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Feasts, fowls, and freeze frames will decorate the holiday week that lies ahead.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Monday's session are Hewlett-Packard, Analog Devices, Brocade and Tyson.

The markets were able to pull it together somewhat to close off the intraday lows. Volume finished at 3.75 Billion shares on the NYSE and 1.98 Billion shares traded on the NASDAQ. Today’s tough earnings news came from companies such as DR Horton (DHI) and Dell Inc. (DELL). Both companies got hit hard following their results. [...]

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If Sweeney came concerned, he might have left more worried. Yes, Public Radio’s legacy business is radio, and, more recently, audio, via podcast and streaming. What Sweeney heard, though, was a larger Who, public radio’s nascent attempts to assert itself as a major online (and then presumably mobile) news player throughout the country.

This past Monday top value investors from across the country gathered in New York to discuss their investment ideas at the 5th annual Value Investing Congress. I was planning to attend, but some unforeseen events back at home prevented me from traveling to New York. Thankfully, since I was registered for the event, I have [...]

Earnings Trends Key Points: Earnings surprise ratio (#beat / #miss) at 5.56 Median Earnings Surprise 7.90% Year-over-year earnings growth ratio (# Positive Growth/# Negative Growth) at 0.74 Sales surprise ratio at 2.0 Sales growth ratio at just 0.35 Total net income for S&P 500 reported firms is 12.1%. This is above what those same 66 firms reported a year ago and [...]

(GIS) Better than Expected Earnings Trends

H.J. Heinz Co. (HNZ) dominates in the ketchup market.  There is no second.  And Heinz has taken advantage of its revered ketchup brand over the years to develop organically and acquire other brands. However, its overdependence on developed markets and a sluggish U.S. consumer are currently holding the company back. Emerging markets are where ...

H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) dominates in the ketchup market. There is no second. And Heinz has taken advantage of its revered ketchup brand over the years to develop organically and acquire other brands.[More...]

Two Veteran Wall Street Analysts discuss: (Val:) DF, MKC, PM; (Vern:) CPB, FLO, HRL

Companies featured in this segment: Agilent Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:A), Toshiba Corporation (OTC:TOSBF), Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB), OAO Gazprom (OTC:OGZPY), Siirtec Nigi SpA, Eni SpA (NYSE:E), and Saipem SpA (BIT:SPM).

Tom Dorsey and Tammy DeRosier - The Market Dropped the Baton

BizRadio's Jack Warkenthien interviewed James Altucher, the President of Stockpicker.com about what to buy and what to avoid right now. Among the stocks talked about are Value Click (NASDAQ:VCLK), QLogic (NASDAQ:QLGC), Kellogs (NYSE:K), Lowe's (NYSE:L), Campbell's (NYSE:CPB), Zynex (OTC:ZYXI), Valence (NASDAQ:VLNC), American Airlines (NYSE:AMR), Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV), Global Industries (NASDAQ:GLBL), Anadarko (NYSE:APC), Rackspace (NYSE:RAX), Capital Trust (NYSE:CT), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), Service Corp (NYSE:SCI), and The Washington Post (NYSE:WPO). Listen in as Mr. Warkenthien and Mr. Altucher go through the sectors and point out why Internet stocks and storage aren't going anywhere anytime soon, as well as his top pick under $10 and over $100.

Two Veteran Wall Street Analysts Review the May 2, 2008 Edition of the Value Line Investment Survey