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This morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts are mostly not tied to earnings.  The cast of characters today includes AEterna Zentaris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS), American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: APCVZ), Double-Take Software, Inc. (...

Prestige Brands (NYSE: PBH), the marketer of several consumer products and drugs, returned to profits in 4Q with a net income of $3.3 million. This translates to 7 cents per share compared to a loss of $211.1 million or $4.22 per share last year. Earnings were 15 cents, excluding impairment charges...

Shares of Prestige Brand Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PBH) were trading down more than 15% at $8.34 per share during the Thursday morning trading session. Prestige Brand Holdings, Inc. closed the previous trading day at $9.89 per share and has a 52 week trading range of $5.40 to $9.99 per share. Prestige...

Shares of Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) are higher on the session today, currently trading $63.30, up 0.76%. The manufacturer and marketer of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products recently dipped below the 50-day moving average, but is trying to regain that level today. Put buying is in...

Shares of Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) are higher on the session today, currently trading $63.30, up 0.76%. The manufacturer and marketer of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products recently dipped below the 50-day moving average, but is trying to regain that level today. Put buying is in...

Even in the tough environment scenario, the group is still investing heavily in innovation and A&P for boosting volume growth. Volume is the sector is being driven by,” (i) big recovery in EM and (ii) US improving slowly, despite weak trends in Europe and Japan,” Deutsche Bank said. “Cost...

At 1:52 p.m., Dow lost 287.34.19, or 2.64%, to 10,580.78, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index dipped 35.56, or 3.05%, to 1,130.31. The Nasdaq composite index moved down 82.84, or 3.45%, to 2319.45. The industries that are best among the lot are: Internet Service Providers: The top...

• Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) lowered its rating on Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) to "neutral" from "buy" and cut the price target to $160 from $230, citing today's news of a criminal probe • Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENDP) posted a first quarter one-penny miss as earnings of 74 fell just short of...

Stocks that may be in focus today are: Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is expected to post its EPS for Q1 at $1.88. CVX gained 0.02% to $82.31 in the after hours session. Analysts expect Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) to have earned $0.46 a share in Q1. Shares of NDAQ gained 0.73% to $22 in after hours trading....

Analysts at The Buckingham Research Group maintain their "buy" rating on Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL). The target price for EL is set to $76. Estee Lauder has reported its 3Q EPS ahead of the estimates and consensus, despite an adverse impact of $0.08 from a higher-than-expected tax rate. “Sales gained...

NBTY, Inc (NYSE: NTY) was upgraded by Barclays Capital from “equal weight” to “overweight.” NTY’s shares have slipped 14.47% so far in the year. Barclays Capital upgraded 3M Inc (NYSE: MMM) from “equal weight” to “overweight.” MMM’s quarterly earnings growth is 68.86% y/y. . Analysts at Barclays...

Norfolk Southern Corp (NYSE: NSC) was downgraded by RBC Capital Markets from “outperform” to “sector perform.” NSC’s shares lost 2.36% to $59.65 by 9:50 am. NSC’s EPS is expected to fall by 38.94% this year. Nokia Corp (NYSE: NOK) was downgraded by RBC Capital Markets from “outperform” to “sector...

Beauty care, food and household product company Alberto-Culver Company (NYSE: ACV) on Monday morning released financial results that missed Wall Street expectations. Alberto-Culver Company reported fiscal 2nd quarter earnings of $30.1 million, or 30 cents per share, up from $28.1 million, or 28...

Analysts at Wunderlich Securities downgrade BancorpSouth, Inc (NYSE: BXS) from "buy" to "hold." The target price for BXS has been reduced from $25 to $22. According to Wunderlich Securities, “Since announcing that it would restate Q409 results on February 26, BXS shares have increased over 32%,...