Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD), best known for its chicken wings and sports bar, sustained its growth momentum in the second quarter of 2009, despite economic turmoil and rising unemployment, and affirmed its growth target of 15% in units, 25% in revenue, and 20% to 25% in net earnings, showing its resilience in a turbulent environment. ? ? The company’s second quarter 2009 profit soared 24.2% year over year to $7.0 million. As a result, EPS jumped 25.8% to $0.39, surpassing street estimate by $0.05.?Menu price increases, new restaurant openings and operational focus on product preparation drove the growth in EPS. The restaurant chain was able to increase its menu pricing when other restaurant operators were offering discounts to woo consumers during the recession. Total revenue climbed 32.4% to[More...]

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Monday:
Economic New Home Sales (450K)
Earnings Arch Coal (ACI), Humana (HUM), FPL (FPL), Sohu (SOHU), Tidewater (TDW), Verizon (VZ), Atheros (ATHR), CF Ind (CF), Meritage (MTH), Vertex (VRTX), Zoran (ZRAN), Universal Health (UHS)

Tuesday:
Economic Consumer Confidence (52.0)
Earnings Boyd (BYD), BP (BP), Ceradyne (CRDN), KC Southern (KSU), Royal Carib (RCL), SAP (SAP), Schnitzer (SCHN), US Steel (X), Under Armour (UA), USG (USG), Valero (VLO), Whirlpool (WHR), Apollo (APOL), Centex (CTX), Cephalon (CEPH), Fiserv (FISV), GMarket (GMKT), Lan Air (LFL), McKesson (MCK), NetLogic (NETL), Walter (WLT), Websense (WBSN), STMicro (STM)

Wednesday:
Economic Weekly Crude, Durable Orders (-1.0%), FOMC Statement
Earnings Aetna (AET), AGCO (AG), Comcast (CMCSA), Corning (GLW), Hess (HES), Garmin (GRMN), Legg Mason (LM), Moody’s (MCO), Newmont (NEM), SPX (SPW), Tesoro (TSO), Agnico (AEM), Cliffs Nat Res (CLF), CME Group (CME), First Solar (FSLR), Gen Cable (BGC), Hartford (HIG), Harris (HRS), Murphy (MUR), Prudential (PRU), Symantec (SYMC), Visa (V)

Thursday:
Economic Weekly Claims (473K), GDP & Chain Deflator (-0.5%, 4.0%)
Earnings AmerisourceB (ABC), Barrick (ABX), BJ Services (BJS), Carbo C (CRR), CIGNA (CI), Com Metals (CMC), CVS (CVS), Kodak (EK), Exxon (XOM), Intl Paper (IP), Marathon Oil (MRO), Motorola (MOT), Shaw (SGR), Waste Mgt (WMI), Chesapeake (CHK), Dynamic Matl (BOOM), Elect’ Arts (ERTS), Gen-Probe (GPRO), KLA-Tencor (KLAC), Massey (MEE), Oceaneering (OII), O’Seas Ship (OSG), Sequenom (SQNM), Sun Micro (JAVA), Varian Semi (VSEA), Wynn (WYNN), XL Cap (XL)

Friday:
Economic Inc & Spend (0.1%, -0.2%), EC Index (0.7%), Chicago PMI (48.0), Michigan (57.5)
Earnings Alliant (LNT), Barnes (B), Burger King (BKC), Chevron (CVX), Clorox (CLX), Cummins (CMI), Goldcorp (GG), Healthspring (HS), MDU (MDU), NYSE Euro (NYX), Progress Energy (PGN), Weyerhaeuser (WY)