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Top 5 Stocks For February 18, 2010 (DELL, CBS, WMT, GT, HRL)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 9:39am | 289The stocks that would be in focus today are: Analysts expect Dell Inc (NASDAQ: DELL) to report earnings of $0.27 per share after the market close. DELL gained 0.85% to trade at $14.23 in the after hours. Read more about this company here. Media powerhouse CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS) expects to report...
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Benzinga's Market Movers
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 3:36pm | 218Market movers are a good indicator of what the overall market is reacting to during the day. It is a good way to see what is hot and what is not. By looking at these stocks you can get a feel for what the big news is each day. What is hot? - Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) 11.93% gain on upgrade...
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Fischer Communications Inc. (FSCI) Likely To Scale Above its 200 Day MA Soon
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 2:51pm | 122Fischer Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCI) soared 10.2% by early afternoon trading on Wednesday to $16.22, after it announced its decision for strategic investment of $1.5 million in a web based advertisement space company DataSphere Inc. earlier today. Although this is a relatively small...
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UBS Downgrades Scripps Networks (SNI) To Neutral
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 10:36am | 51UBS downgraded Scripps Networks (NYSE: SNI) from “buy” to “neutral.” The target price for SNI has been reduced from $52 to $41. UBS believes that the valuation of SNI is unattractive and the company will incur higher near-term costs. SNI fell 1.99% to $38.47 in pre-market trading.
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Movement Expected In The Shares Of These Companies Amid Significant Events (BRK.B, BX, JPM, ORCL,YHOO)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 5:32pm | 524According to a Bloomberg report, the shares of the following companies may see some unusual trading moves today. After the close of Friday’s trading, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), the insurance and investment company owned by Warren Buffet, became part of the S&P 500 index....
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US FCC To Propose Higher Broadband Speeds (GOOG, CMCSA, TWX, T, VZ)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 3:06pm | 143US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on Tuesday said that the agency would propose a minimum internet speed for American households. Named the “100 Squared Initiative”, the agency aims to bring 100 megabits of speed per second to 100 million households. This proposal...
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Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (SBGI) Maintains A Buy Rating
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 2:20pm | 188Analysts at Benchmark have maintained a Buy rating for Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI). The company will report results for the fourth-quarter tomorrow. Analysts expect the company to report revenue of $154 million, which is a year-over-year decline of 7%. The estimate is in line...
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Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.’s (MSO) Fourth Quarter Preview
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 2:13pm | 176Analysts David B. Kestenbaum, and Heather Hou at Morgan Joseph have released a report previewing the fourth-quarter at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NSYE: MSO). The company is scheduled to report results for the fourth-quarter tomorrow. Analysts expect the company to report robust results...
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Grupo Televisa Buys 30% Stake In Nextel Mexico (TV, NIHD)
Monday, February 15, 2010 - 10:19pm | 130Grupo Televisa (NYSE: TV) has signed a $1.5 billion deal to buy a 30 percent stake in Nextel Mexico (NASDAQ: NIHD). Nextel Mexico(NIHD) deals in wireless telephone business and is a unit of NII Holdings. The deal already has the approval of Mexico’s antitrust regulator. Televisa (TV) expects the...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (AYE, JDSU, BTU, CBS, TCK)
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 11:55am | 207Allegheny Energy Inc (NYSE: AYE) was upgraded by RBC Capital Markets from “underperform” to “sector perform.” AYE’s shares slipped by 1.93% to $23.09 at 10:22 a.m. AYE has 52-week trading range of $19.94-$29.31. AYE’s shares have gained 0.30% year to date. Morgan Keegan upgraded JDS Uniphase Corp...
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Verizon, And AT&T Obliged To Share Internet Lines With Competitors (T, VZ, TWZ, CBEY, CMCSA, GLW)
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 8:45am | 188US regulators are weighing out a proposal under which Verizon Communications, Inc. (NYSE: VZ), and AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T) will be compelled to share high speed Internet lines with rivals who provide small businesses with web services. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been told by...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (PTEN, QSII, EWBC, ENER, SNI, CVG, CME, CVC)
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 2:47pm | 335Analysts at Capital One Southcoast upgraded Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ: PTEN) to “add” from “neutral.” PTEN has soared 66.53% in the past 52 weeks, as compared to a 28.11% rise in the S&P500. Quality Systems (NASDAQ: QSII) was upgraded by Leerink from “market perform” to “outperform.” QSII...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (ELON, DF, BSX, SNI, SLAB)
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 2:12pm | 228Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) was downgraded by Piper Jaffray from “neutral” to “underweight.” ELON’s shares had slipped 2.75% to $7.77 by 9:27 a.m. Echelon has a 52-week trading range of $5.13-$15.38. Deutsche Bank downgraded Dean Foods Co (NYSE: DF) from “buy” to “hold.” GME’s shares had...
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Barclays Ups Cablevision Systems (CVC) To Overweight
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 10:08am | 49Analysts at Barclays upgrade Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) from "equal weight" to "overweight." The target price for CVC is set to $26. CVC’s shares closed at $22.10 yesterday. Read more about the market
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Benzinga’s Earnings Roundup (CSC, DF, SIAL, SNI)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 10:20am | 283Computer Sciences Corp (NYSE: CSC) today announced its third-quarter profits at $211 million, or $1.36 a share, up from $161 million, or $1.06 a share, in the same quarter a year ago. CSC’s revenues for the quarter came in at $3.95 billion. Analysts on an average expected quarterly profits of $1.23...