Motorcycle Manufacturers

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) will announce quarterly results on Friday before the market opens. Analysts are looking for a $0.29 loss per share, versus the $0.34 earned in the same quarter a year ago. Harley-Davidson, Inc. - a motorcycle manufacturer - has fallen short of estimates in each of...

Analysts at Wells Fargo Securities reiterate their “outperform” rating on Harley-Davidson Inc (NASDAQ: HOG), while reducing their estimates for the company. There is likely to be low single-digit shipment growth due to the supply/demand gap at year end 2009. Used bike prices are expected to...

Year 3, Week 24 Major Position ChangesTo see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'.Cash: 48.3% (v 34.9% last week)26 long bias: 50.4% (v 64.5% last week)  [Includes 1 option position]2 short bias: 1.3% (v 0.6% last week) 28...

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Michael Orkin, CEO at Caldwell & Orkin, has his largest long positions in Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), American Tower (NYSE: AMT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). They all have performed well, up collectively more than 20% for the year. Orkin's short positions, Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION),...

Analysts at Deutsche Bank reiterate their "buy" rating on Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE: HOG). The target price for HOG has been raised from $33 to $35. Harley-Davidson expects to realize $100 million of savings through 2012 from its restructuring initiatives, in-line with the estimates. HOG has...

Jinpan International Limited (NASDAQ: JST) hits a new 52-week high at $43.63 in today’s morning trade. Currently, JST is trading at $42.45, up 2% in the morning trading hours. In the last six months, JST gained over 40%. KMG Chemicals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KMGB) soared 2.93% to $17.92 on 33K shares....

Today, FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp. reiterated their “Buy” rating for Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) with a price target of $30.00. The Firm believes that “Harley-Davidson is a compelling value at these levels. So far during 2009, management has done a commendable job of positioning the...

National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) said that Donald Macleod will succeed Brian Halla as chief executive when Halla retires. Halla will retire as CEO on Nov. 30 but will remain chairman. Macleod, who currently serves as president and chief operating officer, will hold the positions of...

Special "long weekend" edition - part 1 News we just did not have time to dissect during the week but still deserve notice (1) WSJ: US Buys Pork to Support Industry. Look, I am getting sick of all this pork spending. Wait a second... I didn't mean literally, or did I? As you know, the solution...

JINHUA, CHINA--(Marketwire - August 17, 2009) - Kandi Technologies, Corp. (NASDAQ: KNDI), an established China-based leader in the design and manufacture of all terrain recreational vehicles, and the designer and manufacturer of the COCO all electric super mini auto, today announced results for...