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H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) announced at 6:50pm ET on Christmas Eve that "as a result of a regulatory directive by the OCC, HSBC Holdings, plc. (NYSE: HBC) is terminating the contract under which HSBC provided all of HRB's refund anticipation loans (RALs),” Oppenheimer reports. “With HSBC RALs...

Oppenheimer & Co. has a Perform rating on shares of H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB). In a note sent to clients, Oppenheimer writes, "The equivalent of coal in the stocking for HRB's franchisees and investors, HRB announced at 6:50pm ET on Christmas Eve that "as a result of a regulatory...

Coinstar, Inc's (CSTR) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 10.39. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for 2010 increased by 24 cents over the past two months to $2.19 per share. Coinstar, Inc is a Zacks #1 Rank (“Strong Buy”) company. ...

Coinstar, Inc's (CSTR) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 10.39. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for 2010 increased by 24 cents over the past two months to $2.19 per share. Coinstar, Inc is a Zacks #1 Rank (“Strong Buy”) company. ...

Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ: THOR) was upgraded by UBS from “neutral” to "buy." THOR's shares closed at $28.19 yesterday. Thoratec's PEG ratio is 0.89. Deutsche Bank upgraded Amedisys Inc (NASDAQ: AMED) from "hold" to "buy." AMED's shares closed at $29.23 yesterday. Amedisys' PEG ratio is 0.49....

Regis Corp (NYSE: RGS) is upgraded from Neutral to Outperform at Wedbush. The price target is raised from $20 to $22.

CPI Corp. (NYSE: CPY) today reported results for the fiscal 2010 third quarter ended November 13, 2010. Fiscal 2010 third-quarter sales declined 1% to $106.2 million from $107.3 million in the prior-year third quarter as comparable store declines were mostly offset by sales from newly opened Kiddie...

Shares of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service (NYSE: JTX) are higher on the session by 15.36%, currently trading at $1.615. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past two months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name...

SeaChange International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEAC), the leading global multi-screen video software company, today announced the appointment of Peter A. Feld to its Board of Directors. Mr. Feld, a Managing Director of Ramius LLC and a Portfolio Manager of the Ramius Value & Opportunity Fund (“Ramius...

Jefferson, Louisianna-based Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEI) released financial results on Thursday morning. Stewart Enterprises, Inc reported that its 4th quarter net earnings rose to $9.1 million, or 10 cents per share, up from $3.5 million, or 4 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding...

In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Service Corp International (NYSE: SCI) Director, William Waltrip, reported that he sold 40,008 shares of SCI on December 13th-14th for an average price of $8.43. The transaction totaled $337,435. Mr. Waltrip owns 641,409 direct shares and 877,411 indirect shares of...

Oppenheimer & Co. has a Perform rating on Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Inc. (NYSE: JTX). In a note sent to investors Oppenheimer writes, "JTX delivered seasonally soft F2Q11 adj'd EPS of -$0.66 (flat y/y) vs. our est./consensus of -$0.72/-$.074 on a favorable tax rate. With near certainty, JTX...