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Dresser-Rand Announces $150 Million Accelerated Share Buyback Program
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 5:34pm | 363Dresser-Rand Group (NYSE: DRC) announced today that its board of directors has authorized in total the repurchase of up to $150 million of its common stock, which is approximately 5 percent of the Company's outstanding shares. As of August 25, 2011, Dresser-Rand had 78.7 million shares of common...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners, August 25th (SOXL, ZSL, ERX, DRN)
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 5:55pm | 203Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXL) fell 7.95% on Thursday, and in the semiconductor space, Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) lost 4.84%. ProShares UltraShort Silver (ETF) (NYSE: ZSL) dropped 7.45% as silver traded lower today. ZSL closed at $11.92, and it had a volume of...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, August 25th (SOXS, TZA, ERY, EPV)
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 5:45pm | 204Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) spiked 7.99% on Thursday, and closed at $97.31. In the semiconductor space, Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) fell 4.84%, and Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) lost 3.06%. Direxion Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (ETF) (NYSE: TZA)...
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ETFs To Play/Avoid On The Shocking Steve Jobs News
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 11:25am | 481It has been and will be said hundreds, if not thousands, of times in the coming days that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has lost a legend with the departure of Steve Jobs as CEO. Perhaps no company in the history of corporate America has been so intimately linked to the aura and persona of its CEO as Apple...
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Fast Money Picks For August 25th (TS, CSX, M, AAPL)
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 6:44pm | 178CNBC Fast Money's Tim Seymour said on the show that Tenaris S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: TS) is a buy. Tenaris S.A. (ADR) (TS) gained 1.98%, and closed at $31.99. Guy Adami wants to buy CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) on Thursday. CSX Corporation (CSX) gained 2.44% today, and it closed at $21.00. Karen Finerman...
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Notable Call Options Activity in Baker Hughes
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 9:08am | 110Shares of Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) are higher on the session by 0.14%, currently trading at $55.91. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the January 2012...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration Industry With The Highest Revenue
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 3:16am | 133Below are the top small-cap oil & gas drilling & exploration stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Key Energy Services Inc (NYSE: KEG) is $1.47 billion. KEG's PEG ratio is 1.31. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at W&T Offshore Inc...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners, August 23rd (SOXS, ERY, FSG, SQQQ)
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 6:29pm | 195Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) led the decliners among the ETFs on Tuesday, with a 15.59% loss. SOXS closed at $90.25, and it had a volume of 90K traded shares. Direxion Daily Energy Bear 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: ERY) fell 13.70%, and closed at $18.45. In the energy space,...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, August 23rd (SOXL, TNA, ERX, TQQQ)
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 6:10pm | 179Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXL) traded 15.30% higher on Tuesday as NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) spiked 10.80%, and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) gained 7.44%. Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: TNA) traded higher today, along with the...
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Piper Jaffray Maintains Rating, PT On IHS
Friday, August 19, 2011 - 7:31am | 97Piper Jaffray is maintaining its Overweight rating and $97 price target on IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) in light of travels with the company's management. In the report, Piper Jaffray writes, “Recent travels with IHS management served to bolster our confidence in the outlook for the company and stock....
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners, August 18th (XIV, TNA, SOXL, ERX)
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 6:46pm | 163VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN (NYSE: XIV) fell 19.98% on Thursday, and it closed at $7.73. XIV traded lower for the third trading session in a row. Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: TNA) lost 17.38%, and it closed at $38.17 as the Russell 2000 Index traded...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, August 18th (TVIX, SRTY, SOXS, ERY)
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 6:34pm | 183VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN (NYSE: TVIX) led the gainers among the ETFs on Thursday, with an increase of 40.79%. This was the third consecutive trading session that TVIX closed higher. ProShares UltraPro Short Russell2000 ETF (NYSE: SRTY) traded 17.83% higher today, as the Russell...
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Notable Put Options Activity in RPC
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 9:11am | 119Shares of RPC (NYSE: RES) are lower on the session by 7.57%, currently trading at $22.10. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while ago the September 2011 $...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market Losers
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 6:41am | 92NetApp Inc (NASDAQ: NTAP) dipped 13.59% to $36.00 in the pre-market session. NTAP reported downbeat Q1 revenue. QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) moved down 4.90% to $48.51 in the pre-market session. QCOM's trailing-twelve-month ROA is 8.63%. EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) fell 4.49% to $21.50 in...
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Afternoon Gainers; Exterran Holdings up on Heavy Volume
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 2:44pm | 85Exterran Holdings (NYSE: EXH) +6.18 on heavier than average volume. Diana Shipping (NYSE: DSX) +7.96% on heavier than average volume. Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX) +5.79 on average daily volume Popular (NASDAQ: BPOP) +5.07% on lower than average daily volume. Pandora Media (NYSE: P) 5.15...