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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Dendreon, Ambac Financial Group, Ultra Petroleum, Marsh & McLennan Companies and U.S. Cellular - Press Releases
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 11:33am | 2109For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 10, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: Dendreon Corp. (DNDN), Ambac Financial Group Inc. (ABK), Ultra Petroleum Corp. (UPL), Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC) and U.S. Cellular (USM). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research...
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Marsh & McLennan Misses on Taxes - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 4:30pm | 808Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC) reported its third quarter adjusted operating income of $146.0 million or 27 cents per share, a penny less than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 28 cents. This also compares unfavorably with the income of $252.0 million or earnings of 48 cents in the year-...
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Market Roundup (RIMM, MMC, DAR, APEI)
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 1:56pm | 276Shares of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) fell about 2.2% after Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu downgraded RIMM from “buy” to “hold” to reflect the "major product transitions and increasing competition in its core markets for RIMM.” RIMM shares have lost 8.24% in the past 52 weeks. Shares of Marsh...
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Stock Market News for November 9, 2010 - Market News
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 10:33am | 580The rally that propelled stocks to their best levels since days preceding Lehman's collapse lost momentum on Monday as a stronger dollar and worries related to European sovereign debt gave investors reason to retreat. The Dow average fell for the first time in seven days. Investors turned to safer...
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Company News for November 9, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 10:33am | 785• Chevron (NYSE: CVX) announced plans to buy Atlas Energy (NASDAQ: ATLS) for $4.3 billion, or $43.35 per share • Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and PNC (NYSE: PNC) sold $8.3 billion of BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) shares in a secondary offering priced at $163 per share, a 3.6% discount to BlackRock's close...
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Marsh & McLennan Earnings Fall (MMC)
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 10:18am | 200Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC) announced on Tuesday morning that it just missed consensus Wall Street earnings estimates. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc reported that its 3rd quarter net income fell to $168 million, or 30 cents per share, down from $221 million, or 41 cents...
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Earnings Scheduled For November 9 (ROK, TYC, COV, DF, WTW, SRE, IGT, MBI, MMC)
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 4:38am | 228Rockwell Automation Inc (NYSE: ROK) is expected to report its FQ4 profit at $0.91 per share on $1.32 billion in revenue. Tyco (NYSE: TYC) is forecast to report its FQ4 EPS at $0.66 on $4.44 billion in revenue. Covidien (NYSE: COV) may post its FQ4 EPS at $0.74 on revenue of $2.64 billion. Dean...
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CGI Awarded US$19 Million Contract
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 8:31am | 97The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) has awarded CGI Federal Inc., a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. (NYSE: GIB), a firm-fixed-price contract with a total value of $19 million, including a one-year base and four, one-year option years to support AOC's upgrade, hosting,...
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NFP Announces Third Quarter EPs of $.19
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 4:43pm | 34National Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE: NFP) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. Revenue $237.5M Net income $8.2M Net income per diluted share $0.19
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Zacks.com featured expert Kevin Matras highlights: Buckeye Technologies Inc., Boise Inc., CNinsure Inc. iGATE Corp. and STR Holdings, Inc. - Press Releases
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 3:03pm | 1050Chicago, IL – November 2, 2010 - Stocks in this week's article include Buckeye Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BKI), Boise Inc. (NYSE: BZ), CNinsure Inc. (NASDAQ: CISG), iGATE Corp. (NASDAQ: IGTE) and STR Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: STRI). Kevin Matras shows how to use the Current Ratio as a financial health...
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Current Ratio - Screen of the Week
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 1:54pm | 191Kevin Matras shows how to use the Current Ratio as a financial health barometer. Highlighted stocks include BKI, BZ, CISG, IGTE and STRI. BUCKEYE TECH (BKI): Free Stock Analysis Report BOISE INC (BZ): Free Stock Analysis Report CNINSURE IN-ADR (CISG): Free Stock Analysis Report IGATE CORP (IGTE):...
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Willis Group Beats Estimates - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 9:35am | 642Willis Group Holdings plc (WSH) reported its third-quarter 2010 adjusted net income from continuing operations of 37 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 31 cents by 6 cents. Results are way behind 53 cents in third-quarter 2009. Adjusted net income from continuing operations was $64...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Insurance Brokers Industry With The Highest Cash (MMC, AON, AJG, BRO)
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 5:40am | 149Below are the top insurance broker stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc (NYSE: MMC) had $1.48 billion in total cash and $3.59 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) had $734.00 million in total cash for the latest...
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Sterne Agee Reiterates Neutral Rating on Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG)
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 9:16am | 189Sterne Agee is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Neutral rating on Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG); it has a $28.00 price target on the stock. The SA analysts cited the company's recently reported quarterly earnings, which were in-line with expectations....
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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Announces Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results: EPS of $0.44
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 4:42pm | 32Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) today reported its financial results for the quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2010 Diluted earnings per share were $0.44