Weight Watchers International News

That very question will be touched on Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Weight Watchers International Inc.

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Weight Watchers shares healthy, fruit-packed recipes that will leave you refreshed and light.

It took Weight Watcher's CEO David Kirchhoff nine years of battling his weight before he finally reached his target size.

In the past six months employers as diverse as the New York Stock Exchange and U.K. retailer John Lewis have signed up U.S.-based Weight Watchers to help staff shed some pounds leading to healthier workers and cheaper health insurance premiums.

Jessica Simpson is reportedly getting $800,000 to show off baby girl Maxwell Drew Johnson in a upcoming People spread.

Weight Watchers knows that Mother's Day celebrations are more often than not centered on a meal, whether it is breakfast, brunch or dinner.

Weight Watchers CEO David Kirchhoff had a long road to weight loss success, and now he is sharing it in a new book, Weight Loss Boss .

The weight-management industry, worth $11-billion in retail sales according to data company Euromonitor, should by rights be a major beneficiary of the times.

Firms are cutting healthcare costs and boosting productivity by offering workers free membership to health programs such as those of Weight Watchers , the FT reports.

Weight Watchers was upgraded from Hold to Buy at Auriga today. The stock closed yesterday at $62.29 on volume of 6.5 million shares, above average daily volume of 823,000.Over the past year, Weight Watchers has traded in a range of $51.28 to $86.97 and closed yesterday at $62.29, 21% above that low.

Weight Watchers International traded down 0.18% on Friday, hitting $62.18. Weight Watchers International has a 52-week low of $51.28 and a 52-week high of $86.97. The company has a market cap of $4.558 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18. Weight Watchers International posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Analysts at Barclays Capital cut their price target on shares of Weight Watchers International from $92.00 to $84.00 in a research note to investors on Thursday.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. : After Green Mountain lowered its FY12 adjusted EPS guidance, Roth Capital believes that the company continues to generate strong growth.

These are stocks that gapped down today and had opening prices significantly lower than the close on the previous trading day: Weight Watchers International opened at $65.99 after closing the previous trading session at $76.01, gapping down.

Weight Watchers International Inc. 's first-quarter profit missed expectations as the weight loss company increased its marketing spending.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Weight Watchers International First Quarter 2012 Earnings Teleconference Call.

Weight Watchers International Inc's full-year profit forecast fell well short of market expectations as it sharply increased marketing spend to better compete with rivals.