Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Methanex Corp., Grupo Televisa SA de CV, HSBC Holdings, Plc, AAR Corp and Centennial ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - CHICAGO----Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.

Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Varian Semiconductor (Centre Daily Times) - Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's interview is with senior equities analyst Ken Nagy, who discusses Varian Semiconductor (Nasdaq: VSEA).

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: FedEx Corp., Shire Plc., The St. Joe Co., Aracruz Celulose S.A., Inc. and Joy Global Inc. (Centre Daily Times) - Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. 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: FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), Shire Plc. (Nasdaq: SHPGY), The St. Joe Co. (NYSE: JOE), Aracruz Celulose S.A. (NYSE: ARA) and Joy Global Inc. (Nasdaq: JOYG).

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc., Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, OSI ... (Centre Daily Times) - Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. 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: The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE: POT), Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE), Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM), OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSIP) and ...

Time works against candidates on Social Security, Medicare fixes (Miami Herald) - Social Security and Medicare long have been considered the nation's fiscal time bombs, and the ticking is getting louder. But presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have no comprehensive plans to overhaul the systems, and are campaigning almost as if they don't notice them.

U.S. Stocks Tumble, Sending S&P 500 to Worst Drop Since 1933 (Bloomberg) - Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks plunged, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to its worst week in 75 years, on concern the credit crisis will spread from banks to consumer companies and energy producers, triggering a global recession.

Time works against candidates on Social Security, Medicare fixes (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) - Social Security and Medicare long have been considered the nation's fiscal time bombs, and the ticking is getting louder. But presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have no comprehensive plans to overhaul the systems, and are campaigning almost as if they don't notice them. Medicare faces insolvency by 2019. Social Security is projected to be spending more than it's collecting in ...

Stock analysts: Sense and consensus (Canadian Business) - Stock analysts get a pretty bad rap, even compared to us economists. Critics call them cheerleaders, too reliant on management guidance and too hesitant to make unpopular calls, which makes their recommendations worthless at best.

Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Hershey Foods, Dean Foods, Anheuser-Busch, UST and Altria (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - CHICAGO----Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's interview is with senior equities analyst Steven Ralston, who discusses Hershey Foods , Dean Foods , Anheuser-Busch , UST and Altria .

G7 nations vow action on crisis (Manila Bulletin) - WASHINGTON, DC (Reuters) — Finance chiefs of the world’s rich nations pledged on Friday to prevent big banks from collapse and to work together to stem the financial crisis after another day of gut-wrenching drops on world markets.