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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Gainers (TWPG, DRAD, EMMS, PONE, TZOO)
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 9:36am | 170Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc (NASDAQ: TWPG) soared 66.51% to $7.26 in the pre-market session. TWPG has agreed to be acquired by rival Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE: SF) in a stock only deal amounting to roughly $300 million.. Digirad Corporation (NASDAQ: DRAD) added 39.32% to $2.87 in pre-market...
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TheStreet.com Once Again Defames Sirius XM Radio At Critical Time
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 4:00am | 1607By Steve Garcia – I was unpleasantly surprised over the weekend to see that once again Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), which claims to be a credible and relevant news and search engine, appears to be complicit in the bidding of one of the most vile financial companies (in my humble opinion) known to...
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Sirius XM Radio To Release Android OS Based Applications with Free 7 Day Trial
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 12:28pm | 195By Relmor Demitrius Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced today that they will now be offering their radio line up on the Android OS smart phones. A free application will be available for download, with a free 7 day trial of service as well. Phone owners of the Google Nexus and Motorola Droid...
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Top Stocks of Pennsylvania
Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 2:04pm | 871Pennsylvania is a state that offers affordable living costs and top schools. It provides affordable health care and medical assistance. No wonder so many large corporations are headquartered in Pennsylvania! These are some facts about the state: 1. Pennsylvania is the third largest exporter of...
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Dissecting Event-Based Options Trading in Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT)
Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 10:01am | 1587Earlier this month, Robert Baird upgraded Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) to “outperform” (buy) from “neutral” (hold) and said the shares could advance as high as $88 over a 12-month period. Baird upgraded a number of diversified industrial names that day, citing increased hopes for continued...
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Put Spread Trading Strategies in Southwest Airlines (LUV)
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 1:38pm | 1630Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) spiked higher this week after JP Morgan Chase upgraded its rating on the shares to “overweight” (buy) all the way from “underweight” (sell). The broker noted the discount carrier is “learning the art of price discrimination” and capturing business from its competitors...
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Benzinga's After Hours Decliners (BRCD, SHLD, DTV, SKS)
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 7:11pm | 270Among the notable names that have moved lower in the after hours trading session are Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD), Sears Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD), DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV), and Saks Incorporated (NYSE: SKS). Shares of Brocade Communications (BRCD) have fallen 3.16% to $6.19 in late trading this evening...
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Sirius XM and The Battle Of Two Worlds
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 9:24am | 632By Relmor Demitrius Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) starts off the week on a high note. Having once again broken the $1 mark and maintained it for three consecutive days now, leaving only 7 days remaining to comply with the 10 needed for NASDAQ’s minimum bid price rule requirement. Sirius XM had...
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Top Performing Industries For April 15 (UPS, CMLS, LSTR, ACAT)
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 4:07pm | 236At 2:31 p.m., Dow gained 23.96, or 0.22%, to 11,147.07, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.58, or 0.21%. The Nasdaq composite index added 11.68, or 0.47%. The industries that are driving the market today are: Air Delivery & Freight Services: The top gainer of the day, this...
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Afternoon Market Update – Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Ford (NYSE:F), Sirius (NASDAQ:SIRI), TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD), E*Trade (NASDAQ:ETFC)
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 12:28pm | 896Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) investment firm has announced a prediction for Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), predicting the American megabank’s stock is poised to rise. The price of the stock, according to Morgan Stanley’s note written to clients on Tuesday, is set to increase during the next 45 days after...
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Afternoon Market Update – Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Ford (NYSE:F), Sirius (NASDAQ:SIRI), TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD), E*Trade (NASDAQ:ETFC)
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 12:28pm | 896Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) investment firm has announced a prediction for Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), predicting the American megabank’s stock is poised to rise. The price of the stock, according to Morgan Stanley’s note written to clients on Tuesday, is set to increase during the next 45 days after...
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Sirius XM Confirms Growth In EBITDA and Subscribers/S&P Says Hold
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 9:26am | 329By Relmor Demitrius Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) issued a press release yesterday stating a return to subscriber growth from a 404,000 retail subscriber loss in the first quarter of 2009. They had 171,000 net additions in Q1 of 2010. They also stated a confirmation on guidance in revenue and EBITDA...
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Top Performing Industries For April 14 (RMBS, ETM, KLIC, IPG, CHCI)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 3:56pm | 270At 1:04 p.m., Dow gained 64.77, or 0.59%, to 11,084.19, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 8.99, or 0.75%, to 1,206.29. The Nasdaq composite index moved up 28.92, or 1.17%, to 2494.91. The industries that are driving the market today are: Semiconductor- Memory Chips: The top...
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Cablevision Systems Downgraded To Sell (CVC)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 12:15pm | 132Hudson Square Research is downgrading Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) from HOLD to SELL. The stock was downgraded for four reasons. These include increased programming costs, expected slowing of growth, rising competition and the stock trading at a premium to its peers. The analyst also...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (TCAP, TYY, NOK, TYG, TWC)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 11:21am | 159Triangle Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: TCAP) was downgraded by Sterne Agee from “buy” to “neutral.” TCAP has a 52-week trading range of $8.16-$15.66. Wunderlich downgraded Tortoise Energy Capital Corp (NYSE: TYY) from “buy” to “hold.” The 52-week trading range for TYY is $14.22-$26.38. Stifel...