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Brocade (NasdaqGS:BRCD - News) reported fiscal first-quarter earnings tripled on 32% higher revenue.

CBS Corp. (NYSE:CBS - News) swung to a fourth-quarter profit from a year-earlier loss, raised its dividend 10% and plans to buy back up to $1.5 billion of stock
CDI Corp. (NYSE:CDI - News) said it earned $6.8 million, or 34 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, up from $3.3 million, or 16 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. The Philadelphia-based staffing company said revenue rose to $321 million from $290.7 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were forecasting earnings of 28 cents a share on revenue of $311.2 million. "A healthy capital spending environment,plus our current pipeline of new business wins, could produce organic revenue growth in the range of 7% to 9% for 2007," CEO Roger Ballou said in a statement. CDI is expecting first-quarter revenue growth of 7% to 9%.
Cogent Inc., (NasdaqGS:COGT - News) the South Pasadena, Calif., provider of fingerprint-biometric services, reported fourth-quarter net income fell 34% as revenue decreased 8.5%.
HealthExtras Inc.'s (NasdaqGS:HLEX - News) fourth-quarter net income rose 94% as the Rockville, Md., pharmacy-benefits-management company's revenue more than doubled to $396.2 million. For 2007, the company sees earnings of $1 to $1.06 a share on revenue of $1.8 billion.
Herbalife Ltd.'s (NYSE:HLF - News) fourth-quarter net income rose 39% on 19% higher sales.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NasdaqGS:MRVL - News) posted preliminary fourth-quarter net revenue of $622 million compared with $489 million during the year-ago period.
RadioShack (NYSE:RSH - News)reported fourth-quarter net income of 62 cents a shae, up from 38 cents in the year-earlier period. Revenue was $1.46 billion compared with $1.67 billion. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had been estimating 43 cents on revenue of $1.47 billion.
Superior Energy Services Inc. (NYSE:SPN - News) fourth-quarter earnings more than tripled as revenue at the Harvey, La.-based provider of oilfield services and equipment rose to $319.1 million vs. $188 million. The year-ago results were hurt by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
TNS Inc. (NYSE:TNS - News) swung to a fourth-quarter net loss of 28 cents a share from earnings of 6 cents a share. Excluding charges the loss was 13 cents a share. The Reston, Va.-based provider of the data communications services posted revenue of $74.4 million vs. $65.6 million.

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Here are 7 stocks to watch for today. This list comes directly from the TradingMarkets Stocks Indicators page.
Stocks Ready to Surge: These are the stocks that today made new 10-day lows that are still in an uptrend as they are trading above their 200-day moving average. They are sorted in rank according to how over-extended they are vs. their 10-day moving average. For example, the top ranked stock is trading the furthest distance from its 10-day moving average on a percentage basis. Historically, these stocks on average have had larger than normal short-term upside reversals.
Home Depot (NYSE:HD - News). Home Depot's PowerRating is 5.
Pullbacks from Highs: Most successful momentum-based traders and money managers like to buy strong stocks after they pull back. TradingMarkets.com uses a proprietary mathematical model to identify up to 30 (in weak or choppy markets there will be fewer) of the strongest stocks that have pulled back from recent highs. These stocks should be considered potential candidates to resume their longer-term uptrends.
New River Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:NRPH - News). NRPH's PowerRating is 7.
Long Windows Candidates: These are stocks which are in a strong uptrend, as determined by a proprietary trend filter and whose current bar has its high below the 4-day moving average. Historically, these stock on average have had a larger than normal short-term upside reversals. In order for us to be a buyer of a "Trading Window," we must have a 10-period ADX reading of 30 or higher and a +DI reading above the -DI reading. Or we must have a 14-period +DI of 30 or higher (with no ADX reading required). "Single Windows" are the most common type of Windows. They are simply a single bar which has its high of the day below the 4-period moving average. You will enter if the stock trades above yesterday's high.
William Wrigley Jr. Co (NYSE:WWY - News). WWY's PowerRating is 7.
Trading Where the Action Is: This list contains the most volatile stocks over the past 50 trading days. These stocks are only for the most aggressive traders who are willing to assume a high degree of risk in order to capture larger gains.
U.S Global Investors (NASDAQ:GROW - News). GROW's PowerRating is 3.
Explosion List: An inherent feature of all markets is that periods of lower-than-normal volatility are usually followed by periods of higher volatility. These stocks are trading at one-third or less of their normal volatility and therefore have a high likelihood of exploding within the next few trading days.
Superior Energy (NYSE:SPN - News). SPN's PowerRating is 8.
Stocks Ready to Drop: These are the stocks that today made new 10-day highs that are still in an downtrend as they are trading below their 200-day moving average. They are sorted in rank according to how over-extended they are vs. their 10-day moving average. For example, the top ranked stock is trading the furthest distance from its 10-day moving average on a percentage basis. Historically, these stocks on average have had larger than normal short-term downside reversals.
KB Home (NYSE:KBH - News). KBH's PowerRating is 3.
Pullbacks from Lows: Most successful momentum-based traders and money managers like to sell weak stocks after they pull back. TradingMarkets.com uses a proprietary mathematical model to identify up to 20 (in strong or choppy markets there will be fewer) weak stocks that have pulled back from recent lows. These stocks should be considered potential candidates to resume their longer-term downtrends.
Hittite Microwave Corp (NASDAQ:HITT - News). HITT's PowerRating is 1.
PowerRatings are courtesy of PowerRatings.net

Labels: GROW, HD, HITT, Hittite Microwave Corp., Home Depot Inc., KB Homes, KBH, New River Pharmaceuticals, NRPH, SPN, Superior Energy, U.S. Global Investors, William Wrigley Jr. Co., WWY