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Benzinga's Worst Performing Industries (PWR, CTRP, RURL, PHM, BHS, WBD, COCO, ESI)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 7:41pm | 188General Contractors industry was the worst performer in Wednesday's trading session, with a decrease of 5.41%. Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) plunged 9.98% on earnings results. In the after hours, PWR gained 1.34%. Consumer Services sector fell 4.35% today, as Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR...
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Record Sales and Earnings Reported by J & J Snack Foods: EPS of $0.88
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 4:07pm | 131J & J Snack Foods Corp. (NASDAQ: JJSF) today reported record sales and earnings for its 2010 fiscal year. Sales for the fiscal year ended September 25, 2010 increased 7% to $696.7 million from $653.0 million in the fiscal year ended September 26, 2009. Net earnings increased 17% to $48.4...
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Puts Purchased on Dean Foods Company (DF)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 2:18pm | 170Shares of Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) are higher on the session by 0.29%, currently trading at $10.27. The stock has been moving largely sideways for the past six months following a sharp sell off in mid-May on high volume. Shares now appear to be consolidating around the 50-day moving average...
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BB&T Reiterates Hold Rating on Chiquita Brands (CQB)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 9:45am | 173BB&T Capital Markets is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Hold rating on Chiquita Brands (NYSE: CQB); it did not provide a price target for the stock. The BB&T analysts cited the company's recently released quarterly earnings, which were much worse than...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes Discover Financial Services, Advises Investors To Sell Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (DFS, AXL, TEVA, GMCR)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 4:30am | 166On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that according to him, Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is one of the best financial shares. He added, “They're on top of their game after being a disaster for a long time." For American Axle (NYSE: AXL), he mentioned, "It's not...
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Eyes on Election Tonight Then Tomorrow's Fed 11-02-2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 6:44pm | 902Cusick's Corner The election results will be watched overnight, but all eyes will be on the FOMC statement tomorrow, due out at 2:15 ET. The focus will be on the size of the Fed's highly anticipated Quantitative Easing. At this point, expectations are that the Republicans will take the House and...
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Chiquita Brands Reports Third Quarter EPS of $(0.14)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 4:34pm | 114Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) today released financial and operating results for the third quarter 2010. All figures in this press release are for continuing operations, unless otherwise noted. For the third quarter 2010, on a comparable basis, the company reported a loss of $7...
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Chiquita Brands Posts Large Earnings Miss (CQB)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 4:20pm | 182Chiquita Brands International Inc. (CQB) reports Q3 earnings loss of $0.14 versus consensus of $0.32. Chiquita Brands International Inc. reports revenues of $730 million versus consensus of $784.67 million. Revenues decreased 8% year over year. The company continues to expect to deliver its third...
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OEX Put/Call Ratio Spiked in Morning 11-02-2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 3:24pm | 889Cusick's Corner The market will be watching the early polls, but I do not anticipate much action before the final exit polls start rolling in tonight. One interesting sentiment piece, the OEX Put/Call ratio (OEX is an index at the CBOE that tracks the S&P 100) spiked to 1.44. This is...
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How to vote with your dollars
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 2:34pm | 1087What you should vote for The long term trend for the dollar Eight things to do...maybe I won't make the foolish mistake of pushing my personal political views into this letter. My wife calls my ideas crazy, if not...
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Tuesday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders (LINTA, TLAB, SLE, SFD, RRGB)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 12:30pm | 95Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Liberty Media Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: LINTA) 3,021 puts, 1 call 2. Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) 3,546 puts, 25 calls 3. Sara Lee Corp (NYSE: SLE) 23,937 puts, 211 calls 4. Smithfield...
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Zacks Earnings Preview: Coventry Health Care, Expeditors International, Amerisource Bergen, Principal Financial and Kellogg's - Press Releases
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 11:00am | 1247For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 1, 2010 – Zacks.com releases the list of companies likely to issue earnings surprises. This week's list includes Coventry Health Care (CVH), Expeditors International (EXPD), Amerisource Bergen (ABC), Principal Financial (PFG) and Kellogg's (K). To see...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Neurocrine Biosciences, Jacobs Engineering, Ford, Kellogg and Honda Motor Co. - Press Releases
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 11:00am | 1840For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 1, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX) as the Bull of the Day and Jacobs Engineering (JEC) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Ford (F), Kellogg (K) and Honda Motor Co. (HMC)....
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Stock Market News for November 2, 2010 - Market News
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 10:30am | 1077Stocks had a mixed finish on Monday as investors avoided taking chances ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting and the mid-term elections. A surprise jump in October manufacturing activities in China and the U.S. gave stocks some initial boost but the rally faded as investors, already...
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News Summary (MA, ARTG, ORCL, K)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 9:39am | 194Shares of MasterCard Inc (NYSE: MA) rose about 2.5% after the company reported upbeat Q3 earnings. The company's profit came in at $3.94 per share on net revenue of $1.4 billion. However, analysts were expecting profit of $3.53 per share on $1.4 billion in revenue. Shares of Art Technology Group...