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Shares of Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW) are higher on the session by 0.59%, trading at $75.47. Overall put volume is now running at 2.12x the daily average, with 29% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,189 contracts have traded on the session so far. Weight Watchers...

J.P. Morgan has lowered its price target on Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) from $50 to $46.50 following the release of the company's 2Q11 results. Says J.P. Morgan, in its report, “CSTR reported 2Q results and issued guidance in-line with pre-announcement and with the consensus expectations. Revenue...

JP Morgan has lowered the price target on Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) from $50 to $46.50 and maintains its Underweight rating.

Among the stocks that are moving lower on Thursday in the after hours trading session are Deckers Outdoor (NASDAQ: DECK), Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) and Ancestry.com (ACOM). All of these companies released quarterly earnings reports after the closing bell. Deckers Outdoor (DECK) reported Q2 EPS loss...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced interim results from ZENITH, an ongoing Phase 2 study designed to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of multiple 12- and 24-week response-guided treatment regimens with VX-222 (400 mg or 100 mg), its lead polymerase...

The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...

Piper Jaffray has published a report on Coinstar Inc (NASDAQ: CSTR) raising guidance on the change collecting company. In the report, Piper Jaffray wrote, "After market close on 7/21, Coinstar announced mixed preliminary Q2 results (revenue miss, EPS beat) and raised FY11 guidance for both revenue...

Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) is down 9% pre-market. The company announced yesterday that Mitch Lowe has resigned as president of redbox. Coinstar is currently trading at $53.46 pre-market, a loss of $5.17 or 8.82%.

Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) today announced that it has entered into a new credit facility agreement consisting of a senior secured $450 million revolving line of credit commitment that, under certain conditions, may be increased up to an additional $250 million in aggregate and a senior secured...

Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) today announced that the company's board of directors has authorized the repurchase of an additional $250 million, plus the amount of cash proceeds received by the company from the exercise of stock options by its officers, directors and employees, of Coinstar's common...

Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinstar. Mitch Lowe has resigned as president of redbox to pursue entrepreneurial and other interests, and will continue to serve as president until a successor is named. Coinstar has commenced an external search to identify a new...

Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) unveils its next round of earnings this Monday, July 25, 2011. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Monday's second quarter earnings announcement. Earnings and Revenue: Wall Street expects a positive EPS reading of $1.11 per share and revenues of $790....

H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) today announced that Len J. Lauer and L. Edward Shaw, Jr. have advised the board of directors that, after years of outstanding service, they will not seek reelection to the board at the company's shareholder meeting in September. Both cited the demands of other business...

Bank of America reiterated its Buy rating on Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $96. On Monday, WTW closed the day at $75.83.

Cusick's Corner Thanks Uncle Ben. The Fed chief spoke and the market interpreted his comments as well, bullish (QE3?). You got to love expiration week, the week when anything can happen. Back when I was on the trading floor, during Expiration week we wanted risk tied up by Wednesday so that if we...