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Unless companies do what they can now to keep employees content, they'll face a huge exodus of talent once the economy turns around, Toddi Gutner reports.

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In recent contract auctions, US oil companies and other international majors were all but shut out. This continues a shocking shift in global oil power -- and investors should pay attention.

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After throttling down for a depression that didn't happen, companies are sitting on billions in excess money. The likely result: A spending spree that could get the economy rolling.

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Stocks to watch

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Hartmarx Corp (HTMXQ)+40.00% 
Flotek Industries, Inc. (FTK)+23.81% 
Footstar, Inc. (FTAR)+20.00% 
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XTO Energy IncXTO
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JBI IncJBII
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Market trends

Gainers% ChangeLast
Merrimac Industries Inc+37.78%15.90
Centrue Financial Corp+33.89%2.41
Camtek Ltd+25.49%2.56
Flotek Industries Inc+23.81%1.30
Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc+18.06%5.10
Preferred Bank+17.72%1.86
Dataram Corp+17.12%4.31
Tower Financial Corp+14.83%5.50
Golar LNG+13.35%12.91
Platinum Group Metals LTD+12.77%1.96
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Losers% ChangeLast
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc-22.95%4.50
General Steel Holdings Inc-21.07%4.57
Bay National Corp-15.48%1.31
Psivida Corp-15.40%4.23
ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd-14.41%1.01
Delta Petroleum Corp-13.24%1.18
Compugen Ltd-11.11%4.08
Nevsun Resources Ltd-10.58%2.62
Maxygen Inc-8.95%5.39
Coleman Cable Inc-8.71%3.04
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Actives% ChangeVolume
Citigroup Inc+1.82%145,497,960
SPDRs+0.47%39,677,470
Bank of America Corp+0.39%36,611,727
PowerShares QQQ+0.92%31,770,350
Ford Motor Co+0.50%24,895,639
United States Natural Gas-3.55%23,959,217
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index+1.01%19,694,771
General Electric Co+0.19%18,580,143
Financial Select Sector SPDR+0.90%18,267,821
Apple Inc+3.43%17,888,855
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