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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:50:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Arkansas Best Corporation: Wage Reductions Overwhelm Potential Benefit Increases</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arkansas Best Corporation shares are poised for a favorable risk/reward at current levels following its tentative agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439632/arkansas-best-corporation-wage-reductions-overwhelm-potential-benefit-increases">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439632/arkansas-best-corporation-wage-reductions-overwhelm-potential-benefit-increases</link>
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      <title>Not All P/E Ratios Are Created Equal</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[My favorite companies to invest in are those that have strong competitive advantages, which allow them to have an easily distinguishable product or service. This allows companies to have pricing power.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439631/not-all-p-e-ratios-are-created-equal">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BBL</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">CAT</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">CL</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">KMB</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">PG</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">XOM</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439631/not-all-p-e-ratios-are-created-equal</link>
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      <title>Futures Rise Before Bernanke Testimony; Netapp (NTAP) Gains</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439619/futures-rise-before-bernanke-testimony-netapp-ntap-gains</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. stock-index futures pointed to a modestly higher opening on the Wall Street ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's congressional testimony and monetary policy decision from the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439619/futures-rise-before-bernanke-testimony-netapp-ntap-gains">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:25:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">ADI</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">CPWR</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">DY</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">NTAP</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">SKS</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439619/futures-rise-before-bernanke-testimony-netapp-ntap-gains</link>
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      <title>Lowe's (LOW) 1Q Misses Street, Comps Down</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lowe's Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings and sales, and shares of the home improvement retailer fell 3.65 percent in premarket trading on Wednesday.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439616/lowe-s-low-1q-misses-street-comps-down">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:12:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">HD</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">LOW</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439616/lowe-s-low-1q-misses-street-comps-down</link>
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      <title>Lowe's Companies Inc: What To Look For In Q1 Earnings Print?</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439428/lowe-s-companies-inc-what-to-look-for-in-q1-earnings-print</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lowe's Companies Inc. is expected to report higher earnings when it announces its first quarter financial results on May 22.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439428/lowe-s-companies-inc-what-to-look-for-in-q1-earnings-print">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:14:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">LOW</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439428/lowe-s-companies-inc-what-to-look-for-in-q1-earnings-print</link>
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      <title>Stocks End Higher After Fed Speech; iGate (IGTE) Plunges</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439272/stocks-end-higher-after-fed-speech-igate-igte-plunges</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks ended in green after St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said the central bank should continue its asset purchase program to spur growth.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439272/stocks-end-higher-after-fed-speech-igate-igte-plunges">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:17:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AZO</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BBY</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">CCL</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">HD</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">HGG</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">IGTE</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">JPM</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">KOS</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MDT</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439272/stocks-end-higher-after-fed-speech-igate-igte-plunges</link>
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      <title>NetApp (NTAP) 4Q Profit Tops Street, Initiates Dividend</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439247/netapp-ntap-4q-profit-tops-street-initiates-dividend</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings and the provider of networked storage services raised its stock buyback plan by an additional $1.6 billion and also initiated a quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents a share. Shares gained 2.38 percent in extended trading on Tuesday.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439247/netapp-ntap-4q-profit-tops-street-initiates-dividend">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:06:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">NTAP</category>
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      <title>MedWorth Acquisition Sets Terms For $48M IPO</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439100/medworth-acquisition-sets-terms-for-48m-ipo</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[MedWorth Acquisition Corp., a blank check company, plans to raise $48 million through a sale of 6 million shares at $8 each in an initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. The Miami, Florida-based company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439100/medworth-acquisition-sets-terms-for-48m-ipo">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:52:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439100/medworth-acquisition-sets-terms-for-48m-ipo</link>
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      <title>Apple (AAPL) Tax Hearing - It's Time To De-Claw The IRS</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439075/apple-aapl-tax-hearing-it-s-time-to-de-claw-the-irs</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lord Acton wisely said, &quot;Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.&quot; It's well past time to limit government's most dominant power of all, the ability to tax or not tax.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439075/apple-aapl-tax-hearing-it-s-time-to-de-claw-the-irs">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:37:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AAPL</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439075/apple-aapl-tax-hearing-it-s-time-to-de-claw-the-irs</link>
