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The jobless claims report was nothing more than a snoozer - there was very little price move, if any - mainly because it was in-line with expectations. The big one is tomorrow, of course, when Employment comes out. I would expect a major move in one direction or the other, as a result. LONG:...

Mitsui & Company Ltd (NASDAQ: MITSY) dipped 3.34% to $260.07 in the pre-market session. MITSY’s earnings are likely to fall 13.22% this year. LM Ericsson Telephone Co (NASDAQ: ERIC) lost 1.66% to $10.10 in the pre-market session. Ericsson India has recently made a minority investment in...

Below are the top industrial goods’ stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of operating cash flow. The trailing-twelve-month operating cash flow at Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ: FWLT) is $566.0 million. FWLT’s PEG ratio is 0.77. The trailing-twelve-month operating cash flow at Joy Global Inc (NASDAQ: JOYG) is...

Park-Ohio Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: PKOH), today announced that its Supply Technologies business has acquired substantially all of the assets of Assembly Component Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lawson Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAWS). ACS is a...

Piper Jaffray sees nearly 40% upside in shares of Fastenal Systems (NASDAQ: FAST), after Piper Jaffray did channel checks that were better than expected. It has an Overweight rating, and a $63 price target. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "Our recent industry channel checks continue to...

Directors of Lawson Products, Inc., (NASDAQ: LAWS) today announced a dividend of $.08 per share on common shares, an increase of $.02 from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable October 12, 2010 to stockholders of record on September 28, 2010.

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – August 17, 2010 – Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry’s leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive...

Textainer Group (TGH) posted another earnings surprise last week as its utilization rates hit a company high. Company Description Textainer is the biggest lessor of intermodal containers. The company has dry freight, refrigerated and other specialized containers. Revenue Up 37% On Aug 12...

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its AMECO unit has agreed to form a joint venture with United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) to offer comprehensive equipment and tool solutions for ongoing plant maintenance and turnaround activities initially supporting the oil and gas industry in the...

July sales at W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW) jumped 21%, the highest growth recorded by the company so far in fiscal 2010, driven by sales of items related to the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico. Acquisitions contributed 5 percentage points to the growth with favorable foreign exchange adding 1...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: adidas AG (ADDYY) AMETEK Inc (AME) AngloGold Ashanti Ltd (AU) Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) Chemical Financial Corp (CHFC) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.    APPLD INDL TECH (AIT): Free Stock Analysis Report...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: American Public Education, Inc (APEI) American States Water Co (AWR) Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc (BECN) Bowne & Co., Inc (BNE) China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd (NPD) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List.    AMER PUB...

Here's the Economic Calendar for the week commencing the 9th of August 2010. This week China takes the spotlight with its monthly data dump; there's new loans, money supply, trade balance, CPI, fixed asset investment, industrial production, PPI, and retail sales. Then on the monetary policy...