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Allergan Inc. (AGN)
Apple Inc. (AAPL) 4/20 after close.
Bidu Inc. (BIDU)
Buffalo Wild Inc. (BWLD)
CME Group Inc (CME) 4/28 before open.
F5 Networks Inc. (FFIV) 4/20 after close. 
First Solar Inc. (FSLR)
Google Inc. (GOOG) 4/14 after close.
Illumina Inc. (ILMN)
Netflix Inc. (NFLX) 
United States Steel Corp. (X) 4/26 before open.
Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI)

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Medco (MHS) Unethically Wins Public Union Business ..

Medco Health Solutions Inc. (MHS) said Friday it has received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission's Los Angeles office seeking documents relating to an ongoing probe of a consultant whom the pharmacy benefits manager hired to help it win a contract with the California Public Employees' Retirement System.

The company also spelled out details of its dealings with its former consultant, Alfred Villalobos, who was a past Calpers board member when Medco engaged him in 2004, two years before it won the system's business. The commission seeks documents relating to current and former affiliates of Villalobos and Calpers, among other people and entities, Medco said in a filing with the SEC.

Disclosure of the subpoena caps a week in which Calpers dropped the company from consideration for renewal of the PBM contract as of 2012, amid government probes surrounding the awarding of the original pact. Medco shares slid 13.7% this week.

Medco, one of the nation's largest PBMs, said its own independent directors have been monitoring state and federal probes of Villalobos, and that the independent directors and the board's audit committee have decided not to conduct an internal investigation now.

Calpers earlier this month said it had contacted Medco's independent directors and urged them that the situation required the company to conduct an independent investigation and that the nation's largest public pension fund expected a prompt report of the outcome.

Medco had previously disclosed that the SEC made a phone inquiry about Villalobos last month, and that the California attorney general's office requested information about him from the company last year.

"The company intends to provide documents and to cooperate with the SEC and to continue to voluntarily cooperate with the California attorney general," the SEC filing said.

Medco said it engaged Villalobos after its previous Calpers pharmacy benefits management contract ended in 2002 and before Calpers issued a request for bids in 2005. Medco engaged the consultant after Calpers hired a big plaintiffs' law firm to pursue "perceived issues with the company's PBM services under the contract ending in 2002," the filing said.

"The consultant was compensated $4 million, paid over time in four equal installments, to primarily provide advice and assistance on connection with what the company anticipated would be and, in fact, became, a lengthy, contentious and highly detailed audit. The audit was successfully concluded and the outstanding issues were resolved," Medco said.

Medco said it then paid Villalobos $20,000 a month in a year-to-year contract ending in 2009, "and largely unrelated to Calpers. Both contracts with the consultant stipulated that he follow all laws and regulations in connection with his work for the company, and required the consultant to avoid all conflicts of interest or even the appearance of impropriety."

Calpers this week dropped Medco from consideration for a renewal of its PBM contract, which expires at the end of this year. The company had been a finalist for the business and a Calpers committee had recommended it be the top competitor.

On Monday, Calpers released a report it commissioned to examine middlemen paid by outside money managers to help win fund business, and said the review found apparent misconduct and that some top fund officials had acted inconsistently with their responsibilities.

The report, by an outside law firm, said Villalobos, acting as a go-between, and his firm had earned tens of millions of dollars in Calpers-related deals. A relatively small portion of the report included descriptions of meetings in 2004 at Villalobos' Nevada home between Medco CEO David B. Snow Jr., Villalobos and several men who were Calpers officials at the time.

Snow, while not addressing specifics of the report, said this week that Medco always has behaved with integrity.

"I view the report as incomplete and misleading," Villalobos' attorney, Neal Stephens of Cooley LLP, said Friday, complaining that it didn't reference comments made in a court case that presented Villalobos' activities in a more balanced light.

California last year filed civil fraud charges against Villalobos, alleging that, acting as a placement agent, or middleman, for investment firms, he entertained key senior Calpers executives who then influenced the board to authorize securities transactions that generated millions in commissions for him. The case doesn't involve Medco, and Villalobos has denied wrongdoing.

The state's case against Villalobos has been stayed as a result of his federal bankruptcy proceedings. Defense attorney Stephens noted that the bankruptcy judge cited sworn testimony by Calpers' witnesses as exposing "misrepresentations" in the state's allegations against Villalobos.

Separately on Friday, attorneys representing California state workers filed a lawsuit against Medco and three former Calpers officials, claiming violations of the state's unfair competition law and asking for restitution of all money paid to Medco under the contract.

