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CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR) is moving higher today, gaining almost 3% on fairly decent volume today. The average volume in the name is around 240,000 shares, and CRR has already traded 150,000 shares today. CARBO Ceramics manufactures and supplies ceramic proppants primarily used in the...

Dover Corp. (DOV) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vienna, Austria-based Sound Solutions business line of NXP Semiconductors NV (NXPI) for $855 million. The acquisition is expected to close around the end of the first quarter of 2011 and will be slightly accretive to Dover's earnings...

Shares of Willbros Group, Inc. (NYSE: WG) are currently up 9.5% at $9.48 per share during Thursday afternoon trading. Willbros Group, Inc announced early on Thursday morning that a unit of the company's Utility Transmission & Distribution segment, Hawkeye LLC, was awarded a contract by Bangor...

Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid....

Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid....

Tesco Corporation (NASDAQ: TESO) shares reached $16.22 to create a new 52-week high, before falling to $16.16, representing a 0.94% gain. TESO had $42.02 million in total cash and no debt for the recent quarter. ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) shares rose 5.16% to touch a new 52-week high of $20.80...

Model Portfolio Daily Update:  December 21, 2010 Subscribers log in for the full pdf report: This content is for members only. New Actions Required: This content is for members only. Of Note: Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (WDR) had its price target raised today by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods...

Point Roberts, WA –December 21, 2010 (Investorideas.com Energy Newswire) - InvestorIdeas.com, a leader in sector research for investors, reports on actively trading oil and gas stocks to follow for December 21, 2010 . Energy stocks in the green include NASDAQ, NYSE, TSX and OTC Stocks. Energy...

Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announced today the resolution of the previously disclosed investigation by the Federal Government of Nigeria arising out of allegations of improper payments to government officials in Nigeria in connection with the construction and subsequent expansion by a joint venture...

Analysts at Barclays upgrade CGG Veritas (NYSE: CGV) from “underweight” to “equal weight.” CGV shares lost 1.31% to close at $28.55 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

SulphCo, Inc. (NYSE: SUF) today provided an update on its organizational structure, ongoing strategic review and additional commercial and financing activity. SulphCo's Board of Directors has accepted Dr. Larry D. Ryan's request to step down as Chief Executive Officer of the Company upon the...

FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Shell to supply subsea and topside systems for the Cardamom Deep project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. POSCO (NYSE: PKX) 2,993 puts, 71 calls 2. GMX Resources Inc. (NASDAQ: GMXR) 2,509 puts, 129 calls 3. W.R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) 3,578 puts, 613 calls 4. Vertex Pharmaceuticals (...

Bioanalytical Systems Inc (NASDAQ: BASI) jumped 30.33% to $3.48 at 10:00 am. BASI's shares have surged 144.95% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 12.83% in the same period. WSP Holdings Limited (NYSE: WH) climbed 25.96% to $1.31. WH has received new orders worth $91.8...

Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) has been awarded a contract by ConocoPhillips for directional drilling, logging-while-drilling and surface data logging services to help develop the high temperature Jasmine discovery in the central North Sea. Halliburton is an industry leader in technologies developed for...