Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and

events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently

featured in the blog include: BJ's

Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE: BJ), Stone Energy Corp. (NYSE:

SGY), NetEase.com Inc. (Nasdaq: NTES), Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE:

JWN) and 3SBio Inc. (Nasdaq: SSRX).

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Here are highlights from Friday's Analyst

Blog:

BJ's Wholesale May Benefit

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE: BJ) is

the third-largest warehouse club operator in the U.S. It offers

customers a broad array of branded merchandise at lower prices than

traditional wholesalers, discount retailers, supermarkets, and specialty

retailers.

BJ's reported strong sales for the third

quarter. Total sales increased by 13.4% to $2.4 billion, and

comparable-club sales increased by 11.9%. The company also upped its

earnings guidance for the third quarter to $0.45-$0.49 per diluted

share, from previous guidance of $0.36-$0.40 per diluted share. We are

increasing our fiscal 2008 EPS estimate, but we are slightly reducing

our fiscal 2009 EPS estimate.

Stone Energy Increasing Steadily

Lafayette, Louisiana-based Stone Energy Corporation (NYSE: SGY)

is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company engaged

in the acquisition and subsequent exploration, development, operation

and production of oil and gas properties located primarily in the Gulf

of Mexico (GoM).

Stone Energy's third-quarter 2008 earnings

were hurt by production slowdowns caused by hurricanes Gustav and Ike,

which more than offset the contribution from higher oil and gas price

realizations. On average, Stone produced 129 MMcfe/d during the quarter,

down from 203 MMcfe/d during the year-ago period.

NetEase.com a Near-Term Hold

NetEase.com Inc. (Nasdaq: NTES) is one of the leading providers

of online gaming, advertising, and web-based communication services,

besides providing other interactive content in China.

The company's results for the third quarter

were mixed, with increased sales but lower earnings as a result of

increased foreign exchange losses. The company expects 2009 earnings to

maintain the current rate of growth, despite a weakening global economy.

NetEase faces intense competition in the gaming and advertising market.