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Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Marsh & McLennan Comapnies (NYSE: MMC) to report its Q4 earnings at $0.46 per share on revenue of $2.94 billion. MMC shares gained 0.52% to $32.42 in after-hours trading. Rackspace Hosting Inc (NYSE: RAX) reported...

US stock futures are higher this morning. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 74 points to 12,841.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 8.90 points to 1,349.50. Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 16.75 points to 2,565.25. US stocks closed lower on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Health Management Associates Inc (NYSE: HMA) to post its Q4 EPS at $0.20 on revenue of $1.58 billion. HMA shares gained 0.29% to close at $6.84 on Friday. Analysts expect Diebold Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) to report its...

Alexander & Baldwin Inc (NYSE: ALEX) is estimated to post its Q4 EPS at $0.25 on revenue of $424.90 million. Diebold Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) is projected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.84 per share on revenue of $837.7 million. Health Management Associates Inc (NYSE: HMA) is expected to...

Shares of Masco (NYSE: MAS) are higher on the session by 3.22%, currently trading at $12.84. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past two months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing the heaviest...

ProShares UltraShort Silver (ETF) (NYSEARCA: ZSL) lost 10.19% on Friday as silver traded higher. ZSL closed at $11.46, and it had a volume of 9.81M traded shares. VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN (NYSEARCA: TVIX) slipped 6.05% today, and it closed at $20.20. This was the fourth...

China Grentech Corporation Limited (NASDAQ: GRRF) surged 12% to $2.80 in the pre-market session. GRRF has entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Talenthome Management Limited. JA Solar Holdings Co Ltd (NASDAQ: JASO) added 6.19% to $2.06 in the pre-market session. JASO's trailing-twelve-...

Below are the top appliances stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio. Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) has a PEG ratio of 0.67. WHR's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $18.80 billion. iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) has a PEG ratio of 1.00. IRBT's trailing-twelve-month operating...

Morgan Stanley has initiated coverage on the following companies with an Underweight rating: Dover (NYSE: DOV) $64 PT Lennox International (NYSE: LII) $32 PT Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) $78 PT

Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII) today announced its financial guidance for 2012. The company expects: Organic revenue growth of 2-6%, with a neutral impact from foreign exchange Adjusted Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations of $2.20-$2.60 GAAP Earnings Per Share from Continuing...

UBS raised its Lennox International (NYSE: LII) price target from $32 to $37 in a research note published today. UBS has a Neutral rating on Lennox International. Shares of Lennox International were trading at $34.84 at the time of posting, up 1.31% from Monday's market close.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 This is your Benzinga news summary and trader's outlook covering headlines from overnight and today's pre-market session. • The first form of the stock market in New York started in 1792 with just 24 stock brokers meeting in the Tontine Coffee House on the corner of...

According to Goldman Sachs, Masco (NYSE: MAS) is upgraded to Neutral. Goldman Sachs said that it upgrades Masco to Neutral from Sell as it believes the company is in the early stages of rectifying its cost structure, and its FY2012 consensus estimates, which have fallen 65% since October 2010, are...

Goldman Sachs has upgraded Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS) from Sell to Neutral and has removed the company from its Americas Sell List.

Below are the top mid-cap general building materials stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS) had $1.61 billion in total cash and $4.03 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Armstrong World Industries Inc (NYSE: AWI) had $376.90 million in total...