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Barnes & Noble Ties Up With Best Buy (BCS, BBY, AMZN, SNE)
Monday, April 12, 2010 - 2:15pm | 197Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BCS) has ramped up its distribution channels for its e-book reader Nook. The company has entered into a deal with Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). Under the new agreement, Best Buy Inc. (BBY) will offer Nook in 1,070 of its stores starting April 18. This will make the electronic...
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MKM Partners Initiates Garmin At Neutral (GRMN)
Friday, April 9, 2010 - 2:29pm | 159In a research report released today, MKM Partners initiated Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) with a Neutral rating. The firm has a fair value estimate on the shares of $36. During today's trading, GRMN has gained 0.45% to $38.31. The analyst wrote that "our Neutral rating is based on the transformation...
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Top 5 Stocks In The Consumer Goods Sector With The Highest Cash (TM, F, PC, HMC, KO)
Friday, April 9, 2010 - 6:05am | 181Below are the top 5 consumer goods stocks in terms of cash. Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) had $43.19 billion cash in the latest quarter. TM’s debt liabilities in the same period stood at $137.34 billion. Ford Motor Co (NYSE: F) had $31.7 billion cash in the latest quarter. F’s debt liabilities in...
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Blockbuster Signs A New Deal With Studios (BBI, NWSA, SNE)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 4:53pm | 138Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) has signed a new deal with News Corporation´s (NASDAQ: NWSA) Twentieth Century Fox and Sony Corp. studios (ADR)(NYSE: SNE). The new deal is likely to infuse a fresh lease of life into the ailing DVD rental company. Under the new agreement, Blockbuster will have quicker...
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SNE Cut To Hold By Citigroup
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 10:30am | 37Analysts at Citigroup downgrade Sony (NYSE: SNE) from “buy” to “hold.” Shares of SNE closed at $37.42 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here.
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (LVS, WAB, ESS, SNE, CWT)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 9:46am | 186Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS) was downgraded by UBS from “buy” to “neutral.” LVS’ shares gained 0.30% to $23.43 by 9:13 am. LVS has a 52-week trading range of $3.81-$23.41. Longbow downgraded Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: WAB) from “buy” to “neutral.” WAB’s shares...
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of April 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 12:12am | 673Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...
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Stock Selections To Profit From eReaders (XRX,AMZN, AAPL, SNE, BKS, NYT, MHP, JW.A, NWS, GOOG)
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 9:15am | 673A disruptive technology is an innovation that takes a new approach to an existing product or process and reshapes its market. Steam engine displacing sails in ships and liquid crystal display displacing cathode ray tubes in TVs are examples of disruptive technologies. For investors, a disruptive...
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Research In Motion and Apple Inc Tug Technology ETFs In Different Directions
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 12:52pm | 2286“Wireless HOLDR (WMH) and SPDR Morgan Stanley Technology (MTK) could be in store for declines. Research in Motion (RIMM) continues its evening slide after missing the Street’s expectations with its improved profit,” ONN TV Reports. They go on to say, “(RIMM) reported Q4 revs of $4.08 bln, up 18%...
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Emerson Radio Corp. (MSN) May Test Long Term Support Of $1.98
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 1:54pm | 100The small-cap Emerson Radio Corp. (NYSE: MSN) slipped substantially by 16.6% in a single session by Thursday afternoon, after the Emerson Radio Corp. MSN) went ex-dividend following the special dividend of $1.10 announced by the company. With this, Emerson Radio Corp, (MSN) breached below its 50...
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Jim Cramer Gives His Opinion On KSS, TTWO, ERTS, BAC, APWR, SNE, AAPL, DEO
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:12pm | 359Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money that Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) is a buy. He added that Kohl's (KSS) is a terrific place to shop with cheap prices and this franchise is still growing. Kohl's (KSS) gained 0.83% and closed at $55.72. Cramer believes that Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is...
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Market News – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup (NYSE:C)
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 11:59am | 841The United States’ House of Representatives approved the long awaited and highly controversial Health Care reform bill late Sunday by a vote of 219-212. The bill, which will cost an estimated $940 billion over ten years, will extend health care insurance to 32 million uninsured and underinsured...
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Market News – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup (NYSE:C)
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 11:59am | 841The United States’ House of Representatives approved the long awaited and highly controversial Health Care reform bill late Sunday by a vote of 219-212. The bill, which will cost an estimated $940 billion over ten years, will extend health care insurance to 32 million uninsured and underinsured...
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Discover Another Tech ETF
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 2:49am | 278In the world of technology ETFs, the usual suspects get the bulk of investors' attention. The Semiconductor HOLDRs (AMEX: SMH), Technology Select SPDR (NYSE: XLK) and the Nasdaq tracking ETF, the QQQ (Nasdaq: QQQQ) are just a few of those usual suspects. Given the low average volume, many investors...
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Benzinga’s News Roundup (LSI, ALU, PFE, GRMN)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 7:58am | 283LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) reported today that it expects its first-quarter results to be between a loss of $0.03 per share and earnings of $0.04 per share, with revenue of $620 million to $640 million. Analysts expect LSI to report earnings of $0.07 per share and revenue of $603 million. LSI...