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Soleil Securities Maintains Hold For Endurance, CBS and Priceline (ENH, CBS, PCLN)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 1:57pm | 234Endurance Specialty Holdings announced its strong fourth quarter results, exceeding market expectations, which could be attributed to yet another quarter of moderate catastrophe experience and a favorable loss reserve development. Net premiums written dropped by 19% only due to Endurance’s decision...
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Apple’s Digital Books Likely Competitor For Amazon (AAPL, AMZN)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 1:48pm | 110Apple (NYSE: AAPL) is likely to price its e-books at a competitive price range of $12.99-14.99 for its iPad offering. Amazon (NYSE: AMZN) is offering e-books at a price of $9.99 per e-book, along with its digital reading device “Kindle”. Amazon has been able to capture market share with its low...
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Motorla Emphasizing Handsets and Set-top Boxes Could Reunite it with Microsoft
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 1:11pm | 407The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is looking to follow steps by Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and others to bring more services to the home via the TV or more appropriately via the broadband connection. Verizon is already touting the ability to view Facebook and Twitter and there...
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Priceline.com Leaps Higher
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 11:59am | 123Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) is rocketing higher today, currently up by 8.70% to $231.38, on the back of a very good earnings report. EPS beat Street estimates by 18%, though guidance was mixed; it is imperative to note that the company has given “squishy” guidance for the past four quarters and...
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Benzinga's Unusual Volume (PCLN, CLW, NIHD)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 11:35am | 215Unusual volume is a great opportunity to watch the true economics of investing as supply and demand change stock prices. The following stocks give a great list of what is moving in the market and why. Stocks rising on unusual volume: - Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) up 8.93%, 1,677% volume change due...
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PCLN Reports Solid Q4 Results, Strong Momentum In Europe
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 10:37am | 137Analysts at Susquehanna Financial maintain their "positive" rating on Priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN), while raising their estimates for the company. The target price for PCLN has been raised from $230 to $260. According to Susquehanna Financial, Priceline.com has reported its Q4 EPS...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Gainers (GT, BEAT, PCLN, BLDP, ITRI)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 9:41am | 307The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) increased 4.32% to $14.50 in the pre-market session. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber reported today a fourth-quarter profit of $107 million, or $0.44 per share, from a loss of $330 million, or $1.37 per share, for the same quarter last year. Sales...
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Priceline.com (PCLN) - Another Stellar Earnings Report
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 7:31am | 1139While I exited out of what was left of the position a few weeks ago, Priceline.com (PCLN) continues to impress; another stellar earnings report last night and the stock was up another 5-7% in after hours. This appears to be a very well run company, in the right niche, with a global footprint who (...
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Top 5 Stocks In The Services Sector With The Highest Cash (NWSA, AMZN, WMT, DAL, ESRX)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 6:01am | 250Below are the top 5 services stocks on the NASDAQ and NYSE in terms of cash. News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA) had $7.27 billion of total cash in the most recent quarter. NWSA has $15.28 billion in total debt in the same period. Soleil upgraded NWSA from “hold” to “buy.” Read more about this company here....
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Blue Nile (NILE) Shares Fall After 2nd Downgrade In A Week
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 9:54pm | 84Shares of online jewelry retailer Blue Nile, Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE) opened higher than the previous day's close and were up for most of the day before falling in the two hours before the market closed. Blue Nile shares ended the trading day down 93 cents, or 1.89%, at $48.18. Shares of Blue Nile...
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Brian Kelly Recommends MPEL And CTRP
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 8:30pm | 188Brian Kelly of Kanundrum Capital is watching after hours action in casino stocks. Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LSV) is down more then 5% in the after hours trading, as the company reported poor results in Las Vegas. Room rates and sales of beverages in Las Vegas are down, but Macau results were fairly...
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Priceline Flies Higher in Aftermarket (PCLN)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 5:45pm | 210Priceline Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) finds itself flying much higher in the aftermarket. The stock closed at $212.87 and has since touched $231 a share. The stock is very hot after releasing its quarterly pro forma earnings of $1.99. In the same quarter of the prior year, PCLN earned $1.29. This...
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Market Update: In Motion (NYSE:SPY), (NYSE:DE), (NASDAQ:AAPL), (NASDAQ:AMZN)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 2:23pm | 399Source: InTheMoneyStocks.com Rant & Rave Blog: https://www.inthemoneystocks.com/n_rant_and_rave_blog.php Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) is shooting higher today on the back of earnings that tripled analysts expectations for the company. The stock hit a high of $58.05 today in the first 10...
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Market Underestimates Competitive Pressure For NFLX
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 11:33am | 136Analysts at Janney Montgomery Scott maintain their "sell" rating on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). According to Janney Montgomery Scott, Netflix’s TWX deal is likely to have been less favorable than the management expected, as it could impair churn rates if subscribers feel deprived of content. “The NFLX...
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Warner Bros (TWX) and Redbox Reach A Deal (CSTR) (WMT) (GE) (NWS) (NFLX)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 8:44pm | 211The Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) movie studio Warner Bros. has reached a deal with DVD rental service Redbox, owned by Coinstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTR), to wait until 28 days after new DVD titles are released to begin renting them to customers. The deal is similar to the one that Warner Bros. reached...