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The company stated its real estate pipeline continues to be in excellent shape, and their development team is currently finalizing several new restaurant locations for potential 2012 openings.

BJ's currently has 6 restaurants under construction for planned openings later this year.

BJ's Restaurants is trading down 0.75% at $35.68 per share.

BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) announced it was on track to open as many as 12 to 13 new restaurants during 2011.

The bank sees 2011 EPS of $4.42, vs. consensus estimates of $4.43, and 2012 EPS of $4.89, vs. consensus estimates of $4.90 per share.

Philip Morris has a potential upside of 4.1% based on a current price of $62.53 and an average consensus analyst price target of $65.11.

Citigroup raised its price target for Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) to $63.50 from $60.50 and maintained its hold rating on the stock.

The two submitted offers valuing Yoplait at $2.2 billion, the report said.

General Mills shares are down 0.83%, or $0.31, to $36.83. Nestle shares are up 0.14%.

General Mills (GIS) and Nestle (NSRGY) are mixed after the two food companies emerged among the leading bidders for the 50% stake in yogurt-maker Yoplait owned by PAI Partners, Bloomberg reported, citing four people familiar with

Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and CEO of Fresh Del Monte Produce said, "During the quarter we continued to reinforce our global business platform with strategic measures to further streamline and enhance our operations, while su

Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) reported Q4 EPS of $0.07, below consensus estimates of $0.11 per share. Nets sales for the quarter were down 6.4% year-over-year to $818 million, missing consensus estimates of $878 million.

Light, sweet crude oil for April delivery is trading up $1.94, or 1.99%, to $98.92 a barrel. In other energy futures, heating oil is up 2.07% to $2.99 a gallon while natural gas is down 3.77% to $3.88 per million British thermal u

In energy ETFs, the United States Oil Fund (USO) is up 1.79% to $39.89. The United States Natural Gas ETF (UNG) is down 3.71% to $5.19.

In mid-day news, Noble Energy, Inc.

Energy shares are gaining as crude oil futures jump nearly 2% on concern over unrest across the Middle East.

The lawsuit, pending since November 2010, had requested declaratory relief that GenMark did not infringe three U.S. Patents on microfluidic technology allegedly owned by CALP.

Caliper is trading $6.64, down $0.05, or 0.75%.

Shares of GenMark Diagnostics (GNMK) are up 4.20% to $4.28 after the company anounced today that it had withdrawn a lawsuit against Caliper Life Sciences (CALP) in the Northern District of California.

The comment comes during an interview with Bloomberg news at CeBIT technology show in Hanover, Germany.

Ford and Sollers have agreed to set up the 50-50 venture on Feb. 18, to assemble and distribute vehicles in Russia.

Ford Motor Co. (F) is down 1.26% to $14.86, despite CEO Alan Mulally's comment that its venture with Russian automaker OAO Sollers will accelerate the availability of Ford vehicles in the local market.

The agreement grants Mad Catz non-exclusive rights to produce and market a wide range of videogame accessories for PC, Microsoft Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, Sony PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Wii,

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (MCZ) is up 17.32% to $2.10 before market open, on the back of its agreement with Electronic Arts, Inc. (ERTS) to produce branded PC and console videogame accessories based on "The Sims" franchise.

The firm cited the company's increasing exposure to business revenue and valuation.

The firm raised its price target for shares to $15 from $14.

Shares of Windstream (WIN) are up 2.31% to $12.83 in pre-market trading after Citigroup reportedly upgraded the company to Buy from Hold.

W. R. Berkley Corp. (WRB) is down fractionally on correction. The insurance holding company announced its Board of Directors has increased the company's share repurchase authorization to 10 million shares of common stock, which re

And, this is your financial sector update for Tuesday March 1st. Financial stocks show mixed direction this morning, as pressure on the sector continues.