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Benzinga’s Top 5 Gainers (MPAC, NILE, HLCS, ASEI, CRIC)
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 9:36am | 215MOD-PAC Corp (NASDAQ: MPAC) shares have risen by 7.82% in the pre-market trading. MPAC reported its strongest quarterly profits in nearly four years, with profits rising to $1 million, or $0.29 per share, from $14,000, or less than a penny per share, a year earlier. Blue Nile Inc (NASDAQ: NILE)...
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Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Bull Flag Target Reached
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 1:46pm | 83Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) seems to have reached its bullish flag target, so is now looking to correct lower? Amazon may well correct lower together with the rest of the market but not as much as the market percentage wise. In fact the recent up gap on the daily chart may never be filled....
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Gainers (UWBK, NVDA, SBUX, SWKS, AMZN, CYCL)
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 10:32am | 218United Western Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: UWBK) rose over 29.50% in the pre-market session after reporting its financial results for the third quarter of current fiscal. Yesterday, UXBK closed at $3.50. NVIDIA Corporation (Public, NASDAQ: NVDA) gained 5% to $12.89 after the company reported third...
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Bernstein Upgrades Amazon.com To Outperform
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 8:22am | 52Bernstein upgrades Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) from Market Perform to Outperform. Bernstein believes the Street's sales growth and margin expansion estimates are too low. Bernstein is raising Amazon's price target from $125 to $160. Amazon closed at $120 yesterday, giving Bernstein's price target a...
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What Is It That You Want To Watch, Amazon Video (AMZN) Or Netflix (NFLX)?
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 10:39am | 163The New York Times is wondering which business model is the best – Amazon Video (NASDAQ: AMZN) or Netflix, Inc’s,(NASDAQ: NFLX)? According to a study by The Catalyst Group, the findings are interesting. The Catalyst Group has provided a $99 Roku player — a device that has the ability to connect a...
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Stocks to Watch (COGT, ANH, OSTK, CNW, NETL)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 6:39am | 155COGENT INC (NASDAQ: COGT) reported Q3 EPS of $0.07, 3 cents below the analyst estimate of $0.10. Revenue for the quarter was $28.9 million, which compares to the estimate of $34.09 million. COGENT announced a $100 million share buyback. Anworth Mortgage (NYSE: ANH) reported Q3 EPS of $0.27, 4...
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Florida AG Suing Expedia, Orbitz For Back Taxes
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 4:00pm | 127Florida's attorney general is suing online travel provides Expedia (Nasdaq: EXPE) and Orbitz (NYSE: OWW) alleging that the companies owe the state millions in back taxes for fees they collected on hotel room reservations. Online booking companies pay for hotel rooms at a negotiated rate before...
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Technology Rises and Buying Facebook
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 1:12pm | 508Technology stocks have done well this year. The Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK) bottomed out in March and by late October was up more than 60%. Tech has performed better than any other sector year-to-date – up 33.7% as of Friday’s close. Part of the tech gain is related to how new media...
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Amazon Completes Deal To Buy Zappos
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 10:04am | 14Amazon.com (AMZN) closes its deal to buy Zappos.
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GOOG and PCLN are at day’s low
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 11:41am | 83In the last few minutes Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is witnessing some selling pressure as Tech Index has is down 1.11% and now trading at Day’s low of $544.71, down 1.19%. GOOG opened at $550 and has touched a day’s high at $550.17. After a smart move in the opening trade now priceline.com...
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Priceline.com Added To The S&P 500, Replacing Schering-Plough
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 5:18pm | 43Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) added to the S&P 500, replacing Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP). Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) is replacing Schering-Plough Corporation in the S&P 100.
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New 52-Week High Stocks (V, NTRI, NLC, WBC, AWI)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 12:12pm | 269Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) touched a new 52-week high at $78.02 in today’s morning trade. Currently the stock is trading at $77.70, up 5.14% on 11.80 million shares after it swung a $514 million profit for the fiscal fourth quarter after suffering a $356 million loss in the same period a year ago. Profits...
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Priceline.com Launches Apple iPhone App
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 9:15am | 117Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) today announced the availability of the Hotel Negotiator App on the App Store. The app, which features The Priceline Negotiator (William Shatner), lets travelers use Apple iPhone or iPod touch to quickly find and book last-minute hotel rooms using priceline.com’s Name...
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S&P 500 Stocks That Grew Their Earnings 20% With Almost No Debt (AMZN, BIG, GPS, MA, RHT, CRM)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 5:58am | 82Below are S&P 500 Stocks that grew their earnings 20% last year and this year with almost no debt. The group of stocks is up on average 86% this year. Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) Gap Stores (NYSE: GPS) Mastercard (NYSE: MA) Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM)
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Stocks to Look Out For (AMX, CVX, RDS.A, XOM, AMZN, AAPL)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 12:12pm | 216After the Credit Crunch, Investors are still slow to put in their hard earned money into the stock market but with over 137 companies getting ready to report their earnings the stock market is about to make a move. One Stock that is poised to rise is America Movil (NASDAQ: AMX). American Movil...