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Today's Top Stories: Wednesday- August 26, 2009

ZACKS RANK BUY STOCKS

• Aggressive Growth - TNS Inc. (TNS) recently set a new 52-week high on its sixth consecutive earnings surprise. Second-quarter results included earnings per share of 42 cents. This was 9 cents above the Zacks Consensus Estimate, making it the sixth consecutive surprise. Read More...
   
• Growth & Income - NewMarket Corporation (NEU) recently reported second-quarter earnings of $2.50 per share, outpacing the previous year's $1.13 and soaring past the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 57%. Shortly after reporting, NEU declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share, which translates into an industry-leading yield of 1.2%. Read More...
   
• Momentum - Dreamworks Animation SKG (DWA) earnings came in much better than expected at 30 cents per share, easily outpacing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 17 cents. Analysts like what they saw, and boosted the current-year estimate up 13 cents in the last month to $1.62 per share. Read More...
   
• Value - El Paso Corporation (EP) reported its second quarter results beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4 cents. The company has a price-to-book of 2.35 and a solid 5-year average return on equity of 10.31%. As an added bonus, El Paso pays a dividend with a current yield of 2.10%. Read More...
   

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• ZACKS INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: Retail Industry
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• Unisys (UIS) Completes Debt Exchanges
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OPTIONS COMMENTARY: Strangler Singles Out Aeropostale (ARO)

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