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Cusick's Corner The Base Metals sector (take DBB ETF for example) can be used as the canary in the coal mine. These metals -- Copper, Zinc and Aluminum are the backbone of a thriving economy and the ETF DBB is drifting to March lows. If there is weakness in Copper or the group in general, this...

Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) is trading lower today. At the time of posting, shares of WFMI were at $61.70, down 5.27% from Wednesday's close.

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) - Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) broke out above $190 on Wednesday. AMZN will have resistance at $200. Pullbacks below $175 are a buy. Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT) - Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT) is back above $1.60. Level 3 Communications will have resistance at $1.85....

Safeway (NYSE: SWY) Reports EPS of $0.29 vs. $0.28 Estimate; Revenues $9.8B vs. $9.44B Estimate

US stock futures are mixed this morning, as investors are awaiting key gross domestic product data and earnings reports from several companies. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2 points to 12,643.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 0.10 point to 1,351.10. Futures on the Nasdaq...

Below are the top grocery stores stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Caseys General Stores Inc (NASDAQ: CASY) is 15.75%. CASY's revenue for the same period is $4.81 billion. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Village Super...

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) is expected to post its FQ3 earnings at $0.56 per share on revenue of $16.20 billion. Aetna Inc (NYSE: AET) is projected to report its Q1 earnings at $0.97 per share on revenue of $8.38 billion. Viacom Inc (NYSE: VIA) is projected to report its FQ2 EPS at $0.61 on...

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., (NASDAQ: WINN) today announced the sale of its Deep South beverage manufacturing facility in Fitzgerald, Ga., to Polar Beverages of Worcester, Mass., effective April 29, 2011. This transaction marks the completion of its program to sell all non-core manufacturing operations...

In a recent report by Jefferies, it has downgraded Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) from a Buy rating to Hold due to negative data received from Jefferies' proprietary store manager survey. Jefferies details the survey results, “Last week, we noted an uptick in promotional activity in our pricing surveys...

Lexmark International Inc (NYSE: LXK) was downgraded by Brean Murray from "buy" to "hold." LXK's shares closed at $32.76 yesterday. Lexmark's PEG ratio is -0.92. Robert W. Baird downgraded Encore Energy Partners LP (NYSE: ENP) from “outperform” to “neutral.” ENP's stock closed at $24.65 yesterday...

Jefferies & Co. has a Hold rating and a $9.50 price target on shares of Supervalu (NYSE: SVU). In a note to clients, Jefferies writes, "We conducted another supermarket store managers' survey which revealed some further weakening in business trends. Moreover, Supervalu is losing market share...

Jefferies & Company has downgraded Safeway (NYSE: SWY) from Buy to Hold and has lowered the price target from $26 to $25.

Shares of Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) are higher on the session by 1.06%, currently trading at $24.90. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short...

Travelzoo Inc. (TZOO) - Travelzoo hit a new 52-week high Monday as it is currently trading at $97.65, above its previous 52-week high of $95.45 with 112,564 shares traded as of 9:32 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 670,000 shares over the past 30 days. New Dragon Asia Corp. (AMEX:NWD) - New...

10. Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) Worldwide Employees- 288,062 Mkt cap- 124.59B Brian T. Moynihan- President, Chief Executive Officer Charles H. Noski- Chief Financial Officer Related companies: Citigroup Inc (C), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) Bank of...