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Clean Energy Fuels Corp (NASDAQ: CLNE) shares surged 11.54% to $16.82 at 10:35 am. The volume of CLNE shares traded was 729% higher than normal. Analysts at Bank of America upgraded CLNE from “underperform” to “buy.” Coinstar Inc (NASDAQ: CSTR) shares moved up 3.17% to $59.20. The volume of CSTR...

Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) is up over 3% on positive analyst comments this morning. Piper Jaffray said Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) price increase could be a positive factor. The analyst firm has an Overweight rating and a $68 price target on Coinstar. The shares are currently trading at $59.41, a gain of...

Shares of Carriage Services (NYSE: CSV) gained about 1.4% after the company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.025 per share. Shares of Healthcare Services Group Inc (NASDAQ: HCSG) dropped about 4.2% after the group reported a 13% rise in its second-quarter net income. HCSG reported its quarterly...

Carriage Services (NYSE: CSV) announced that its Board of Directors on July 11, 2011 declared the quarterly dividend of $0.025 per share payable on September 1, 2011 to common share record holders as of August 12, 2011. The Company also recently instituted a dividend reinvestment program that is...

Piper Jaffray has an Overweight rating and a $68 price target on shares of Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR). In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We believe that recent changes in the competitive landscape of the DVD rental business will provide tailwinds for Redbox over the next several...

Shares of Regis Corp (NYSE: RGS) fell about 1.2% after the company reported a 1.7% drop in its fiscal fourth-quarter same-store sales. Regis' total revenue for the period ended June 30 increased 0.3% to $592 million. Its' customer visits dropped 2.5% in the quarter. Shares of ING Groep NV (NYSE:...

Regis Corp (NYSE: RGS) reported a 1.7% drop in its fiscal fourth-quarter same-store sales. Regis' total revenue for the period ended June 30 increased 0.3% to $592 million. Its' customer visits dropped 2.5% in the quarter. Regis shares gained 0.77% to close at $15.70 yesterday. Read more from...

Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR), maintaining Overweight. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We maintain our OW and $68 price target based on 19x CY12E EPS, a slight discount to estimated CY12E EPS growth of 21%." Shares of CSTR closed Wednesday at $...

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEI) reported today that it has purchased Desert View Funeral Home and Memorial Park in Victorville, Calif. "We are pleased to be able to strengthen our ability to serve families in this southern California market," said President and Chief Executive Officer Tom...

Merger activity increased last week with four new deals announced and twelve closing. You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours. Deal Statistics: Total Number of Deals Closed in 2011 116 Total Number of...

Merger activity increased last week with four new deals announced and twelve closing. You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours. Deal Statistics: Total Number of Deals Closed in 2011 116 Total Number of...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Thursday's trading session: 1) Walter Investment Company (NYSE: WAC): Shares of Walter Investment hit a 52-week...

Cusick's Corner Today's action was like watching a fast paced water balloon toss competition (a great Fourth of July game). There will be quite a bit of data released over the next 12 hours that has the potential to add some volatility and the most notable releases are manufacturing data out of...

Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) 5,000 puts, 33 calls 2. H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) 4,542 puts, 37 calls 3. Myriad Genetics (NASDAQ: MYGN) 3,038 puts, 28 calls 4. Ralcorp Holdings (NYSE: RAH) 3,083 puts, 62 calls 5. ResMed Inc. (NYSE: RMD) 6,034...

Shares of H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) are lower on the session by 1.60%, trading at $15.99. Overall put volume is now running at 2.17x the daily average, with 48% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 3,775 contracts have traded on the session so far. H&R Block, Inc. has...