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Stocks advanced broadly on Tuesday as investors turned their focus toward the results of mid-term elections and a two-day Federal Reserve meeting that is expected to unveil more measures to revive the economy.  The advance sent the Dow average to its highest close in more than six months as most of...

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EZCORP, Inc. (Nasdaq: EZPW) announced today the appointment of Stephen A. Stamp as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Shares of Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) are higher on the session by 2.04%, currently trading at $18.01. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months, bottoming near $12.30 and rallying above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on...

Dollar Financial Corporation (DLLR) reported its first-quarter earnings (excluding one-time gains) of 47 cents per share, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 46 cents. However, Dollar Financial lagged the year-ago quarter's estimate of 60 cents. The operating results exclude non-recurring...

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) today announced a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share payable November 22, 2010 to stockholders of record as of November 12, 2010.

Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ: DLLR) today announced its results for the fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2010. Fiscal 2011 First Quarter Highlights Consolidated total revenue grew to a record $174.2 million for the quarter, an increase of $28.7 million or 19.7% compared to the prior...

Unconfirmed Rumors that Barclays PLC (BCS) will make a $52.00 bid for Capital One Financial Corp. (COF).

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – October 25, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features:American Express Company (AXP), Capital One Financial Corporation (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Visa Inc. (V) and MasterCard Inc. (MA). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the...

• American Express (NYSE: AXP) posted after-the-close interims of $0.90 for the third quarter, a 5 cents, on a 16.9% revenue jump to $7 billion, above Zacks estimates of $6.8 billion • Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU) reported third quarter earnings of $0.46, a 4-cent beat on revenues of $337.2 million...

Equities staged a modest advance as investors weighed another batch of strong earnings reports and a stronger dollar. Investors' confidence also got a boost after Caterpillar and eBay raised their earnings forecasts and McDonald's came out with better-than-estimated earnings. Stocks had rallied in...

Piper Jaffray says that American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) has once again posted the most impressive quarter of any card issuer this quarter. American Express beat consensus expectations by $0.04, with EPS of $0.90, up 67% y/y. “We are raising our '10/'11/'12 estimates to $3.30/$3.83/$4.25 from...

Yesterday, American Express Company (AXP) reported third quarter income from continuing operations of $1.1 billion or 90 cents per share, well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 85 cents. Results in the year-ago quarter were $640 million or 54 cents, excluding a loss of $2.0 million or one...