By the time the current, renewed contract expires at the end of the year, Calpers has said it will have paid Medco some $48 million since 2006. Medco managed about $500 million of prescriptions for Calpers employees in 2009.

-By Dinah Wisenberg Brin, Dow Jones Newswires, 215-982-5582; dinah.brin@dowjones.com

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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 18, 2011 18:46 ET (22:46 GMT)
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Goldman Flexes Muscle, Netflix Responds ..

7:29 (Dow Jones) Goldman Sachs says the good times aren't done yet for Netflix (NFLX) as it moves the movie-rental firm to buy and boosts its price target to $300 from $210. It says NFLX "now company has sufficient scale to make it difficult for new entrants given low price points and expensive content costs; and competition to date has been underwhelming and we believe that demand for streaming online content could be large enough for multiple players." The stock is down 19% the past month amid concerns of potential competition fears and after NFLX had surged fivefold in 13 months. Shares up fractionally premarket at $202 amid a broader market rout.

Shares closed up 8% following this Tuesday morning upgrade.

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Lowering Corp Taxes is Key to a Higher S&P 500 ..

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Senate Finance Committee next week will embark on what is likely to be an exhaustive review of the U.S. tax code, as it hears from a quartet of former Treasury tax officials.

Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mont.), chairman of the Finance panel, plans to hold tax hearings throughout 2011, and aides say they could number as many as two dozen. 

It is partly a response to President Barack Obama's call for lower corporate tax rates and a simpler tax code. Many lawmakers and private-sector analysts predict much discussion, but little actual legislative action to re-shape the tax code prior to the 2012 presidential elections.

Nevertheless, the hearings promise the closest and most thorough look a congressional committee has given the tax code in years.

Five former assistant Treasury secretaries for tax policy will testify before the Finance panel on March 1: Fred Goldberg and Jon Talisman, who served in the Bill Clinton administration; and Mark Weinberger, Pam Olson, and Eric Solomon, who served under former President George W. Bush.

"Today there are just too many special benefits in the tax code for one industry or another," Baucus said in a statement. "We need to figure out how to get rid of loopholes and simplify the system, so we can lower tax rates and keep our economy growing."

"Our tax system is burdensome, overly complex and stifles American competitiveness. It needs to be reformed," said Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the senior Republican on the finance panel.

Future hearings of the Senate Finance Committee will address such topics as how taxes impact economic efficiency and growth; tax code complexity; and distributional effects, or how the tax code impacts the rich, poor, and in-between, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

In addition to those topics, some hearings are likely to break off segments of the code for the discussion: for instance, one could focus on taxes on the international profits of U.S. businesses, while another would focus on domestic corporate tax issues.

Aides cautioned that topics and approaches are still taking shape, as is the question of how frequently the hearings will occur.

-By Martin Vaughan, Dow Jones Newswires, 202-862-9244; martin.vaughan@dowjones.com

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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 22, 2011 19:30 ET (00:30 GMT)
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The Top 25 Technology Growth Stocks ..

Rank- Name (ticker), EPS Growth, Sales ($M), Sales Growth

1 First Solar (FSLR) Semiconductors/Related Devices - 24%, 2,595, 182%
2 Neutral Tandem (TNDM) Telephone Communications - 12%, 181, 100%
3 Riverbed Technology (RVBD) Data Processing - 27%, 552, 80%
4 Illumina (ILMN) Analytical Instruments - 27%, 822, 76%
5 Cavium Networks (CAVM) Semiconductors/ Related Devices - 20%, 207, 56%
6 ViroPharma (VPHM) Pharmaceutical Preparations - 10%, 405, 55%
7 Rackspace Hosting (RAX) Internet Software/ Services - 24%, 735, 51%
8 Salesforce.com (CRM) Internet Software/ Services 27%, 1,554, 50%
9 Celgene (CELG) Pharmaceutical Preparations 25%, 3,620, 46%
10 SolarWinds (SWI) Prepackaged Software - 18%, 144, 43%
11 Cognizant Technology (CTSH) Computer Services - 20%, 4,185, 43%
12 Equinix (EQIX) Information Retrieval Services - 21%, 1,118, 42%
13 LivePerson (LPSN) Internet Software/ Services - 26%, 105, 41%
14 Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST) Pharmaceutical Preparations - 11%, 633, 41%
15 Sourcefire (FIRE) Security Systems Services - 27%, 128, 40%
16 Apple (AAPL) Computer Hardware/ Software - 21%, 76,283, 35%
17 Google (GOOG) Internet Software/ Services - 18%, 29,321, 34%
18 Gilead Sciences (GILD) Biological Prod's Not Diagnostic - 15%, 7,949, 31%
19 Red Hat (RHT) Prepackaged Software - 19%, 860, 31%
20 Fortinet (FTNT) Security Systems Services - 18%, 325, 31%
21 Luminex Hardware (LMNX) Software Supplies/Med Testing - 28%, 139, 30%
22 CommVault Systems (CVLT) Prepackaged Software - 18%, 299, 27%
23 Quality Systems (QSII) Prepackaged Software - 18%, 335, 27%
24 NCI Computer (NCI) Integrated Systems Design - 15%, 535, 24%
25 Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Motion Picture Audio Technology - 16%, 923, 23%

