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Bloomberg reports that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) files liquidation plan for Lehman. Goldman creditor group includes Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS).

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) lowers U.S. home price forecast. They are expecting home prices to fall 6% to 11% this year reports Bloomberg.

Travelzoo Inc. (TZOO) - Travelzoo hit a new 52-week high Monday as it is currently trading at $97.65, above its previous 52-week high of $95.45 with 112,564 shares traded as of 9:32 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 670,000 shares over the past 30 days. New Dragon Asia Corp. (AMEX:NWD) - New...

Shares of E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) are higher on the session by 0.56%, trading at $16.56. Overall call volume is now running at 10.09x the daily average, with 0% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 20,249 contracts have traded on the session so far. E*TRADE...

Travelzoo Inc (NASDAQ: TZOO) shares rose 9.32% to create a new 52-week high of $103.00. TZOO reported a 30% year-over-year surge in its Q1 revenue. Polycom Inc (NASDAQ: PLCM) shares gained 9.32% to create a new 52-week high of $59.88. PLCM reported upbeat Q1 earnings. Sirius XM Radio Inc (NASDAQ...

All eyes are on corporate earnings this week as 20 percent of all U.S. publicly traded companies report quarterly results. How do you know which stocks will give you a nice return on reporting day? Bespoke Investment Group co-founder Paul Hickey looked at 2,240 stocks and found just nine...

RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is expected to publish its Q1 results after the markets close on Monday, April 25. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of $0.34. The estimate has been systematically lowered over the previous months, however. Three months ago, analysts were expecting $0.44...

The Law Office of Jonathan M. Stein, P.L. is investigating the Board of Directors of TradeStation (NASDAQ: TRAD) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with their attempt to complete a sale of the Company to Monex Group, Inc. Under the terms of the...

E TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) shares are experiencing a strong day, gaining 2.7% after the discount broker reported better than expected revenue growth last night after the bell. At last check, shares were up 43 cents to $16.35, a gain of 2.7% on 5.2 million shares. The company...

Shares of high flying Chinese internet stock SINA Corp. (NASDAQ: SINA) are cracking today under the weight of a downgrade from Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). The investment firm downgraded the stock from Neutral to Sell citing unfavorable risk/reward in the name. Goldman also raised its price target...

The market jacked higher yesterday. The indices were boosted by superb earnings results, mostly technology earnings from stalwarts like Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) IBM (NYSE: IBM) and VMware (Nasdaq: VMW) which each reported record first quarters. Great financial reports from those...

SINA (NASDAQ: SINA) falls almost 9% after Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) cuts the rating to `sell'.

TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRAD) and Monex Group, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which a subsidiary of Monex will acquire all the outstanding common stock of TradeStation for $9.75 per share, or approximately $411 million in aggregate, through...

TradeStation Group Inc (NASDAQ: TRAD) shares surged 30.77% to $9.69 at 9:45 am. Monex Group announced its plans to acquire TRAD for around $411 million. Travelzoo Inc (NASDAQ: TZOO) jumped 22.51% to $90.50. TZOO reported a 30% year-over-year surge in its Q1 revenue. Datalink Corporation (NASDAQ:...

MUFG to convert convertible preferred stake in Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) into 385M shares.