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On Assignment: Answering the call

On Assignment Inc. (Nasdaq:ASGN) has a hire calling, preaching the gospel of contract employment among health-care and technical professionals.

Nasdaq: ASGN | Sep 08, 2008

MedAssets: Thriving on health-care chaos

Health care is complicated, and the doctors, hospitals and clinics providing the services don’t have it much easier. That’s where MedAssets (Nasdaq:MDAS) comes in.

Nasdaq: MDAS | Sep 05, 2008

Invacare Corp.: A safe haven for capital

Given that Invacare (NYSE:IVC) operates in the health-care sector, it doesn’t experience earnings erosion due to adverse macroeconomic trends. As such, money has been funneling into this stock.

NYSE: IVC | Sep 04, 2008

Shamir Optical: Beginning to see the light

Shares of Shamir Optical Industry (Nasdaq:SHMR) have literally seen better days, but it's now starting to flex its optic muscles, turning in first-half 2008 results that suggest an end to the lows...

Nasdaq: SHMR | Sep 03, 2008

Comfort Systems USA: Feel the warmth

Investors might become overheated when they stumble across the five-year stock performance of Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX).

NYSE: FIX | Sep 02, 2008

CONMED: Putting the competition under the knife

An aging population and increased spending on medical care has meant big money for CONMED Corporation (Nasdaq:CNMD).

Nasdaq: CNMD | Aug 29, 2008

ENGlobal: Engineering oil projects

Oil isn’t going away any time soon. That, in a nutshell, is the investment thesis behind ENGlobal Corp. (Nasdaq:ENG), a Houston company that provides engineering services to the oil industry.

Nasdaq: ENG | Aug 28, 2008

Xerium Technologies: Staying alive

Xerium Technologies’ (NYSE:XRM) days as a spendthrift are over. The company now must save, and if it sticks to its plan, it just may live to tell the tale of life at the brink of bankruptcy.

NYSE: XRM | Aug 27, 2008

Internet Brands: A step in a different direction

Spinning an identity and driving traffic at one website is difficult enough for many companies, but Internet Brands (Nasdaq:INET) finds security in numbers.

Nasdaq: INET | Aug 26, 2008

Neutral Tandem: Switching gears

Neutral Tandem, Inc. (Nasdaq:TNDM), a provider of interconnectivity among telephone carriers, is optimistic that it can continue to fuel rapid growth.

Nasdaq: TNDM | Aug 25, 2008

Gentiva Health Services: The cat's pajamas

Would you rather spend your remaining days in your own bed with your cat at your feet, or in a sterile room with a sing-along piano across the hall? Gentiva Health (Nasdaq:GTIV) is betting on the cat.

Nasdaq: GTIV | Aug 22, 2008

Eagle Test Systems: Peaceful easy feeling

Since Eagle Test Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLT) has landed below its IPO price with the withering economy, can it fly high again?

Nasdaq: EGLT | Aug 21, 2008

Phoenix Technologies: I solemnly swear

Phoenix Technologies (Nasdaq:PTEC) will tell you exactly where it wants to be and how it will get there: by making its software the soul of next-generation computers.

Nasdaq: PTEC | Aug 20, 2008

True Religion Apparel: Keeping the faith

Worship at the alter of denim: True Religion Apparel, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRLG) is the true religion for investors, churning out stellar top and bottom-lines around a brand that has garnered considerable...

Nasdaq: TRLG | Aug 19, 2008

CoStar Group: The real-estate enabler

Mention "real estate" around investors, and many are likely to cringe. But there are bright spots amid the rubble of the subprime mess, and CoStar Group (Nasdaq:CSGP) could be one.

Nasdaq: CSGP | Aug 18, 2008