to $...

Best 1) XenoPort (NASDAQ: XNPT): Posting a huge gain of 63.32% to $10.41. An FDA approval for one of its drugs, along with partner GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK), has shares vaulting. 2) XOMA (NASDAQ: XOMA): Trading up 15.1% to $3.43. 3) TPC Group (NASDAQ: TPCG): Sustaining an 11.6% gain to $36.38...