Today’s Big Gainers: HRB, VICL, GERN, XCO, SMI

After losing 94 cents in fiscal year 2008 H R Block HRB is back in the black reporting earnings of a dollar 45 per share for its fiscal year 2009 ended April 30th and guiding for earnings of between a dollar 60 and a dollar 80 per share for fiscal year 2010 The turnaround this year for H R Block was dramatic with net worth increasing by just over 42 while the company moved from a net debt position to a net cash position for the first time in four years