Prices as of 2/2/'11
5-Year sales growth was annualized.
Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth: Annualized and projected five years out.

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Earnings Whisper ®: $3.26
Consensus Estimate: $3.12
Consensus Sales Estimate: $740M
Release Date: Confirmed Wednesday, after close at 4:05 PM ET (2/23/2011).
Conference Call: 4:30 PM ET

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Fed's Fisher Says No to QE III ...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher reiterated Thursday he will oppose any effort to extend the central bank's $600 billion bond buying program beyond its current goal, according to Reuters.

The official was speaking as part of an event in Houston.

He also said he was seeing signs of rising price pressures.

Fisher is a voting member of the interest rate setting Federal Open Market Committee, and he has long expressed his discomfort with the program popularly known as QE2.

-By Michael S. Derby, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2214; michael.derby@dowjones.com

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February 17, 2011 15:19 ET (20:19 GMT)
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Natural-Gas Psychology Bearish; Perhaps an Opportunity Igniting ..

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Large noncommercial traders increased their net-short position in natural-gas futures by 2.8% during the week ended Feb. 8, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission reported Friday.

Speculative, or noncommercial, traders added 4,163 contracts to their long position in futures-only contracts and 10,285 contracts to their short position, yielding a net-short position of 225,254 contracts, up 6,122 from the previous week.

Open interest was 898,069, up 8% from the previous week.

In futures and options combined, noncommercial traders were net short 190,857 contracts, up 8,240 from the previous week.

Commercial traders were net long in futures-only contracts by 185,148 contracts. These traders added 25,184 contracts to their long position and 13,017 contracts to their short position.

The net long position is the difference between the number of long positions, or bets prices will rise, and short positions, or bets prices will fall.

Benchmark Nymex natural-gas futures fell by 7.1% during the week covered by the CFTC data.

Week Ended Previous
Feb. 8 Week
NYMEX GAS FUTURES ONLY
Long
Noncommercial 143,752 139,589
Commercial 390,365 365,181
Short
Noncommercial 369,006 358,721
Commercial 205,217 192,200
NYMEX GAS FUTURES AND OPTIONS COMBINED
Long
Noncommercial 173,055 170,691
Commercial 397,559 371,160
Short
Noncommercial 363,912 353,308
Commercial 249,169 235,762

Money managers, such as hedge funds, increased their net-short position in Nymex natural-gas futures to 141,542 contracts in the week, up 21,255 contracts from the previous week, after cutting long contracts and adding short contracts.

The CFTC began splitting large traders into four categories in September 2009. Money managers and other reportables comprise the previous "noncommercial" column, while swap dealers and producers, merchants, processors and users were broken out of the commercial category.

Week Ended Previous
Feb. 8 Week
NYMEX GAS FUTURES ONLY
Long
Producers/Users 56,432 51,977
Swap Dealers 259,295 251,951
Money Managers 118,228 120,361
Other Reportables 25,524 19,228
Short
Producers/Users 91,510 92,515
Swap Dealers 39,069 38,432
Money Managers 259,770 240,648
Other Reportables 109,236 118,073

NYMEX GAS FUTURES AND OPTIONS COMBINED
Long
Producers/Users 61,503 56,038
Swap Dealers 229,905 223,715
Money Managers 147,618 151,349
Other Reportables 25,436 19,342
Short
Producers/Users 94,044 95,077
Swap Dealers 48,975 49,278
Money Managers 259,699 239,576
Other Reportables 104,213 113,713

-By Matt Day, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-4986; matt.day@dowjones.com
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February 11, 2011 16:05 ET (21:05 GMT)
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U.S. Bank Loans Down from Week to Week ..

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. banks' commercial and industrial loans decreased $3.5 billion to about $1.223 trillion in the week ended Jan. 26, the latest week for which data are available, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

That followed a $2.9 billion decrease the previous week.

