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Two services-related companies and a little-known Chinese coal miner were among the best-performing small-cap stocks on Tuesday. The day marked by President Barack Obama signing off on a bill resolving the federal government's debt ceiling crisis. Wall Street's response was negative, indicating...

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 A look at the daily chart for the Australian Dollar futures shows major chart support near the 1.0280 area. Some traders who anticipate that this key level will hold may wish to consider exploring selling puts in Australian Dollar futures options with strike prices below...

Deutsche Bank, citing a 2Q ahead of expectations, is raising its price target on Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) from $57 to $60. According to Deutsche Bank, “Clean 2Q EPS of $0.35 beat our $0.32 expectation and management raised guidance largely due to strong contract value growth of 22% in...

Deutsche Bank has raised the price target on Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) from $57 to $60 and maintains its Hold rating.

Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTG) announced today that its Greenlight Technologies LLC subsidiary has entered into a settlement and license agreement with Hubbell Incorporated. The settlement and license agreement resolves litigation that was pending in the Eastern District of Texas.

Deutsche Bank has upgraded The Corporate Executive Board (NYSE: EXBD) from Hold to Buy and has lowered the price target from 445 to $43.

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Monday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...

Intersections Inc. (NASDAQ: INTX), announced today its Board of Directors approved a 33 percent increase in the company's regular quarterly dividend for the third quarter 2011. The third quarter 2011 dividend of $.20 per share will be paid on September 9, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close...

Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) announced today that it has acquired DataVision Resources, a provider of data and business solutions to the mortgage, insurance and financial services industries. Financial terms for the transaction, which was completed today, were not disclosed. DataVision's operations...

AMREP Corporation (NYSE: AXR) today announced two senior executive appointments. Theodore J. Gaasche will become President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective today. Mr. Gaasche has served as AMREP's Vice President of Corporate Development since February 2011. He also has been...

Point Roberts, WA - August 1, 2011 - Investorideas.com, an investor research portal covering multiple stock sectors including defense and security stocks, presents a sector close up on defense and security stocks for Friday's trading, July 29th. Aerosonic Corporation (AMEX: AIM) jumped 0.22 (7.03...

Benchmark is out with its report today on Dun & Brandstreet (NYSE: DNB), maintaining Buy. In its report, Benchmark writes, "D&B trades at 12x our 2011E EPS of $6.22 and 8x our 2011E EBITDA of $575 million. While we recognize strategic value within D&B's assets, until there is some sign...

CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Multiple Benefit Services, Inc. ("MBS") effective August 1, 2011. Founded in 1992 and located in Atlanta, Georgia, MBS provides employee benefit consulting, support and services to 80 clients ranging in...

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is out with a research report on D&B (NYSE: DNB) and it has a Neutral rating and a $78 price target on shares. In an note to clients, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. writes, "We're maintaining our Neutral rating on DNB following Q2,11 results. Revenues rose 1% (ex forex...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Equifax (NYSE: EFX), maintaining Overweight. In its report, J.P. Morgan writes, "We like Equifax's consistency and cash flow, and think gradual economic recovery should be a revenue/profit tailwind. New product investments (incl. predictive analytics and...