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Allied Irish Banks Announces Resignation of Three Directors
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 12:52pm | 43Allied Irish Banks (NYSE: AIB) announces the resignation of Non- Executive Directors, Ms. Anne Maher, Mr. Stephen Kingon and Mr. David Pritchard, from the Board with effect from the conclusion of today's Annual General Meeting.
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Tuesday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 12:28pm | 77Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. Incyte Corp. (NASDAQ: INCY) 3,542 puts, 152 calls 2. EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG) 5,943 puts, 265 calls 3. Barclays Bank (NYSE: BCS) 12,613 puts, 709 calls 4. Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD) 9,744 puts, 618 calls 5. Waste Management (NYSE: WM) 4,629 puts, 302 calls...
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5 Stocks for Your Watchlist
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 6:06pm | 1719( click to enlarge ) Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) has finally closed above its 50-day SMA moving average currently placed around levels of $15.90. This stock has just started moving higher and established a short term up-trend. Momentum indicators are slightly bullish now with RSI inching...
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Bank of Ireland Sells Stake to Investors for $1.61B
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 7:40am | 102Ireland agreed to sell a 37 percent stake in the Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) to an investor group for 1.12 billion euros ($1.61 billion), a day before a rights offering was set to give the government majority ownership of the lender, Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said Monday. The sale keeps...
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Options Brief: National Bank of Greece
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 10:30am | 92Shares of National Bank of Greece (NYSE: NBG) are flat on the session, trading at $1.46. Overall call volume is now running at 2.37x the daily average, with 20% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,608 contracts have traded on the session so far. National Bank of Greece S.A. is a...
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Financial Stocks Tanking! Ignore at Your Own Peril!
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 7:30am | 129The KBW Bank Index includes 24 of the nation's largest banks — “Too Big to Fail” institutions such as Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC), and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) ... “superregionals” like U.S. Bancorp (USB) and PNC Financial Services ... Go to http://SwingTradingDaily.com for full article,...
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Hungry for commercial real estate
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 1:01am | 749Do you ever get in one of those moods where you really want to eat something in particular? You feel like you need to eat something specific and nothing else will satisfy your craving. Like, right now, I am craving a chocolate milkshake from the little ice cream shop near my home. Nothing else...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners, July 21st (TVIX, FAZ, ERY, EDZ)
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 7:51pm | 194VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN (NYSE: TVIX) traded sharply lower on Thursday on the news that Greece will get another bailout package. TVIX dropped 10.74%, and closed at $16.96. Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: FAZ) closed the third trading session in a row lower as...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, July 21st (FAS, ERX, EDC, EWI)
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 7:36pm | 214Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: FAS) traded 6.30% higher on Thursday, and it closed at $25.64. This was the third trading session that FAS closed in the positive territory. Direxion Daily Energy Bull 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: ERX) gained 5.82%, and closed at $85.30. In the energy...
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Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. Announces New Credit Facility
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 4:15pm | 211Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: DUCK) today announced that it has entered into a $120 million five-year revolving credit agreement with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC). The new credit facility replaces an existing $120 million credit agreement with...
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John Paulson Capitulates; Sells Bank Stocks
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 3:55pm | 355Reuters is reporting that John Paulson told investors in his sprawling hedge fund, Paulson & Co., that his bets were "too aggressive" and that he is trimming back on some of his riskiest positions. In a conference call, he said that he has pared positions in bank stocks that have significant...
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Options Brief: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 2:41pm | 72Shares of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) are higher on the session by 1.98%, trading at $85.36. Overall put volume is now running at 2.59x the daily average, with 85% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,366 contracts have traded on the session so far. The Toronto-Dominion...
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Puts Purchased on Banco Bradesco
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 1:22pm | 132Shares of Banco Bradesco (NYSE: BBD) are higher on the session by 3.25%, currently trading at $19.37. The stock has been moving largely sideways over the past six months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago...
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Thursday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 1:08pm | 78Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. Banco Bradesco (NYSE: BBD) 3,852 puts, 186 calls 2. DeVry Inc. (NYSE: DV) 3,022 puts, 212 calls 3. Toyota Motors Corp. (NYSE: TM) 2,661 puts, 303 calls 4. Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) 4,055 puts, 578 calls 5. Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) 2,630 puts, 379...
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J.P. Morgan Overweight On U.S. Bancorp
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 7:43am | 228J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is out with a research report on U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and it has an Overweight rating and a $34 price target on shares. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. writes, "USB reported a decent quarter marked primarily by faster improvement in credit trends,...