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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday - Tale of the Tape
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 9:14am | 341Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Amer Natl BankShares Inc (AMNB) Avnet Inc (AVT) Canon Inc (CAJ) Dollar Finl Corp (DLLR) G-III Apparel Group (GIII) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AMER NATL BNKSH (AMNB): Free Stock Analysis Report AVNET (AVT): Free...
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EZCORP's Expansion Plans - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 1:00pm | 515Austin, Texasbased EZCORP Inc. (EZPW) a leading provider of specialty financial services, is on an expansion mode. For 2011, the company plans to open approximately 110 new stores, including 55 to 60 pawn stores in Mexico, 35 to 40 short-term consumer loan stores in Canada, and 10 pawn stores in...
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EZCORP's Expansion Plans - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 12:15pm | 515Austin, Texasbased EZCORP Inc. (EZPW) a leading provider of specialty financial services, is on an expansion mode. For 2011, the company plans to open approximately 110 new stores, including 55 to 60 pawn stores in Mexico, 35 to 40 short-term consumer loan stores in Canada, and 10 pawn stores in...
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EZCORP Announces Filing of Annual 10-K Report
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 12:32pm | 81EZCORP, Inc. (Nasdaq: EZPW) announced today that its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010 has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of that report may be accessed through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website. EZCORP...
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Funding A Call for VISA
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 5:05am | 875Investors are now becoming familiar with the story of Master Card (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V) being pummeled by the Fed's proposal to cut interchange rate drastically for debit cards. To recap, Federal Reserve on December 16 announced the proposal to place a cap on the interchange fees banks...
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Debit Card Fee Cut to Hit MC, Visa - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 4:33pm | 1350The Dodd-Frank Act that was enacted in July this year has targeted credit card companies by slashing the interchange fees on debit card transactions. Particularly, card giants MasterCard Inc. (MA) and Visa Inc. (V) are reported to be the wary victims of the interchange fee cuts, since being one...
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Discover Financial Services President Sells 100,000 Shares of DFS
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 4:13pm | 54In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Discover Financial Services. (NYSE: DFS) President, Rodger Hochschild, reported that he sold 100,000 shares of DFS on December 20th for an average price of $18.26. The transaction totaled $1,826,000. Mr. Hochschild owns 1,275,061 direct shares and 911 indirect...
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Debit Card Fee Cut to Hit MC, Visa - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 3:43pm | 1350The Dodd-Frank Act that was enacted in July this year has targeted credit card companies by slashing the interchange fees on debit card transactions. Particularly, card giants MasterCard Inc. (MA) and Visa Inc. (V) are reported to be the wary victims of the interchange fee cuts, since being one...
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Nelnet, Inc. (NNI) - Bull of the Day
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 3:03am | 201Nelnet Inc.'s (NNI) third quarter earnings came in well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate on a fall in interest expenses and benefits of revenue diversification. However, GAAP results were primarily impacted by litigation settlement charges. Although the student loan reform law has barred the...
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Nelnet, Inc. (NNI) - Bull of the Day
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 1:00am | 201Nelnet Inc.'s (NNI) third quarter earnings came in well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate on a fall in interest expenses and benefits of revenue diversification. However, GAAP results were primarily impacted by litigation settlement charges. Although the student loan reform law has barred the...
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Fast Money Picks For December 21st (WMT, VIP, JBL, NKE, AXP)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 7:56pm | 246CNBC Fast Money's Joe Terranova said on the show that he likes NIKE, Inc. (NYSE: NKE). He believes that everything is working well for this company now, and he expects it to move higher tomorrow. NIKE, Inc. (NKE) gained 0.24% today, and closed at $90.27. Carter Worth thinks that investors should...
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Market Update
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 12:27pm | 145US financial stocks moved up, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) rising about 0.06%. The top gainers in the list included Huntington Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ: HBAN) and SLM Corp. (NYSE: SLM). Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) reported that the company's Chairman and CEO William A. Hawkins will...
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Sallie Mae Shares Climb 6.6% (NYSE: SLM)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 11:35am | 136Shares of SLM Corporation (NYSE: SLM) are trading up 6.6% at $12.85 per share during the Monday morning trading session. SLM Corporation, more commonly known as Sallie Mae, saw its share price climb after a favorable article in Barron's called the company a "one-of-a-kind financial company, with an...
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (AXP, MNKD, GMR, AEO)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 9:15am | 141American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) was downgraded by Stifel Nicolaus from "buy" to "hold." AXP's shares closed at $44.01 on Friday. American Express' trailing-twelve-month ROA is 2.78%. MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ: MNKD) was downgraded by BofA/Merrill from “buy” to “neutral.” MNKD's stock closed...
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Equities Starting to Cool 12-17-2010
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 4:13pm | 906Cusick's Corner The market has been full of headlines but nothing that hasn't already been priced into the market. The market is in a tight consolidation and there are fewer jumping into this market at this stage. While this is more of a short-term neutral sentiment, it highlights that equities are...