Top Percentage Gainers and Losers as of 12pm 06/17/11

Best 1) Newcastle Investment NCT: Shares of Newcastle Investment are currently trading up 28.6% from yesterday's close to $5.66. The company announced that it will be issuing a dividend of $0.10 per common share for the second quarter of 2011. The record date for the dividend is July 5th, 2011 – payment date is July 29th. A dividend will also be paid to holders of Series B, C, and D preferred stock for the period of May 1, 2011 to July 30, 2011. The record date for the dividend is July 5, 2011 – payment date is July 29, 2011. The stock has broken above its 50- and 200-day simple moving averages (one year daily chart) in today's action. 2) BPZ Resources BPZ: Shares of BPZ are currently trading up 25.5% from yesterday's close to $3.79. A report was published by Seeking Alpha yesterday afternoon citing significant institutional buying of BPZ shares. The stock hit a 52-week low of $2.91 in yesterday's trading session. The year-to-date performance of BPZ has been a loss of 17.5%. 3) Zoran ZRAN: Shares of Zoran are currently trading up 17.3% from yesterday's close to $8.44. The company is set to be acquired by CSR CSR for $6.26 per share in cash in addition to 0.589 CSR shares per common – total price of $9.19. The deal is valued at $484 million and is set to conclude in the third quarter. 4) Genetic Technologies GENE: Shares of Genetic Technologies are currently trading up 16% from yesterday's close to $5.71. The company broke above its 50-day simple moving average (one year daily chart) in today's session. The stock has lost 46.2% since hitting a 52-week high of $9.80 on May 11th. 5) Primo Water PRMW: Shares of Primo Water are currently trading up 15.6% from yesterday's close to $13.02. The company has priced its six million share offering at $11.26 each. The stock has broken above its 50- and 200-day simple moving averages (one year daily chart) in today's action. Other Notable Gainers Harbin Electric HRBN: Shares of Harbin Electric are currently trading up 12.3% from yesterday's close to $7.83. The company responded to allegations of fraud made by Citron Research and Seeking Alpha stating that the reports are, “yet another attempt to drive the stock price down based on factually incorrect as well as out-of-context information.” The stock hit a 52-week low of $5.82 in yesterday's trading session. Vermillion VRML: Shares of Vermillion are trading 8.2% up from yesterday's close to $3.97. Coffee Holding JVA: Shares of Coffee Holding are currently trading up 8.4% from yesterday's close to $15.25. Worst 1) Research In Motion RIMM: Shares of Research in Motion are currently trading down 22.7% from yesterday's close to $27.29. Yesterday, the company reported earnings of $1.33 per share versus estimates of $1.32 per share. Revenue came in at $4.9 billion versus estimates of $5.15 billion. RIMM issued Q2 guidance of $0.75 to $1.05 per share versus estimates of $1.40 per share. The company was downgraded from Sector Outperform to Sector perform by Scotia, from Overweight to Neutral at J.P Morgan JPM, and from Hold to Sell at Citigroup. Morgan Keegan also cut its earnings estimates and price target for the company. 2) China Transinfo Technology CTFO: Shares of China Transinfo Technology are currently trading down 22.2% from yesterday's close to $2.78. The stock hit a 52-week low of $2.42 in today's trading session. The year-to-date performance of China Transinfo has been a loss of 37.3%. 3) China Finance Online JRJC: Shares of China Finance Online are currently trading down 19.7% from yesterday's close to $3.18. The company was downgraded from Market Outperform to Market Perform at Rodman & Renshaw. The stock hit a 52-week low of $3.08 in today's trading session. 4) Deer Consumer Products DEER: Shares of Deer Consumer products are currently trading down 18.5% from yesterday's close to $5.22. The stock hit a 52-week low of $4.88 in today's trading session. A negative analytical report regarding Deer Consumer was published by Reuters earlier today. 5) Cleveland BioLabs CBLI: Shares of Cleveland BioLabs are currently trading down 16.4% from yesterday's close to $3.72. The company announced plans to sell 5.873 million shares of common stock and 2.936 million shares via exercisable warrants in a registered direct offering. The securities will be offered at $4.00 per unit, consisting of one share of common stock, a Series E Warrant to buy 0.25 shares of common stock, and a Series F warrant to buy 0.25 shares of common stock. Series E Warrants are exercisable at $4.50 per share and Series F Warrants will be exercisable at $5.00 per share. Other Notable Losers Qihoo 360 Technology QIHU: Shares of Qihoo 360 Technology are currently trading down 12.4% from yesterday's close to $17.91. Lender Processing Services LPS: Shares of Lender Processing Services are currently trading down 10.6% from yesterday's close to $20.87. China Gerui Advanced Materials CHOP: Shares of China Gerui are currently trading down 10.6% from yesterday's close to $3.03.