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Options Brief: The NASDAQ OMX Group (NDAQ)
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 11:13am | 77Shares of The NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ: NDAQ) are lower on the session by 1.33%, trading at $22.33. Overall put volume is now running at 4.39x the daily average, with 1% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,615 contracts have traded on the session so far. The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc....
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Friday - Tale of the Tape
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 9:18am | 310Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: American Tower (AMT) Associated British Foods (ASBFY) Buckeye Technologies (BKI) Delhaize Group (DEG) Encore Capital Group (ECPG) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AMER TOWER CORP (AMT): Free Stock Analysis Report BUCKEYE...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Friday - Tale of the Tape
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 9:14am | 310Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: American Tower (AMT) Associated British Foods (ASBFY) Buckeye Technologies (BKI) Delhaize Group (DEG) Encore Capital Group (ECPG) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AMER TOWER CORP (AMT): Free Stock Analysis Report BUCKEYE...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Friday - Tale of the Tape
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 9:03am | 310Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: American Tower (AMT) Associated British Foods (ASBFY) Buckeye Technologies (BKI) Delhaize Group (DEG) Encore Capital Group (ECPG) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AMER TOWER CORP (AMT): Free Stock Analysis Report BUCKEYE...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Friday - Tale of the Tape
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 8:56am | 310Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: American Tower (AMT) Associated British Foods (ASBFY) Buckeye Technologies (BKI) Delhaize Group (DEG) Encore Capital Group (ECPG) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AMER TOWER CORP (AMT): Free Stock Analysis Report BUCKEYE...
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Options Brief: Life Partners Holdings (LPHI)
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 1:57pm | 105Shares of Life Partners Holdings (NASDAQ: LPHI) are lower on the session by 10.10%, trading at $20.64. Overall put volume is now running at 11.85x the daily average, with 67% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,292 contracts have traded on the session so far. Life Partners Holdings...
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CME Group to Acquire Elysian Systems Ltd.
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 10:11am | 55CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire London-based Elysian Systems Ltd., an independent provider of electronic trading and market technology. CME Group expects closing of the acquisition to occur later today. Financial terms of the sale were not...
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Regions Financial's New Risk Head - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 6:33pm | 561Regions Financial Corp. (RF) has named Matthew Lusco as the Chief Risk Officer yesterday. This appointment follows the exit of its three senior executives in the Risk management division last month. Lusco, 53, who has been named as senior executive vice president and Chief Risk Officer, will...
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Regions Financial's New Risk Head - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 6:09pm | 561Regions Financial Corp. (RF) has named Matthew Lusco as the Chief Risk Officer yesterday. This appointment follows the exit of its three senior executives in the Risk management division last month. Lusco, 53, who has been named as senior executive vice president and Chief Risk Officer, will...
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Traders Betting On A Rally in KKR Financial (KFN)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 5:17pm | 176Shares of KKR Financial Holdings (NYSE: KFN) may have ended the session lower by 5.06%, trading at $9.00, but options traders were pretty active in the name today—mostly on the call side. KFN saw roughly 7,800 calls trade today, this compares with only 3,000 puts traded. The largest trade was the...
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Market Roundup (JBLU, HD, KFN, LNC, GS, MS, MTG, OXY)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 1:36pm | 259Shares of JetBlue Airways Corp (NASDAQ: JBLU) dropped about 6.3% after the company reduced its Q4 revenue per available seat mile projections. JBLU shares have surged 19% year-to-date. Shares of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) gained about 1.1% after the company projected its 2011 profit to rise 11% to 13%...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Credit Services Industry With The Highest Dividend Yield (FSC, TAXI, AEA, STU)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 4:38am | 126Below are the top small-cap credit service stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Fifth Street Finance Corp (NYSE: FSC) has a dividend yield of 11.40%. FSC's shares closed at $11.66 yesterday. Medallion Financial Corp (NASDAQ: TAXI) has a dividend yield of 7.10%. TAXI's...
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KKR Financial Selling Shares (KFN)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 6:55pm | 48KKR Financial Corp. (NYSE: KFN) is selling 18 million shares at a price of $9.48 per share. KFN intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to acquire assets in accordance with its core business strategy and for general corporate purposes.
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (SPPI, IBKR, DRYS, RYAAY)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 9:22am | 126Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: SPPI) rose 6.28% to $5.75 in the pre-market session. SPPI's cancer drug Zevalin depicted positive outcome in a recent study. Interactive Brokers Group Inc (NASDAQ: IBKR) added 3.17% to $17.88 in pre-market trading. IBKR reported a 14% y/y rise in its November...
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November Debt Issuance Volumes Remain Solid, Piper Jaffray Reports (MCO, MHP)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 8:46am | 90November debt issuance volumes remain solid, with US investment grade and high yield markets posting m/m gains and signs of life returning in asset-backed securities, Piper Jaffray Reports reports. Piper Jaffray said that it remains Bullish on Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) and the S&P...