Jumbo certificates of deposit rose $24.9 billion to about $1.756 trillion in the latest weekly data, after falling $6.0 billion the previous week. Revolving home equity loans fell $100 million to $576.3 billion after falling $800 million the previous week.

More weekly Fed statistics on the banks' assets and liabilities will be available on the Internet at: www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h8/Current

-By Jeff Bater, Dow Jones Newswires; 202 862 9249; jeff.bater@dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 04, 2011 16:15 ET (21:15 GMT)
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Capitalist Pig Bob thinks Obama's Kowtowing to Enemies has Backfired; Suddenly Chavez and Gaddafi Emerge as Quotable Dictators on Foreign Policy ..

CARACAS (AFP)--Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke on Sunday with his Syrian counterpart,  Bashar al-Assad, and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi about the political crisis in protest-hit Egypt.  

Chavez told his Syrian and Libyan counterparts by phone that Caracas backs a "peaceful solution" as protests shook the Middle Eastern nation for a sixth day, pressing for the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

The Venezuelan president "trusts that the situation will find on its own the road to harmony, justice and wellbeing," a statement from his office said.

"I am very worried," Chavez said earlier on VTV state television. "The situation in Egypt is very complicated, I do not want to weigh in because of the sovereignty of each country."

Gaddafi told Chavez, an elected populist-socialist, it was "disgusting to see U.S. meddling and its seeking to take control," the Venezuelan leader said.

The Libyan leader spoke by telephone with Mubarak on Saturday, the fifth day of protests calling for the end of Mubarak's regime, the Libyan news agency Jana reported.

Gaddafi, 68, has privileged relations with the 82-year-old Egyptian head of state, whose country has tens of thousands of expatriate workers inside Libya.

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PBOC's Decision to Use Currency Swaps next Month Could Signal Benchmark Interest Rates Will Go Higher; Inflation Poses Intricate and Sensitive Problems ..

BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China's central bank said Sunday it aims to keep interest rates appropriate and handle liquidity properly in a bid to stabilize price increases, while also for the first time praising the yuan exchange rate reform carried out since mid-last year as having had a positive impact on the real economy.

The comments made by the People's Bank of China in its fourth-quarter monetary policy indicate Beijing's dedication to use all kinds of policy tools, including possible rate increases and faster yuan appreciation, to curb inflation, although it didn't elaborate on its plans on further reforming interest and exchange rates.

The report came after PBOC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan warned earlier Sunday that the central bank must be vigilant on inflation and may need to tighten reserve requirements further to address rapid capital inflows.

Speaking to Dow Jones Newswires on the sidelines of meetings in Kyoto, Zhou said Chinese price growth slowed slightly in December, though stronger than many had forecast, and signalled it had more room to climb.

"Inflation is still higher than many people expected. It may be still going up a little, so we should keep vigilant on that," Zhou said. Asked whether China needed to tighten banks' reserve requirements further to tackle rapid capital inflows, amid already excessive liquidity conditions, Zhou said: "Maybe we need to continue our efforts."

China's consumer price index rose 4.6% from a year earlier in December, down from 5.1% in November, which was the fastest rate in more than two years. Inflation has eaten into savings deposits at banks, as the one-year benchmark deposit rate stands at only 2.75%.

In 2010 overall, the CPI climbed 3.3%, above Beijing's official target of around 3%. The government has raised its target to 4% for 2011, tacitly acknowledging the limits of its ability to constrain prices.

The PBOC said in the report that it aims to "handle properly the liquidity and maintain reasonable and appropriate interest rate levels in a bid to create a sound monetary environment for stabilizing prices, managing inflation expectations and regulating the real estate market."

The PBOC didn't say what interest rate levels are deemed appropriate. But it pledged to "further promote the role of interest rates as a leverage in adjusting general demand and managing inflation."

The PBOC earlier this month raised China's reserve-requirement ratio for banks, following six such raises and two increases in benchmark interest rates last year. The government also raised the down payment for second-home purchases and launched trials on a real estate tax in Shanghai and Chongqing cities in a bid to cool the high property prices.

However, PBOC warned that potential risks for pushing prices up further can't be ignored, as developed nations are expected to keep super-loose monetary policies for the near term, while domestic labor costs and resources prices have kept rising.

The central bank reiterated it will further improve the yuan exchange rate mechanism and increase exchange-rate flexibility.

It also for the first time praised the reform since June 19 last year, when China pledged to increase its currency's trading flexibility and effectively ended a two-year-long peg to the U.S. dollar, as "having had generally positive impact on the real economy."