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      <title>Dividend Roundup: ALL, BRS, DKS, BDX, JOY, JPM, PXP</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439026/dividend-roundup-all-brs-dks-bdx-joy-jpm-pxp</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Dividend announcement by companies on Tuesday include: JPMorgan Chase, Bristow Group, Allstate, Becton, Dickinson and Co., Dicks Sporting Goods, Joy Global and Plains Exploration.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439026/dividend-roundup-all-brs-dks-bdx-joy-jpm-pxp">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">ALL</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BDX</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BRS</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">DKS</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">JOY</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">JPM</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">PXP</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6439026/dividend-roundup-all-brs-dks-bdx-joy-jpm-pxp</link>
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      <title>Herbalife (HLF) Names PricewaterhouseCoopers As Auditor, Shares Gain</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438939/herbalife-hlf-names-pricewaterhousecoopers-as-auditor-shares-gain</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF), a nutritional supplements company, has engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) as its independent auditors. Following the news, shares gained 3.13 percent to trade at $50.75 at 1.26 pm ET on Tuesday.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438939/herbalife-hlf-names-pricewaterhousecoopers-as-auditor-shares-gain">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:22:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">HLF</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438939/herbalife-hlf-names-pricewaterhousecoopers-as-auditor-shares-gain</link>
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      <title>Rockwell Collins Inc: Fundamental Stock Research Analysis</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438918/rockwell-collins-inc-fundamental-stock-research-analysis</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Rockwell Collins Inc (COL) is a pioneer in the development and deployment of innovative communication and aviation electronic solutions for both commercial and government applications.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438918/rockwell-collins-inc-fundamental-stock-research-analysis">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">COL</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438918/rockwell-collins-inc-fundamental-stock-research-analysis</link>
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      <title>This Would Really Be A Great Spot For A Gold Reversal</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438881/this-would-really-be-a-great-spot-for-a-gold-reversal</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Gold completed a series of chart-based steps today that tend to precede a short-term reversal in price.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438881/this-would-really-be-a-great-spot-for-a-gold-reversal">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:58:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GLD</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438881/this-would-really-be-a-great-spot-for-a-gold-reversal</link>
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      <title>Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) Q2 Earnings Preview: Searching For Better Balance</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438879/hewlett-packard-company-hpq-q2-earnings-preview-searching-for-better-balance</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) will conduct a live audio webcast of its conference call to review its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2013.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438879/hewlett-packard-company-hpq-q2-earnings-preview-searching-for-better-balance">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">HPQ</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438879/hewlett-packard-company-hpq-q2-earnings-preview-searching-for-better-balance</link>
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      <title>ETF Periscope: Wall Street Shrugs Off Fed’S Musings Regarding Turning Off QE Tap</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438819/etf-periscope-wall-street-shrugs-off-fed-s-musings-regarding-turning-off-qe-tap</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Not even last Thursday’s potentially destabilizing comments by a Fed official, who essentially said that the current round of bond purchases by the central bank could begin tapering off within the next few months, did much to give investors pause.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438819/etf-periscope-wall-street-shrugs-off-fed-s-musings-regarding-turning-off-qe-tap">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:43:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438819/etf-periscope-wall-street-shrugs-off-fed-s-musings-regarding-turning-off-qe-tap</link>
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      <title>All-Time Highs … And Still Undervalued?</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438818/all-time-highs-and-still-undervalued</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Stocks don’t need gangbusters economic growth in order to keep marching higher.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438818/all-time-highs-and-still-undervalued">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438818/all-time-highs-and-still-undervalued</link>
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      <title>Oil Market Manipulation Reaches Absurd Levels</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438817/oil-market-manipulation-reaches-absurd-levels</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Most markets these days are manipulated to some extent, and this is nothing new if we look back through the history of financial markets. But there are some strange things happening right now in the oil market worth mentioning.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438817/oil-market-manipulation-reaches-absurd-levels">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438817/oil-market-manipulation-reaches-absurd-levels</link>
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      <title>Staples, Inc. Q1 Earnings Preview: What To Watch?</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438816/staples-inc-q1-earnings-preview-what-to-watch</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Staples, Inc. is expected to report its first quarter financial results on May 22. It will hold a conference call to discuss the results on the same day at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.<a href="http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438816/staples-inc-q1-earnings-preview-what-to-watch">[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:38:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">SPLS</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6438816/staples-inc-q1-earnings-preview-what-to-watch</link>
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