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PayPal Inc. says 15 retailers, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Office Depot and Jamba Juice, are adding its online payment system in their stores.

Things are fairly calm this Friday afternoon as market watchers wrap things up ahead of the holiday weekend.

Not realizing your hopes of working a summer job at Foot Locker or Jamba Juice, while school's out this summer? You probably don't have it as bad as young people several time zones away.

Nike has been on a tear over the last twelve months, gaining from exposure to China and innovation in the athletics space.

There is no doubt some stocks have been beat down these last couple of weeks. But with the last two days showing signs of hope, we will take a look at the charts of four great companies affected by the recent sell-off that are showing signs of life again.

A two-year boom in sales of running shoes still has legs and could propel sellers Nike , Foot Locker , and Dick's Sporting Goods even higher, according to analysts.

Shares of a number of shoe-sellling companies jump higher after Friday's double-dose of positive earnings reports from Foot Locker and Brown Shoe shine a brighter spotlight on the sector.

On Friday, Foot Locker Inc reported its first quarter earnings and discussed the following topics in its earnings conference call.

The market was pretty unforgiving last week, shelling stocks indiscriminately from energy to health care, and technology to retail.

The analysts wrote, "The athletic cycle is alive and well. FL's strong comp trend is driving better leverage and is likely to do so as long as comps run above MSD % . Today's results raise the margin expectations bar despite mngt's ongoing conservatism.

US sports wear retailer Foot Locker posted a jump in first quarter net income as the company recorded rising sales.

Thursday's comments by Delta Air Lines president Ed Bastain, regarding the capacity reduction on certain Atlantic and Pacific flight, were elaborated Friday.

After a small and short-lived upside attempt Friday morning, the major stock indexes turned tail and plumbed new lows for the market correction.

Foot Locker :A Northland Securities reiterated its rating of Market Perform for this company and changed its price target from $32 to $35. Schnitzer Steel : Auriga reiterated its rating of Hold for this company and changed its price target from $44 to $36. GT Advanced Tech.

Foot Locker announced that it earned $128 million, or 83 cents per share, up from $94 million, or 60 cents per share, in the same period last year.

NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Salesforce.com Inc., up $11.78 at $145.58 The maker of web-based business software lost money in the first quarter, but its adjusted profit and revenue beat expectations.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the First Quarter 2012 Earnings Release Conference Call.

The firm currently has a "market perform" rating on the stock. Shares of Foot Locker traded up 9.25% during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $30.60. Foot Locker has a 52 week low of $16.66 and a 52 week high of $32.27. The company has a market cap of $4.648 billion and a P/E ratio of 15.56. Foot Locker last announced its earnings results on ... (more)

Donaldson third quarter increased 15% to $70.9 million. Foot Locker first quarter net surged 36% to $128 million.

Foot Locker opened at $31.64 after closing the previous trading session at $28.01, gapping up.