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Sector Watch: Waste management companies

One man’s trash can be another man’s treasure — especially during recessionary periods. Not bad if you’re Waste Services Inc. (Nasdaq:WSII) and American Ecology Corp. (Nasdaq:ECOL), two waste management companies.

Sector Watch: Scrap metal recyclers

The recycling of steel, aluminum and tungsten is turning out to be quite profitable for scrap metal recyclers such as Metalico (AMEX:MEA) and China-based Sutor Technology, Ltd. (Nasdaq:SUTR).

Sector Watch: Shipping container stocks

While a weak dollar is bad news to some, it creates profitable possibilities for others. Case in point: shipping container fleet owners CAI International (NYSE:CAP) and Textainer Group Holdings Limited (NYSE:TGH).

Sector Watch: Clad metal producers

Shares of titanium producers have recently flourished, especially in the case of Dynamic Materials Corporation (Nasdaq:BOOM) and Brush Engineered Materials Inc. (NYSE:BW).

Sector Watch: An apple, or pill, a day

Transition Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:TTHI) and Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:SIRT) are two drug companies that want to make the transition into your golden years a bit more tolerable.

Sector Watch: Let the games begin

Two companies poised to benefit from the Beijing Olympics tourism boost are Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc. (Nasdaq:HMIN) and AirMedia Group Inc. (Nasdaq:AMCN).

Sector Watch: Payment processing stocks

Like most things that go the way of the Internet, so, too, goes commerce. This bodes well for CyberSource Corporation (Nasdaq:CYBS) and CAM Commerce Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:CADA), two companies benefiting from the move to online banking.

Sector Watch: Auction websites

Going, going gone are the glory days of old-fashioned, in-person auctions, left largely now to the nostalgic at heart. Auction sites Liquidity Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:LQDT) and Overstock.com (Nasdaq:OSTK) have emerged as critical business tools for professional buyers.

Sector Watch: Restaurant stocks

With casual dining restaurant stocks plummeting this year on recession fears, happy hour has now extended itself into the stock market, especially in the case of Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (Nasdaq: BWLD) and BJ’s Restaurants Inc. (Nasdaq: BJRI).

Sector Watch: Industrial services stocks

Furmanite Corporation (NYSE: FRM) and Team, Inc. (Nasdaq: TISI) are capitalizing on the growth opportunities in the industrial infrastructure sector by providing the repair services that keep it operating.
 



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