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Cantor Fitzgerald initiates its coverage on Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) with a Buy rating and a price target of $41 to reflect the company's pure-play leverage on the lodging recovery. Cantor Fitzgerald notes, "After spinning out timeshare, Marriott is a pure-play management and franchise...

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Analysts expect to see double-digit per-share earnings growth from Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), Apache (NYSE: APA), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Marriot International (NYSE: MAR) when they report quarterly results this week. Other prominent reports on the...

Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of ten cents ($0.10) per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on March 30, 2012 to shareholders of record on February 24, 2012. Marriott also announced that its board...

Shares of Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) are higher on the session by 0.47%, currently trading at $36.32. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past two months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. The strike seeing...

Marcus Theatres, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS), today announced it will acquire the former OMNIMAX Theatre located in the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center adjacent to the company's 10-screen Duluth Cinema at 300 Harbor Drive. Marcus Theatres will convert the domed theatre,...

Goldman Sachs upgrades Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) to Buy from Neutral and raises its price target to $38 from $32 as the company benefits from low supply growth and improving demand in lodging. Goldman Sachs lists the following catalysts: "(1) MAR RevPAR underperformance may end as the...

Goldman Sachs has upgraded Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) from Neutral to Buy and has raised the price target from $32 to $38.

This is your Benzinga news summary for Tuesday, January 10, 2012, covering headlines from Tuesday's daytime trading session. Today at market close, the Dow Jones Index traded up about 69.78 points or 0.56%, the S&P 500 traded 0.89% higher, the Nasdaq Composite Index traded up 0.97%, and the U....

Bank of America raises its rating on Marriott (NYSE: MAR) to Buy and ups its price target to $40 as the company's returns accelerate and European exposure is reduced. Bank of America says, "We had 4 concerns in our August downgrade. Heading into 2012, we think each has been addressed: 1) EPS...

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 This is your Benzinga news summary and trader's outlook covering headlines from overnight and today's pre-market session. • Wall Street may also have been named after Walloons because Waal may be a shortening for Walloons. Benzinga's Top News Bank of America...

Bank of America has upgraded Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) from Neutral to Buy and has raised the price target from $32 to $40.

FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX) reported a rise in its fiscal second-quarter profit. FedEx's quarterly profit surged to $487 million, or $1.57 per share, from $283 million, or $0.89 per share, in the year-earlier period. Its revenue gained to $10.59 billion from $9.63 billion. However, analysts were...

The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) reported a rise in its second quarter earnings. Marcus' quarterly operating income climbed 15.8% to $6,261,000, from $5,406,000, in the year-ago period. Its net earnings surged 35.5% to $2,824,000, from $2,084,000. Marcus' earnings per share came in at $0.10, up...

Scholastic Corp (NASDAQ: SCHL) is projected to report its Q2 earnings at $2.33 per share on sales of $684.7 million. FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX) is projected to report its FQ2 earnings at $1.53 per share on revenue of $10.59 billion. AAR Corp (NYSE: AIR) is expected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.46 on...