Diversified Commercial & Professional Services

Consumer Services industry gained 2.27% on Thursday. In the space, Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ: CTRP) added 4.01%, and Intersections Inc. (NASDAQ: INTX) jumped 2.57% in the regular trading session. In the after hours, Intersections (INTX) spiked 9.56% and it is currently trading at...

Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the digital marketing agency Real Branding, which has offices in San Francisco and New York. Real Branding was founded in 1994 to pioneer the emerging field of digital communications for brands. The agency's clients...

Usually I try to buy relative strength, but we have a relatively defined entry point on EnerNOC (ENOC) so I am going to attempt a more atypical trade.  Technically, the stock has bottomed out in the mid $24 to $25 area twice in the past year, and is back here today after a devastating day yesterday...

GeoEye Inc (NASDAQ: GEOY) was downgraded by Merriman Curhan Ford from "buy" to "neutral." GEOY's shares closed at $46.06 yesterday. GeoEye's 52-week trading range is $23.30-$45.92. Redwood Trust Inc (NYSE: RWT) was downgraded by BofA/Merrill from "buy" to "neutral." RWT's stock closed at $14.25...

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is reiterating its Overweight rating and $37 price target on shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) after it presented at a J.P. Morgan conference yesterday. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We're reiterating our Overweight rating on EFX shares following the...

Analysts at Merriman Curhan Ford downgrade GeoEye Inc (NASDAQ: GEOY) from "buy" to "neutral." GEOY's shares gained 1.93% to close at $46.06 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Fossil Inc (NASDAQ: FOSL) shares gained 6.69% to create a new 52-week high of $68.25. FOSL reported upbeat Q3 results. GeoEye Inc (NASDAQ: GEOY) shares jumped 4.47% to touch a new 52-week high of $47.21. GEOY reported an 8.1% y/y rise in its Q3 revenue. Limelight Networks Inc (NASDAQ: LLNW) shares...

Analysts at Barclays Capital downgrade Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) from "overweight" to "equal weight." The target price for CXW has been raised from $27 to $28. CXW's shares fell 1.03% to close at $25.98 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Below are the top small-cap marketing service stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Valassis Communications Inc (NYSE: VCI) is 141.50%. VCI's quarterly earnings jumped 95.50% y/y. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at...

FTI Consulting Inc.'s (FCN) third quarter 2010 operating earnings of 54 cents per share were below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 61 cents and the year-ago performance of 70 cents. Operating net income fell 33.0% year over year to $25.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $65.0 million or 18.8% of...

Innotrac Corporation (Nasdaq: INOC) today announced that Innotrac and Ann Taylor Stores Corporation (NYSE: ANN) have agreed to a multi-year extension of the fulfillment services agreement for AnnTaylor.com and Loft.com.

Oppenheimer has published its Equity Research Summary this morning. FTI Consulting and Essex Rental Corp. were two business services entities that were covered in the summary. FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) had 3Q10 EPS of $0.54 and total revenue of $346M which were both below Oppenheimer's...

Morgan Stanley reports that DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) has changed its GAAP accounting to reflect the gradual ramp in services provided to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), which manifests itself in revenue deferrals / lower reported revenues in the early years of the ten year...

Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share, a 400 percent increase from the current dividend of $0.04 per share, payable on December 15, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 24, 2010.

Merger activity remained steady last week with six new deals announced and three closing. You can find all the deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours. Deal Statistics: Total Number of Deals Closed in 2010 97 Total Number of Deals...