-
Orphan Status for BioMarin Drug - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 2:52pm | 460Recently, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (BMRN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted orphan drug status to its candidate 3,4-diaminopyridine amifampridine phosphate (3,4-DAP), for the treatment of Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS). As a reminder, BioMarin...
-
Early Afternoon Gainers, CCRT, BIOF
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 2:26pm | 125CompuCredit Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: CCRT) today gained .56 points in early afternoon trade to reach 2.77 as against previous day's close of 2.21. CompuCredit Holdings Corp. provides credit and related financial services and products to underserved consumer credit markets. It operates in four...
-
5 Top Mid-Cap Stocks with Highest Net Income (AIG, VLO, Q, CPN, HIG)
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 8:47am | 179Below are interesting mid-cap stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ that have highest net income. American International Group Inc (NYSE: AIG) has the net income of $991.0 billion and a market capitalization of $4.15 billion. AIG shares have declined by 17.54% over the past 52 weeks as compared to a 30.64...
-
Benzinga Top Gainers (BIOF, PNX, CCIX, CAGC, ZN)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 3:37pm | 181BioFuel Energy Corp (NASDAQ: BIOF) soared 36.79% to $2.64. The 52-week range for BIOF is $0.25-$2.85. BIOF shares jumped after EPA announced that it will decide on raising ethanol levels in gasoline in mid-2010. Phoenix Companies Inc (The) (NYSE: PNX) jumped by 18.15% to $2.93. PNX’s share price...
-
Oil Futures Jump As Tensions In Iran Escalate (VLO, PAA, TSO, WNR)
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 8:35pm | 428Tensions in Iran increased after reports that tell of a Yacht with United Kingdom Nationals on board was seized within Iranian borders. With the news, Price for Crude oil futures for delivery in January surged 2.1% higher to reach $77.59 a barrel in the New York Mercantile Exchange. Price of Crude...
-
5 Top Mid-Cap Stocks with Highest Revenue Expectations for the Current Quarter (DEG, AIG, VLO, ABC, DG)
Friday, November 27, 2009 - 9:51am | 200Below are interesting mid-cap stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ that have highest revenue expectations for the next quarter. The revenue expectations for Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG) for the next quarter is $29.39 billion. RAD has a market capitalization of $7.76 billion. JP Morgan upgraded DEG from “...
-
5 Top Mid-Cap Stocks with Highest Operating Cash Flow (AIG, VLO, HIG, GNW, RF)
Friday, November 27, 2009 - 9:28am | 182Below are interesting mid-cap stocks on the NYSE that have highest operating cash flow. American International Group Inc (NYSE: AIG) has the operating cash flow of $35.17 billion and a market capitalization of $4.67 billion. AIG share have declined by 13.73% over the past 52 weeks as compared to a...
-
Rentech Shares Skyrocket On News of Agreement with Syngas
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 2:02pm | 91Rentech (NYSE: RTK) shares have skyrocketed today by 32.80% to $1.66. The shares started climbing on news that RTK will work in tandem with Australia’s Syngas Limited to help the latter company develop the Clinton Project. Under the current agreement, RTK will provide its Fischer-Tropsch (FT) fuels...
-
Benzinga’s Top Gainers (RTK, INCY, HEV, QADI, JDSU)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 1:30pm | 229Rentech, Inc. (AMEX: RTK) soared 36% to $1.70 on 24 million shares after hearing reports from AdelaideNow that SYNGAS has teamed up with the company and General Electric to progress South Australia's $3 billion coal-biomass-to-diesel Clinton project. So far this year, RTK is up over 140%. Incyte...
-
New 52-Week High Stocks (BIOF, QADI, APWR, KXM, ZMH, KO)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 11:12am | 199BioFuel Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: BIOF) hits a new 52-week high at $2.05 in today’s morning trade. Currently BIOF is trading at $1.98, up 19% on 85K shares. So far in 2009, BIOF gained over 465%. QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADI) soared 23% to $5.38 on 100K shares. Today, QAID has made a new 52-week at $5.52....
-
Stocks at Their 5-Year Low (BNGYF, FCF, WNR, BEAT, SMTB)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 3:33pm | 168The top five stocks that have breached their five-year low levels to form new lows are: Bank of Nagoya Ltd (PINK: BNGYF) shares declined by 6.02% to $3.90. BNGYF shares breached their 5-year low of $4.00 today. First Commonwealth Financial Corp (NYSE: FCF) shares declined below their 5-year low of...
-
Benzinga's Volume Movers (PEET, CBRL, GPRE, NUAN)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 3:05pm | 292Some of the company’s stocks saw extraordinary trading today in the morning. Some of the companies worth having a look are: Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc (NASDAQ: GPRE) shares moved 9.70% to $12.89. The volume of GPRE shares traded was 338% more than normal. Over the past six months, GPRE’s...
-
Jim Cramer Is Bearish On LVS, SAY, CZZ, XTEX
Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 10:25am | 169CNBC's Mad Money Jim Cramer is bearish on Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) and prefers Wynn Resorts (NYSE: WYNN)instead. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) dropped 3.54% on Friday and WYNN lost 0.41%. Cramer also recommended investors to stay away from Satyam Computer Services Limited(ADR) (NYSE: SAY)as he still...
-
New 52-Week Lows (SNV, TSFG, WNR, AVD)
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 1:13pm | 132Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV) declined 10% to $1.62 on 16.88 million SNV today has made a new 52-week low at $1.60. So far this year PED is down over 80%. The South Financial Group (NASDAQ: TSFG) is another stock which made a new 52 week low at $0.67 and now trades at $0.61, fell 5.40% on 2....
-
Ecopetrol S.A. (EC) Received a Communication from the Colombian Ministry of Finance
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 7:33am | 140Ecopetrol S.A (NYSE: EC) received a communication from the Colombian Ministry of Finance (Ministerio de Hacienda y Credito Publico) regarding the potential sale of Ecopetrol´s shares. On that subject, the Minister informed Ecopetrol that, during a press conference held at the Ministry of Finance,...