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Shares of Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) are higher on the session by 2.82%, trading at $52.90. Overall call volume is now running at 3.09x the daily average, with 63% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 3,171 contracts have traded on the session so far. Coinstar, Inc. is a provider...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Stewart Enterprises (NASDAQ: STEI), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Bank of America Lynch writes, "STEI's shares are off 17% since April (vs. -1% S&P 500) in sympathy with weaker capital markets and concerns over the economy...

Gainers: Portage Resources (PINK: POTG) is up over 12%. Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT) is up over 7% after the company announced a deal with General Motors (NYSE: GM) to develop natural gas-powered engines. LinkedIn (NASDAQ: LNKD) is up over 6% after JP Morgan initiated coverage of the...

Copart Inc (NASDAQ: CPRT) shares surged 1.41% to $46.07 at 10:38 am. The volume of CPRT shares traded was 1210% higher than normal. CPRT's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 30.74%. Standard Microsystems Corporation (NASDAQ: SMSC) shares moved up 6.04% to $25.46. The volume of SMSC shares...

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)...

Morgan Stanley provided color on H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) in a research report published today. Morgan Stanley has previously given H&R Block an Equal-Weight rating. In the report, Morgan Stanley states, "H&R Block has successfully executed on a long-awaited operational turnaround. The...

Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR), today announced the appointment of Maria D. Stipp as its chief customer officer. Stipp joins Coinstar with more than 20 years experience in sales and senior management roles in the video game industry and consumer packaged goods. Most recently, Stipp served as...

Below are the top small-cap business equipment stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio Coinstar Inc (NASDAQ: CSTR) has a PEG ratio of 0.70. CSTR's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $1.54 billion. PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) has a PEG ratio of 1.04. PAR's trailing-twelve-...

Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. Carrizo Oil and Gas Inc. (NASDAQ: CRZO) 2,657 puts, 71 calls 2. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) 5,519 puts, 208 calls 3. H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) 7,288 puts, 302 calls 4. Citrix Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) 2,618 puts, 130 calls 5. Computer Sciences Corp. (...

H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) released its quarterly earnings results after the closing bell on Thursday. The company reported Q4 net income of $658.56 million or $2.14 per share, compared to $690.83 million or $2.10 per share, in the year ago quarter. Wall Street analysts had consensus EPS estimates...

H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) is set to release its quarterly earnings results after the closing bell on Thursday. Ahead of this report, the shares have lost around 0.75% and are trading at $15.94. Wall Street analysts are anticipating the company will report earnings per share of $2.15. In the year...

The markets had struggled towards erasing a large portion of their losses with the NASDAQ popping its head into positive territory, but since then, the losing steam has picked up, and markets are getting back towards their lows again. At last check, the Dow was off 160 points, the NASDAQ was off 9...

US stock futures are lower this morning, after the Federal Reserve lowered its outlook for US economic growth. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 45 points to 11,978.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index fell 6.10 points to 1,273.70. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 8.50 points to...

Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is projected to post its Q2 EPS at $0.70 on revenue of $1.70 billion. H&R Block Inc (NYSE: HRB) is expected to report its Q4 earnings at $2.15 per share on revenue of $2.32 billion. Oracle Corp (NASDAQ: ORCL) is estimated to post its Q4 earnings at $0...

Below are the top industrial equipment & components stocks on the NYSE in terms of cash. Emerson Electric Company (NYSE: EMR) had $1.59 billion in total cash and $5.12 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Parker-Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH) had $1.11 billion in total cash and $1....