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Mad About Options: Roper Frayed:
The Mad About Options crew reviews Jim Cramer's recent bearish comments about Roper Industries. and offers options strategies for traders and investors. Also hear options ideas for Dillard's and Genworth Financial.

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Buy - Price 36.18 on Aug. 18
by Needham & Co.

A solid Q3, despite light sales: $1.44 billion in revenues hit the low end of guidance, and were up just 5% year/over/year (roughly flat organically); gross margins increased 0.5 of a point y/o/y; pro forma operating margins increased more than two points on strong cost containment. Pro forma EPS of 53 cents now including 4 cents of stock compensation) beat adjusted guidance of 48 cents to 52 cents. Management characterized economic conditions [as]…robust in developing Asia. Still, Q3 growth was virtually nil organically, and Q4 revenue guidance of 8% growth is light versus the company's 10% target. The CEO announced…the company [will]…invest in life sciences; narrow R&D focus; improve gross margins. Target: 42. Market cap: $13.5 billion.

Super Single-Letter Stocks:Stockpickr founder James Altucher says leave the fancy stocks behind and check out these one-letter stocks that are poised to bounce.

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Expanding and selling appliance base.

FORFRONT OF TECHNOLOGY

Parent: Hewlett Packard

A measurement and instrument company not related to HP's main computer business.

Cramer: First Solar Is the Bomb
This stock is best in class in the solar sphere, says Jim Cramer.

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3 Stocks I Saw on TV
Dan Fitzpatrick examines three stocks viewed on RealMoney.com. Today's stocks include Apple, Agilent and Visa

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Going where?

AGILENT to stagnent in its field stuck in mud for 2yrs must make a change

Celgene - Cramer

bad tech market

Management sucks

Blue chip in 2000