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Stocks To Watch For April 5 (KBH, TXN, NSM, LAYN, AMR, EXPE, VRNT)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 12:42am | 254Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects KB Home (NYSE: KBH) to report a Q1 loss at $0.27 per share on revenue of $223.56 million. KBH shares dropped 1.64% to $12.00 in after-hours trading. Texas Instruments Inc (NYSE: TXN) announced its plans to acquire...
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Benzinga's After Hours Gainers (NSM, AD, ADM, IRE, LSI, CBST, ONNN, EXPE, MXIM, LLTC, ATML)
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 6:16pm | 344Monday's regular trading session was a quiet, very low volume affair. The same cannot be said, however, about the after hours session which has been extremely active after Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) said it had struck a deal to buy National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) for $6 billion. This sent...
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Investing In Stupidity (BLOAQ, BLOBQ)
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 5:42pm | 765It seems that we have traveled back in time. Snow White is coming to theaters. Arnold Schwarzenegger is starring in a new cartoon. Blockbuster Video (OTC: BLOAQ) (OTC: BLOBQ), the once-mighty video rental chain, has gotten the interest of Dish Networks (NASDAQ: DISH), SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM), and...
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American Airlines and Expedia Reach Distribution Agreement
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 5:03pm | 84American Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR), and Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) announced today a memorandum of understanding that will allow the companies to resume doing business together, effective immediately. Access to fares and schedule information of American...
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' Business Insider Interview (NFLX)
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 2:55pm | 298Business Insider posted an exclusive interview with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Monday. The interview covers a wide variety of topics relating to Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) meteoric rise and its uncertain future. Hastings spoke with Business Insider's Henry Blodget and Silicon Alley Insider's Dan...
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M&A News: eBay Buys GSI Commerce, Salesforce Picks Up Radian6
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 12:52pm | 878By Damian Thompson No, CSI is not developing a third offshoot of its show to feature Commerce, California. And no David Caruso isn't taking his “talents” away from South Beach. It is GSI not CSI, as eBay (EBAY) purchased GSI Commerce this week in its second-largest acquisition ever and Salesforce...
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Netflix (NFLX) Back to Making Shorts Eat Crow
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 12:48pm | 116Netflix.com (NFLX) has been one of the big winners of the bull market, but it certainly has its fair share of detractors. The shorts were incredulous when it first crossed the $200 mark in late 2010, and they seemed to give up and throw in t... Go to http://SwingTradingDaily.com for full article...
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Markets: Action Packed
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 12:01pm | 273The markets are floating neutral to higher today on the back of light volume and continued global optimism. Last Friday, the Non Farm Payrolls Report showed a rosy picture of the job market. Being the first Monday of the new quarter, it is likely to see new mutual fund money keep the markets flat...
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Overstock Cuts Marketing Ties in States Passing Internet Sales Tax
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 9:20am | 48Overstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTK) today announced that it will award free Club O accounts ($20 value) pre-loaded with $10 in Club O Reward dollars to top customers in states where the company canceled ad contracts because of unconstitutional Sales Tax Laws.
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What Apple, Google Need To Beat Amazon's Cloud Drive (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 12:12pm | 784If everything goes as planned, the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Cloud Drive could be a Dropbox-killer. This doesn't bode well for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), who are reportedly working on their own versions of cloud storage. Cloud Drive is currently offering 5 GB of free storage space...
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Twentieth Century Fox and Netflix Announce Distribution Deal
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 8:04am | 94Twentieth Century Fox and Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today announced that the companies have amended and expanded their non-exclusive digital distribution agreement, adding additional titles from Fox's extensive television and movie library. This new multi-year agreement allows Netflix to...
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Piper Jaffray Overweight On Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 7:57am | 151Piper Jaffray has an Overweight rating and a $200 price target on shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "Piper Jaffray recently conducted a survey surrounding the impact on consumers of incorporating social aspects (user-generated reviews and...
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Bloomberg: Amazon Said To Be Exploring Mobile Payment Service (AMZN)
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 11:48am | 21Bloomberg is reporting that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is exploring a mobile payment service.
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eDiets Reports Q4 EPS ($0.02) (DIET)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 4:02pm | 234eDiets.com (NASDAQ: DIET) today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2010. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2010 were $6.9 million, an increase of approximately 77% from $3.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2009. The net loss for the fourth quarter of 2010...
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Amazon.com Up 3% As Morgan Stanley Sees Habits Changing (AMZN)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 3:26pm | 128Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares are skyrocketing higher, gaining more than 3% today after a price target raise at Morgan Stanley, saying investors aren't giving full credit to the online shopping shift. Morgan Stanley analyst Scott Devitt raised his price target to $225 from $205. “We...