"The yuan exchange rate reform will have a greater impact on efforts to adjust the structure of China's foreign trade and its overall economy and to upgrade Chinese industry," the PBOC said.

It added that exporters' capability to cope with exchange-rate fluctuations has improved, but said it will further boost innovation on tools to manage exchange-rate risks.

As part of the efforts, China said Sunday it will allow banks to trade currency swaps for corporate clients from March 1, extending the use of the financial derivative beyond the interbank market in a move that facilitates corporate foreign hedging as Chinese trade continues to expand and cross-border investments accelerate.

The announcement comes as Beijing stepped up efforts to let the yuan be used more widely outside China as it aims to become less dependent on the dollar for trade and investment.

The PBOC monetary report expects this year's money supply growth at around 16%. But it said it needs to gauge liquidity by focusing more on the country's total financing, than simply looking at loan growth. It mentioned that other types of financing, such as trust loans and companies' bond and stock issuance, should be taken into consideration, too.

The PBOC reiterated it will follow a "prudent" monetary policy in 2011 and that such a stance helps prevent asset price bubbles and manage inflation expectations.

-Victoria Ruan contributed to this article, Dow Jones Newswires; 8610 8400 7799; victoria.ruan@dowjones.com

--Owen Fletcher, Natasha Brereton and Jean Yung also contributed to this article.

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Cable TV is not Going Away; so Says TWX's Britt ..

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Time Warner Cable Inc.'s (TWX) fourth-quarter profit climbed 22%, continuing a trend of strong financial growth despite sluggish subscriber results, and the cable giant announced a 20% increase in its quarterly dividend.

With growth lagging in the cable business, the industry's attractive cash flows from its consumer subscription business have become a focus for investors. As a result, Time Warner Cable--the only major, publicly traded cable operator that isn't family-controlled--has shone, with its stock gaining more than 50% since it started paying a quarterly dividend a year ago, coupled with a $4 billion share-repurchasing plan unveiled in November.

While the company lost customers in the quarter, with declines coming primarily from less-affluent and video-only customers, its total subscription revenue grew 5% due to price increases and growth in higher-end subscriptions. Meanwhile, its operating income rose 12% and its free cash flow was up 58%, capping a year in which its free cash flow rose 19% to $2.3 billion.

On a conference call with analysts following the release, Time Warner Cable Chief Operating Officer Robert Marcus said the company expects double-digit growth in operating income and free cash flow in 2011.

The company's chief executive, Glenn Britt, said raising its dividend is part of the company's effort to "be the open, transparent, shareholder-friendly company that our shareholders expect." Many firms are taking measures to return capital to shareholders as corporate cash piles sit near record levels.

Shares of Time Warner Cable were trading up 1% to $68.78 in early Thursday trading.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Craig Moffett noted that the company's annual dividend of $1.92 per share is only slightly higher than its quarterly free cash flow of $1.82 per share, arguing that the company has plenty of leeway to return more cash to shareholders. So far, it has spent roughly $750 million on buybacks since it began repurchasing its shares late last year.

Strategically, Time Warner Cable faces headwinds from rising competition and programming costs, waning growth prospects in the U.S. pay-television market and continued weakness in employment and housing in the U.S. economy.

Also, the rise of online video service alternatives from the likes of Netflix Inc. (NFLX) and Hulu LLC has investors on edge about the financial future of the traditional pay-TV industry.

Time Warner Cable and other cable companies have acknowledged the risks posed by online video, but they have said there's little sign of consumers replacing pay-TV service with broadband-only subscriptions and concerns about such a phenomenon gaining traction are overblown.

On Thursday, Britt said online video subscription services may have better user interfaces than traditional pay-TV services, but he said that they depend on cable's broadband infrastructure and questioned their long-term prospects for delivering value to consumers. He also said that cable set-top boxes could be replaced in the future by connected mobile devices.

Time Warner Cable lost 78,000 customers in the quarter, while its video subscriptions declined by 141,000, reflecting rising competition from satellite operators and telecommunications companies. It added 94,000 broadband subscribers and 72,000 digital-phone subscribers, while so-called triple-play subscribers--which get video, broadband and phone service--increased by 72,000.

The company reported a fourth-quarter profit of $392 million, or $1.09 a share, up from $322 million, or 91 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding the tax gain and other effects, per-share earnings climbed to 99 cents from 93 cents as revenue rose 5.9% to $4.8 billion.

Analysts had expected earnings of $1 a share on revenue of $4.75 billion.

-By Nat Worden, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2472;

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