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Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) to report its FQ3 EPS at $0.53 on revenue of $87.55 million. WDFC shares gained 0.89% to close at $40.85 yesterday. Zumiez Inc (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) reported a 9.8% rise in its June sales at...

US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting factory-orders data. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 31 points to 12,545.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 1.70 points to 1,336.50. Nasdaq 100 futures gained 10.00 points to 2,365.25. US stocks...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) sold more than half of its minority ownership in the Boston Red Sox. NYT shares dropped 0.11% to close at $8.71 on Friday. Whirlpool Corp (NYSE: WHR) said that the United States District Court of...

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: 1) Walter Investment Company (NYSE: WAC): Shares of Walter Investment hit a 52-week...

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 Tuesday's trading session: 1) CIGNA (NYSE: CI): Shares of CIGNA hit a 52-week high of $51.16 in Tuesday's...

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)...

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE: SWK) shares are holding onto slight gains after the company announced this morning that it intended to buy Niscayah for $1.2 billion. The company announced it was buying the Swedish security technology solutions company for SEK18 a share, making the deal...

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) announced that its wholly owned Swedish subsidiary acquired earlier today in Europe, through purchases made outside its pending tender offer to acquire all the outstanding shares and warrants of Niscayah Group AB, 21,010,494 class B shares of Niscayah,...

Shares of MetLife Inc (NYSE: MET) gained about 0.8% after Franco-Belgian financial services group Dexia SA (OTC: DXBGF) agreed to sell its Turkish life insurance business to MetLife for 162 million euros ($229.3 million). The transaction is likely to close by the end of 2011. MetLife will buy Dexia...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed its ratings for Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), including the company's Issuer Default Rating at 'A-' following the announcement that it has offered to acquire Niscayah for about $1.2 billion.

Benchmark reiterated its Buy rating on iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT). At the moment, Benchmark has a price target of $40 placed on the company's stock. On Friday, iRobot ended the week at $32.80.

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Monday, June 27, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Monday's pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S. equity futures are trading slightly higher with the U.S. dollar trading slightly flat on the session...

Deutsche Bank has a Buy rating and a $90 price target on shares of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE: SWK) after it was reported this morning that Stanley Black & Decker had made a bid for Niscayah. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "Stanley is projecting EPS accretion of 20c in...

Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. PGT Inc (NASDAQ: PGTI) had its rating maintained at Buy and its price target reiterated at $3.50. On Friday, PGT added 7.18% to its value to finish the week at $1.94. Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) had its rating maintained at Buy...

US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting data on consumer spending. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 34 points to 11,915.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 4.90 points to 1,267.90. Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 9.25 points to 2,217.00. US...