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Citi reiterated its Hold rating on TD Ameritrade Holding (NASDAQ: AMTD). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's tock unchanged at $21. In today's trading, AMTD added 0.71% to its value to trade around $19.75.

Radiant Systems (NASDAQ: RADS) is up almost 27% after NCR begins tender offer. E*Trade Financial (NASDAQ: ETFC) is up almost 7% after it was announced that TD Ameritrade's Board was planning an E*Trade Bid. Roper Industries (NYSE: ROP) is up over 4% after reporting earnings. Extorre Gold Miners...

Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced today it has received conditional approval from the European Commission for FAMPYRA® (prolonged-release fampridine tablets) to improve walking in adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have walking disability (Expanded Disability Status Scale 4-7)....

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) today announced its intention to commence an offering, subject to market conditions and other factors, of $125 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes. The notes will be due in 2016 and are to be offered and sold solely to qualified...

Roper Industries Inc (NYSE: ROP) rose 6.29% to $89.77 in the pre-market session. ROP reported a 49% rise in its second-quarter profit. E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) added 5.24% to $16.46 in the pre-market session. The board of directors of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp (NASDAQ: AMTD)...

Great Basin Gold (NYSE: GBG) is trading up over 5% as gold has advanced to record highs. E*Trade Financial (NASDAQ: ETFC) is trading up over 5% after the company's largest shareholder Citadel demands special shareholder meeting, repeats need to remove 2 directors. Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ: CALM)...

The directors of securities broker TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD) are meeting Tuesday to discuss the potential acquisition of online broker E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETFC), the Wall Street Journal reported this weekend. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal notes that the expected talks don't...

The Board of Directors of ETRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) on July 20, 2011 received a letter from Citadel LLC requesting a special shareholder meeting to vote on a number of proposals including: the appointment of a special committee to hire an investment banker that has not previously...

The Board of Directors of E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) on July 20, 2011 received a letter from Citadel LLC requesting a special shareholder meeting to vote on a number of proposals including: the appointment of a special committee to hire an investment banker that has not previously...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) won a case that accused it of hoodwinking investors on mortgage securities that were sold during the buildup to the financial crisis. Government Sachs strikes again. Fitch Ratings said today it put a "restricted default" on Greece as a part of its bailout...

Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) each took over $2 trillion in funds from various Federal Reserve emergency facilities, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. Citigroup was far and away the largest user of the emergency facilities, with over $2.5 trillion...

Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) unveils its next round of earnings this Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Wednesday's second quarter earnings announcement. Earnings and Revenue: Analysts are predicting an EPS reading of $1.34 per share and...

According to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Raymond James Financial (NYSE: RJF), MP rating and PT remain unchanged. KBW reports a higher net revenue than initially expected. Raymond James Financial closed yesterday at $33.99.

NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX) today announced that on July 21, 2011 it entered into a securities purchase agreement in connection with a private placement to a group of institutional accredited investors and, subject to standard closing conditions, is expected to receive approximately $20 million...

KBW reiterated its Market Perform rating on Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $28. On Thursday, MS closed the day at $24.20. In today's pre-market trading, MS lost 0.33% of its value to stand around $24.12.